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Fire Safety & Security Products 04.2007
2.1.4.5 NK8000 and BACnet/IP
A new NK822x firmware has also been released. The new firmware includes defect
corrections and optimisations. Upgrading the NK8222, NK8223 and NK8225
units is recommended.
Warning: the NK822x units handle the protocol interpretation for the subsystems
supporting intera
ctions. In order to do so, the NK822x needs to be downloaded with
the updated configuration of the management stations, even after a minor modifica-
tion to the subsystem structures (e.g.: importing an updated CS11 metafile includ
ing
a new object).
Depending on the specific configuration change, failing to download the NK822x
units may affect the correct behaviour of the telegram interpretation and result in
missing event signalling. In general, we recommend including a complete NK822x
configuration download after any change in the configuration.
The NK8225 product can provide a BACnet/IP upstream protocol along with all
other features supported by NK8223. Note that the BACnet/IP can only transport
data messages for the following subsystems:
 CS11 AlgoRex Fire control unit
 FC700A Fire control unit
 CS6 Guarto Intrusion control unit
 SI410 Sintony Intrusion control unit
 See Network, Fire & Intrusion Connectivity Guide no. ‘007083_j_en’.
 See NK8000 MP3 20 Release Notes no. ‘009422_a_en’.
Note that the Total Building Solution (TBS), including NK8225 and DESIGO, is
not officially released yet. The availability of TBS will be announced as soon as
the field test phase has been successfully completed.
2.1.4.6 SIGMASYS/D100
The SIGMASYS/D100 is a family of fire systems that includes:
– SIGMASYS fire control units
– D100 fire system
These systems can communicate with a head-end host using the VBF (Virtuelle
BedienFeld Schnittstelle) protocol.
The NK822x MP3.20 network units can communicate over serial lines using the
VBF protocol and convert the application messages appropriately. In case of com-
plex architectures including multiple subsystems, one of the control units (master
node) is connected to the NK822x unit.
This allows MM8000 management stations to present the SIGMASYS/D100 events
and issue control commands.
In the MM8000 configuration tool (Composer), the SIGMASYS/D100 units are de-
fined as field subsystems whose internal configuration is directly imported from the
XML and EXP files created by the export function of D100 configuration tool.
 See more in Network, Fire & Intrusion Connectivity Guide no. ‘007083_j_en’.
New in MP3.20-01
At the moment, this solution is available for field test only. If interested, please
contact customer support.