Hochiki FIRElink-400CM - Manual (Page 49)

FIRElink-400 Air Sampling System – Installation Manual Page 49 of 58
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9.4 Connecting a Single FIRElink-400 to an Addressable Fire
Panel
An FIRElink-APIC may be used to decode detector status information and relay this to the Fire Panel via
the Addressable Bus 1 and Bus 2 terminal block connections (see section 185619544.01.1.1 ”Detector
Terminal Block Connections” on page 33).
NOTE: The detector
address on the
RS485
communications loop
and the Fire Panel
addressable protocol
address are the
same, in other
words, no address
translation is
performed.
9.5 Connecting to a PC
To connect a single stand-alone detector to a PC, connect the PC‘s serial port directly to the detector‘s 9-
way RS232 port. Connections for this cable are shown below: