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Connect/Gateway panel guide: Gent Vigilon Compact

Overview

Protocols

Nimbus supports 2 Gent Vigilon protocols:

  • Gent Vigilon: required protocol for EN54 systems
  • Gent Vigilon Universal: required protocol for BS systems

Safe addressing

Nimbus monitors the activity of devices on a fire alarm through the address, loop, and zone. Please ensure that soft addressing or any function that changes the address of the device is DISABLED to avoid issues with servicing or testing data being lost.

Domain

Nimbus hardware can accept Gent panels with domains enabled or disabled, though to track panel activity correctly, you MUST ensure the settings on the active equipment in the Nimbus Web Portal, match that of the panels configuration.



Equipment required

  • A Nimbus Connect or Fixed Gateway device

  • 3 core screened data cable

Panel configuration

  1. Configure the baud rate according to the required protocol.

    1. Gent Vigilon: 19200

    2. Gent Vigilon Universal: 9600

  2. Configure port 1:

    1. Press Menu On/Off

    2. Press [Test/Eng]

    3. Select [UserCode] (Engineer Level 3) - Only necessary if engineering password has been set up

    4. Press <etc> 

    5. Select [Config]

    6. Select [Comms]

    7. Select [Card] 

    8. Enter 0 - For master control card

    9. Enter [1] - To select Port 1

    10. Select [Mode] using [Previous] and [Next] buttons

    11. Choose [Standard] / [Universal] according to the required protocol

    12. Press [Enter]

Wiring

Using 3 core screened data cable wire to the Nimbus RS232 as follows.

Main Board RS232 Nimbus RS232
TX1 Rx
RX1 Tx
0V Ground









Servicing

Beam detector transmitters

Beam detector transmitters may not auto pass when triggered as they do not send a signal to the panel. This test can be simulated via the panel, and so recorded in Nimbus, by following the below sequence:

  • Menu On/Off
  • [TEST/ENG]
  • [USERCODE]
  • [LOOP] -> <ETC> -> <ETC>
  • [SIMULATE]
  • [FIRE]
  • Enter channel #
  • [DEVICE}
  • Enter device #
  • [LOOP]
  • Enter loop #
  • [ENTER]

The are 2 methods to carry out testing with the control panel in differing modes.

Method 1: Disable outputs

Disable the sounders/outputs and test the detectors/MCPs. All events will be outputted by the control panel and recorded by Nimbus.

Method 2: Freeblocks with commissioning mode (Test Mode)

If you wish to utilise the Gent test mode then, configure the control panel to enable ‘freeblocks’ mode with ‘commission’ mode enabled the control panel will output events to Nimbus

To enable ‘Freeblocks’ mode:

  1. Select Menu On/Off
  2. Select [Test/Eng]
  3. Enter User Code (Engineer Level 3)
  4. Select <etc> 
  5. Select [Test]
  6. Select [Freeblock]
  7. Press [Next] for Controller and select [Enter]

To enable Commissioning Mode:

  1. Press Menu On/Off
  2. Press [Test/Eng]
  3. Enter [User Code (Engineer Level 3)
  4. Select <etc> 
  5. Select [Commissioning]
  6. Select [On]
  7. Select [Enter]