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1. Figure 2 2 Start gt Run 8 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 2 2 Starting VSM Before launching VSM4 the Operating system settings should be reviewed as described below 2 2 1 Computer Operating System and Software Settings For best and uninterrupted performance the following options should be configured where appropriate e Automatic Updates Operating System Antivirus If the Monitoring Computer is connected to a network and has internet access automatic updates should be set to manual or to run automatically at a time when staff will be available to restart the software in monitoring mode if the Monitoring Computer is automatically rebooted after an update e Screen Savers Screen Savers and other power saving options for the display screens should be disabled in the Monitoring Computer BIOS and in the operating system e Additional Software If the Monitoring Computer is used in a critical environment installation of other software applications should be limited Checking of email and insertion of disks or other memory drives should also be restricted to reduce the possibility of viral infection configuration conflicts or file system or registry corruption occurring Note Refer to Appendix A Prerequisites for further information 2 2 2 Launch VSM4 The software installer places shortcuts in the Start Menu and on the Windows Desktop Torun VSM4 follow the steps below e Double click t
2. Opacity o E E a Figure 4 6 View gt Options gt Floor Plan 48 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Floor Plan Settings e Automatic Floor Plan Selection When the Automatic Floor Plan selection checkbox is ticked the Floor Plan automatically changes to show the location of the device with the highest priority Alarm or Pre Alarm e Status Bar Double Click Behavior e Ifthe Display the device on the Floor Plan checkbox is ticked the device will be displayed on the floor plan when the status bar is double clicked e Ifthe Display the Device s Status view checkbox is ticked the device s status view will be displayed when the status bar is double clicked Response Procedures The Browser shows the user document s that describes responses to active conditions in the current floor plan The content of these documents will usually be provided by the site and integrated with the floor plans by the Designer The operator should be familiar with these procedures and trained to refer to them when an incident occurs VSM Floor Plan Melbourne vfp VESDAnet on COM9 File Edit View FloorPlan Device Connection Security Monitoring D H osx Pleo S E AM world E AN Australia AM Melbourne El AM Second Floor am VESDA LaserCOMPACT 002 Mr Compact VNy AJE VESDA LaserSCANNER FAS 020 Commons EVENT RESPONSE PROCEDURE Event Type Fire 2 Location Second Floor Commons Response 1 Ev
3. www xtralis com 63 VSM4 Product Guide amp SM Event Log Untitled IMEI Beles File Edit View EventLog Connection Security Monitoring Help Xtralis Pty Ltd um A IEA ESA E 3 Sequence General Event Log Untitled Taaie 7 05 2007 4 22 57 PM 132 User Closed file C Documents and Settingssrkf My Documents Melbourne Melbourne Config proactiv1 ymon ROSS 7 05 2007 4 22 57 PM 131 User Closed file C Documents and Settings kf My Documents Melbourne Melbourne Config proactiv1 vfp ROSS 7 05 2007 3 57 14 PM__ 130 User Access Level changed from User to Designer ROSS 7 05 2007 3 57 14 PM 1129 User User Designer logged on ROSS 7 05 2007 3 32 51 PM 128 User Access Level changed from Designer to User ROSS 7 05 2007 3 16 51 PM 127 User Access Level changed from User to Designer ROSS 7 05 2007 3 16 51 PM 126 User User Designer logged on ROSS 7 05 2007 1 40 20 PM 125 User Access Level changed from Designer to User ROSS 705 2007 1 24 20 PM__ 124 User Access Level changed from User to Designer ROSS 7 05 2007 1 24 20 PM__ 123 User User Designer logged on ROSS 7 05 2007 12 43 45 PM_ 122 User Access Level changed from Designer to User ROSS 7 05 2007 11 51 45 AM _ 121 User Access Level changed from User to Designer ROSS 7 05 2007 11 51 45 AM_ 120 User User Designer logged on ROSS 7 05 2007 10 34 26 AM _ 119 User Access Level
4. 7 3 4 Silence Silences outputs on the Xtralis fire system This button can be toggled to un silence a silenced system 7 3 5 Actions e Double Click The Status Bar can be configured to respond to a double click by bringing up the Device Status view or and causing the Floor Plan view to select the floor plan containing the detector associated with the active event on the status bar The response settings are on the Floor Plan tab on the View gt Options menu 82 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 7 4 Floor Plan The Floor Plan view shows where issues occur and the location of detectors and other devices Hence when a detector senses smoke the floor plan will show whether the condition is limited to that detector or is affecting the surrounding detectors The Floor Plan view displays a location hierarchy on the left while the right side shows the floor plan for the node selected in the tree 7 4 1 Navigation Navigation around the floor plan structure is typically via double clicks on active regions that are hyperlinked to other floor plans Most active regions represent sub regions of the current floor plan but it is also possible to hyperlink to completely separate branches of the floor plan tree Of course the selected floor plan can also be changed by explicitly selecting another node in the tree Selecting Floor Plan gt Back or the equivalent toolbar button will undo the selection changes Th
5. Note Before installing the software check that your system satisfies the minimum requirements listed in Appendix A The checklist Appendix B should be filled out and passed to your IT support staff so that they can ensure that your system is correctly supported and will properly integrate into the corporate network Once the IT staff have completed setting up your network access and completed the information on the checklist then you are ready to install the software Installation Procedure N _ Log into the computer using an account with local administration privileges Close all software applications Insert the software installation disk into the DVD drive Select VSM4 Software gt VSM4 Installation Program from the menu system to launch the installation program 5 If autorun is not enabled locate the installation program VSMSetup exe on the installation disk and run it The InstallShield Wizard should appear refer to Figure 2 1 below lS www xtralis com T VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd SM InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for SHM The InstallShield Wizard will install VSM on your computer To continue click Next i Cancel Figure 2 1 VSM4 Installshield Wizard 6 Follow the InstallShield Wizard prompts 7 Launch VSM4 by double clicking the desktop shortcut or by selecting Start gt Programs gt Xtralis gt VSM4 gt VSM4
6. Polyline Cursor changesto 1 Click left mouse button at desired starting point 2 Move mouse to define first line segment and click mouse at end of segment 3 Keep defining segments until shape is defined 4 Right click on mouse and select Enter Enter Closed or Enter Polygon do essentially the same thing If the shape being defined requires arcs define the linear segments as described above in steps 1 3 and then when you require an arc right click and select Arc from the context menu All subsequent segments will be arcs until you select Line from the context menu The polyline context menu also supports an Undo option which will remove the last segment It can be repeated until all segments have been undone Polygon When this is selected you will be prompted with the following dialog Number of vertices E Inscribed to circle C Circumecribed about circle Center point Radius Rotation IY Specify on screen IY Specify on screen IY Specify on screen a 0 0000 Angle 10 0000 Y p0 0000 Radius 11 0000 Figure 7 12 Draw Polygon The key setting here is the number of vertices The default values on the other settings allow the size and angle to be interactively defined i Specify the number of vertices and click on OK The cursor changes to 2 Move the cursor to where the center of the polygon should be located and click the left mouse button 3 Move the mouse this will ca
7. Account Name Full Warne Access Level No access Predefined PINs None New Password Contirn Hew Password Force password change at next logon Additional Details Figure 6 2 Add User 4 Select the Details tab 5 Enter an Account Name into the text box This is the name that will appear on the Status Bar and in the application event log when this user logs on or off the system Enter the user s Full Name into the text box Select an Access Level from the drop down menu This sets the level of the PINs as previously defined by the Designer that may be used by this user For example consider a monitoring structure that integrated three VESDAnets where OO TNO www xtralis com 71 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd none of the PINs on the first were predefined PINs on the second were predefined to User level and PINs were defined up to Admin level on the third connection In this example a user who had Predefined PINs set to USER would still have to login to the first VESDAnet but would be able to transparently access USER level functions on the other connections without explicitly logging on to either of them To access higher level functions the user must log on at a higher level 9 Enter a password for the new user into the New Password textbox 10 Re enter the password in the Confirm New Password to confirm the password is correct 11 Check the Force password change at next logon che
8. Connect at startup Reconnect Options Automatically reconnect Retry attempts 3 Endless Time between retry attempts mins Security a ae C Predefine PIN Administrator User Prompt for PIN Figure 3 5 Connection Tab for VESDAnet or MODBUS RS 485 networks The connection tab also allows the automatic reconnection rules to be defined and allows the Designer to predefine the specific access PINs for this connection It is recommended that the Designer define all the PINs up to Administrator level Once the Connection has been defined then the Designer can click on the Connect and Synchronize toolbar button if there is access to the real system to connect to this network Similarly connections need to be defined for all the other networks that are to be monitored Once this is done then the structure should be saved Note All networks should be directly connected into the logical structure This ensures that VSM4 can send configuration and retrieve event log data www xtralis com 25 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 3 1 2 Building the Floor Plans Now that there is a logical structure that integrates all devices in all of the monitored networks the location structure must be defined This structure defines a hierarchy of geographical regions A typical floor plan hierarchy would consist of e ageographical map of the site with all buildings top level of hierarchy marked up e aerial map of
9. fresh events that the operator has not yet reviewed are given higher priority than ones that have been acknowledged The acknowledge behavior and policies are described below 2 Event Type the category of the condition is prioritized as shown above 3 Timestamp recent events are given prominence over older events The Floor Plan zones show the condition of the associated detector Again it is possible that several conditions may be simultaneously active In this case the category of the event becomes more important than whether it has been acknowledged by the operator and so priority rules have the following order 1 Event Type 2 Acknowledged State 3 Timestamp www xtralis com 51 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 4 2 2 Display Highest Priority Condition When the highest priority event has changed the user is notified in several ways e the status bar at the bottom of the application window updates e the event is annunciated by Text to Speech if installed e Ifthe event type is Alarm or Pre Alarm the Floor Plan automatically switches to the appropriate page and the associated area on the page relating to the responsible device updates e if responses have been configured the Browser will display the corresponding document 4 3 Acknowledging an Incident An operator may not immediately notice intermittent events that come and go The way VSM4 responds depends on the acknowledge and latching behavior that was
10. Installing to Alternate Drive Locations By default VSM4 is installed under the Program Files directory of the system drive Itis possible to install the application in an alternative location however there are potential issues that the installer should be aware of VSM4 is protected by a licensing system refer to section 2 2 4 below which requires that every installed copy of each product be licensed The licensing system stores data in multiple locations on the Monitoring Computer One of these locations is under the application s installation directory Once the license has been created for the first time the licensing system records the drive letter in which the licensing data files were placed This drive letter must always be available in order for the application to execute or be re licensed If the drive letter ceases to be available at any time in the future it will no longer be possible to execute the software without assistance from Xtralis technical support Procedure To install the application in a location other than C Program Files select Start gt Run and start the InstallShield program with the parameter setdir refer to Figure 2 2 below This will enable the default drive path to be edited during installation SS LX Type the name of a program Folder document or L Internet resource and Windows will open it For you Open a 5M4 Software SMSetup exe fsetdir Cancel Browse
11. 1 Launch VSM4 and open the Floor Plan e Double click a previously prepared desktop shortcut for the Floor Plan if running in Secondary mode or e Select the Open button on the toolbar and select the correct Floor Plan file 2 Select View gt Browser to open the Browser view This displays response procedure documents corresponding to the state of the currently selected region in the floor plan 3 Resize the views within the same display or detach and move the new windows to an alternate display refer to Chapter 6 for further information on working with multiple displays The VSM4 screen should now contain the Floor Plan at the top and the Browser in the lower partition as shown below VSM Floor Plan Melbourne vfp VESDAnet on COM9 File Edit View Floor Plan Device Connection Security Monitoring Help SH yx Fi Pea ePi oer gt see SOS E Hoor Plan Melboume vfp VESDAnet on COM9 E ABS world AN Australia E APE Melbourne El ALES Second Floor mT VESDA LaserCOMPACT 002 Mr Compact VNy AJE VESDA LaserSCANNER FAS 020 Commons EVENT RESPONSE PROCEDURE Event Type Fire 2 Location Second Floor Commons Response 1 Evacuate Alert all staff of risks in the evacuation click HERE for evacuation plan designer Designer Connected Figure 4 1 Recommended Monitoring Arrangement Note VSM4 does not currently support saving the workspace layout between restarts Therefore it is recomm
12. Connection Name The connection is added to the list of available connections in the Connection Manager dialog www xtralis com 137 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd This page Is intentionally left blank 138 www xtralis com
13. Date Times Body Date Date Time lt Time gt Location Location Type lt Event Types Message lt Message gt VSM4 Product Guide Available Parameters Acknowledge Address Cleared Date Date Time Device Type Disabled Event Source Event Type General Type Inactive Location Location Override Message Sequence Number Serial number State Time Reset To Trouble Id Default User Figure 3 18 Email Format Configuration Note Formatting functions are not available e g bold italic colors however it is possible to use html to achieve this if the recipient has an HTML compatible email client Detailed information on this is beyond the scope of this document Email Configuration Options The Email Configuration Tab of the Options dialog Figure 3 19 is used to set email server options for the optional Remote Notification feature Options Event Management Floor Plan SMS Configuration speech Trend Graph User Account General Active Event List Printing Color Sounds Database Diskspace Monitoring Email Configuration I eee Server Configuration Server Name Return Address _ Server requires secure connection SSL Server requires logon User Secount Password Test Connection Figure 3 19 View gt Options gt Email Configuration Note In order for the Remote Notification system t
14. For example in the graph below the top sub graph shows outputs from two devices in raw units and the lower sub graph shows smoke measurements All sub graphs share the same time scale and so 56 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide scroll together The legend appears to the right of each sub graph It lists the devices that are plotted and allows commands on these devices to be invoked by using a context menu Sounder Ctrl Mod G1 P2 3 007 Heat Det G1 P2 3 063 YLP G1P2 5 001 22 212007 29H 2 2007 5 01 2008 12401 2008 19 01 2008 26 01 2008 1972 2007 Time Figure 4 13 Trend Graph Legend The legend defines the color for each plotted device and identifies the detector by acronym and address Detectors with multiple inputs such as the VLS show a line for each input Trend Graph VESDAnet on COM VLC 002 VLF 020 09 40 00 09 42 00 09 44 00 09 46 00 09 43 00 09 50 00 09 52 00 09 54 00 09 56 00 201 2007 9 39 54 AM Time hrmin sec Figure 4 14 Trend Graph View with Legend When multiple devices are plotted one is defined as the current device and is shown bolded in the legend The current device defines the threshold levels which are shown on the graph and which are used to define the Fire1 and Fire2 vertical scales Hiding Showing Device Right clicking on a device entry in the legend will bring up a context menu which allows devices to be hidden or shown on the graph Hidden devices are
15. VSM4 Shortcut Properties 5 Double click the shortcut to launch VS M4 in Primary mode VSM4 will indicate that it is running in Primary mode in the title bar of a Monitor Browser view refer to Figure 2 6 below Monitor Browser Primary Melboume vmon Figure 2 6 VSM4 running in Primary mode Note When running in primary mode this is the only way to launch VSM4 Launching VSM4 by double clicking on a vmon or vfp file or via the Start menu will default to Secondary mode www xtralis com 11 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 2 2 4 Licensing and Activation Once the installation procedure has been completed and the application is launched for the first time it is necessary to license and activate VSM4 VSM4 has three types of license each with varying levels of functionality e Full License This provides all purchased features and monitoring capacity with no expiry time e Demonstration License This provides a time period with which to evaluate or demonstrate a system e Evaluation License This provides a shorter time period with which to evaluate a system All VSM4 features can be accessed immediately and used for a 30 day period Once the time limit has expired it is necessary to request a Demonstration or Full license in order to continue operating the software Refer to the table below for a summary of the differences between each license type Time limit 90 days 30 days Default features Design Configur
16. YESDAnet 5 Current 2 VESDAnet 5 Installation Cancel Help Figure 5 6 Merging two VESDAnets Merged Device Button Description S Merge 1 takes the values of the target i e device 1 and places them in the merged output Merge 2 takes the values from the reference device i e device 2 and place them in the merged output The Merge menu and toolbar buttons are now enabled Merges affect the current level and everything below it For example to accept all the reference loop settings the top node in the tree would be selected and the Merge 2 button pressed To keep just the original location setting on the VLP at address 4 then this device would be selected in the tree and just this setting selected in the table as shown below and the Merge 1 button pressed 66 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Merge Configurations E oO x Differences Merge Options M4 gt W I VESDAnet 1 5 fie VESDA YLP 1 002 A ffi VESDA VLP 1 003 oo ES VESDA YLP 1 004 fig VESDA VLP 1 005 E ST YESDA YLP 1 006 oot pig VESDA YLP 008 Ico Field 1 Target Target After Merge 2 Location Foyer Entrance Entrance Alert Day Al O80 em OBO em L080 2m Alert Night OBO em OBO Rm LOB 22m Action Day A OT40 mA em TA Em Action Night O40 Am TAD em TA m Health check period sec 60 BO eo Network delay period sec 45 65 Y Y S Prefered Port Port Port
17. e When the events occurred i e the relevant time range A starting date time or a finishing date time can be defined e Therelevant event types e The source of the events for example device events trend data or system events The system events show who is logged onto VSM4 and so can be used to associate an operator with an action e Where the events occurred i e which devices to collect events for 108 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Kp 5M Event Log Untitled b 3 4 10l x File Edit View EventLog Device Connection Security Monitoring Help E ArT elke aR E EE 1 amp gt gt T VESDA Event Log Event Log Untitled1 BEE D 10200 12 20 20 PM User Access Level changed from Designer to User OO fp 0 2007 11 35 32 Advisory Connection VESDAnet onCOM62 to device hasbeen 2004 30 10 2007 11 35 32 AM Advisory Connection VESDAnet on COMB2 to device has been 2003 30 10 2007 11 34 31 AM Advisory Connection VYESDAnet on COMB2 to device has been lo 2002 3071072007 11 17 28 AM User _ Access Level changed from Basic to Designer _ 2001_ 30 10 2007 11 17 28 4M User User Designer logged on 2000 30 10 2007 11 16 47 4M Advisory Connection VYESDAnet on COMB2 to device has been 1999 30 10 2007 11 16 47 4M Advisory Connection VYESDAnet on COMB2 to device has been 1998 30 10 2007 11 16 46 AM User Loaded fi
18. 700 Longwater Drive VERSION Norwell MA 02061 USA Toll Free 800 229 4434 Tel 781 740 2223 3 00 07 Build 3390 on 27 06 2007 14 49 DEMON STRATION Fax 813740 442 3 NO Europe and the Middle East GIVEN NAME Xtralis Vision House Focus 31 Mark Road Hemel Hempstead 2 FAMILY NAME Hertfordshire HP2 7BW United Kingdom Tal 44 071442 242 230 Fax 44 1442 249 227 POSITION TITLE COMPANY COMPANY ADDRESS COUNTRY Australia EMAIL ADDRESS ae Eia Figure 2 10 Online Activation Request Enter License Code e Full License or Demonstration License e Enter the License code from the email into the License field e For phone activation enter the License Code provided by your authorized Xtralis representative into the License field e Select OK once the software has been successfully licensed Figure 2 11 e Evaluation License Not applicable CL x i You have successfully licensed your software Figure 2 11 Licensing and Activation Successful Note Software licensing can be upgraded after the initial installation to include additional monitoring tokens or optional features www xtralis com 15 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 2 2 5 Check the Installed Features and Monitoring Capacity To verify the set of licensed features and monitoring capacity select Help gt About VSM4 refer to Figure 2 12 Kt About VSM x vsm4 Help Version 3 04 00 Build 3927 on 7 10 2010 22 50 Copyri
19. Elf 2 East Wing l f ja_ VESDAnet kE VESDA VLC 001 Viz VESDA VLF 002 Figure 3 13 All subordinate devices selected by selecting East Wing Clicking on child nodes allows their state to be reversed so that in the example below the Local Contact Outputs and User Zones are ignored This could occur if these units were being used to monitor an adjacent wing When child devices are overridden then the parent s check boxes are grayed so that even when the tree is collapsed the designer can know that child devices are overriding the parent state www xtralis com 33 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Device s El e 1 Campus pE 2 East Wing Eg i VESDAnet Aam VESDA VLC 001 Figure 3 14 Some child devices de selected At this stage the triggering conditions are defined and the notification group settings will define who will be notified 4 Define WHO will be notified by selecting one or more Notification Groups by clicking in the box next to the Notification Group name Refer to section 3 2 2 below for information on adding new Notification Groups Notification Groups Add tt Note Notification Groups are global Any changes here may affect other notifications Figure 3 15 Select Notification Group 5 Select the Response Delay option and enter a value for the delay period This value is the period of time that an event must remain active not acknowledged cleared or inactive before the n
20. It is often used in conjunction with the Event Log to associate operators with incidents e Trend Graphs The Trend Graph displays a line graph of the smoke level for the selected detector s over the nominated period of time and was described in the previous chapter section 4 5 2 e Comparison Merge Tool This view allows network and device configurations to be compared In particular it supports system auditing by highlighting any configuration changes since the installed and commissioned system 5 1 1 Event Log Event Logs are maintained within Xtralis VESDA detectors and record state changes and user actions VSM4 should be setup by the Designer to integrate these logs into a database refer to Chapter 3 The Event Log View displays these historical events It can be used by an administrator to verify correct system operation fine tune system settings or to troubleshoot equipment faults Event data may be loaded from a file retrieved from a detector or obtained from a database Open Event Log View Select View gt View Database Events or click on the Event Log view button on the main toolbar to open a view of the events Note The Event Log toolbar button defaults to the database events when available otherwise it will source the event data directly from the device Before the Event Log is opened the Filter Events dialog is displayed For example Figure 5 1 shows the filter for the database www xtralis com 61 VSM4
21. NEVER be used for loading in the floor plan image It is recommended that it only be used for adding standard annotations such as Fire Doors Extinguishers etc Images should NOT be linked to devices since they won t flash like other shapes if a trouble or alarm occurs on that device To add an image 1 Browse to the image file 2 Theuser will be prompted with the dialog below Mame Rhododendron z New Path CAM INAT SA hododendron bmp Insertion port Scale pel unit IW Specify on screen i Specify on screen Inger oe 0 0000 Y 0 0000 Saad potui Help Figure 7 13 Insert Image 88 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 3 The New button allows the user to change the image and the Manager button shows properties of the image as well as a view of it Usually these should not require change Click the Insert button when ready The cursor changes to a smiley face Click on the where you want the lower left of the image to be placed 5 Move the mouse and an image box with the correct aspect ratio will be drawn above and to the right of the first click Click when the correct size has been reached Right clicking cancels the operation Spline 1 Click at the start of the spline 2 Move the mouse to the next point and click again 3 Repeat until the shape is defined and then right click and select Enter Closed Enter Polygon has the same effect
22. Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Filter Events hl m Time Range l Enabled Target date time oF Before fC Afte f r General Type Event Source MV Alarm IY System IV Device Events MV Trouble JV Value change I Trend Graph MV Waminag T Air Flow MV Notify MV System Log MV Advisory V User Device V VnTe 014 VESDA YLS FAS T All V VnTe 054 YESDA YLS V VnTe 114 VESDA VLF MV VnTe 154 VESDA LCE 700R V VnTe 199 VESDA VLF V VnTe 214 VESDA LC Select All V VnTe 254 VESDA VLP Cancel Help Figure 5 1 Filter Events The panels on the filter allow the user to define e When the events occurred i e the relevant time range A starting date time or a finishing date time can be defined e The type of events that are relevant e The source of the events e g device events trend data or system events The system events show who is logged onto VSM4 and so can be used to associate an operator with an action e Where they occurred i e which devices to collect events for KS YSM Event Log Untitled S 4 iol x File Edit wiew EventLog Device Connection Security Monitoring Help Ee ro E EBBm Uaoeg alae Alz 2 amp gt T VESDA Event Log 7 Event Log Untitled1 BEE 5010 2007 1228 28 PM__ eee qedfromDesiqnertoUser O O 20 30710 2007
23. Prt bop Open read or fo Ot Fire Fire Day Al O 200 4m 200 em 200 m Fine Fire Night 200 m 0200 m 200 m Fine Day 000 Am 200 em 200 m Fine Night 000 Am 200 em 2000 em fate Deby oi ActionDely TN M0 fi Fite Delay E L E p Firre Delay kd T YESDAnet 5 Current 2 YESDAnet 5 Installation ox Cancel Help Figure 5 7 Merging two VESDAnets Device 2 Fields that have been changed by the merge operation appear bolded in the Target After Merge column The merge will not occur until the OK button is pressed If Cancel is pressed then all proposed merges are discarded and the original device is left unchanged Before applying the merge the devices are asked to validate the new settings If that fails for example the Action threshold would be set higher than the Fire1 threshold then the user is warned and the merge prevented 5 1 4 Single Network Access VSM4 is designed to work with a pre defined Monitoring Structure which integrates all connected networks and devices into an integrated system VSM4 also supports direct connections to a network for trouble shooting or other unusual situations When a direct connection is opened then it will appear in a separate view within VSM4 and require separate login both to VSM4 and to the network detector to which it is connecting The network login is required even when the connection is one being monitored since this view is treated completely
24. ROSS x Offline When reviewing a system the current configuration can be compared to an earlier working version such as when the system was installed and commissioned The Comparison tool allows comparisons between equivalent items The devices being compared may be live or offline they may be simple devices or networks but they must be of the same type Using this tool configuration differences can be readily identified and if needed undone To launch the Comparison tool select the device of interest and then click on the Compare Merge toolbar button The cursor will then change e Thecursor will appear as the invalid target icon until it is moved over a valid reference device e Ifthe starting device is write protected i e the operator is not logged on at Admin level then the cursor will change to a magnifying glass indicating that a comparison will be made e Ifthe starting device can be edited then the cursor will be an eye dropper to indicate that settings will be pulled from the reference device and merged with the initial device Clicking on a valid reference device will launch the Comparison Merge tool Compare The Compare Configurations view shows a device hierarchy on the left and a list of settings on the right corresponding to the node selected in the tree 64 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Compare Configurations Ol Differences Merge Options M4 WM i 2 vESDAn
25. Site view provides a network centric view of the system The view itself is divided into two vertical panes the navigation tree on the left and the area on the right showing a detailed view of the selected tree node Usually when containers or loops are selected on the tree a grid will be shown on the right which lists all its children When a live device is selected in the tree then its Status View is shown on the right refer to Section 7 6 7 7 1 Constructing a New Monitoring Site Building the monitored structure involves starting with a Monitoring Site select File gt New gt Monitoring Site Logical Nodes can then be inserted by selecting a tree node and using the Insert context menu refer to Figure 7 23 below Gut Ert Copy Ctrl Faste EEr Faste Settings Select All Cirl A Ga Ti tbr 4t5 Delete del Insert OF Logical Node Edit Ctrl e T VESDA VLF Mask Q ECO Detector Version E IFT P Merge From WFT 15 0 Device 7a iad IFT 15 C View l CE IFT 15 IFT 8 IFT 6 Ta IFT 4 Fal IFT 1 zg VLW 008 T VESDA VLC RO Phase 1 T VESDA VLC LF Phase 1 F VESDAnet ECO RS 485 uy MODBUS RS 485 From File Figure 7 23 Insert Context Menu As each node is inserted it should be edited to give it a meaningful name www xtralis com 97 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Campus Cmp Identification Event Logging Identification Site Abbreyation Cmp Comments Cancel Apply Help F
26. Step to next difference Table 5 1 Comparison Merge Tool Navigation Buttons The icons are disabled when not valid For example when the first different device is selected then Step to first difference and Step to previous difference commands and toolbar buttons will be disabled www xtralis com 65 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Show Only Differences Select Options gt Show Differences Only to hide all non differences so that the differences are easier to see The default mode shows all devices and properties Compare Configurations Differences Merge Options K 4 gt 1 42 A Location Curent Installation YESDAnet 5 Current 2 VESDAnet 5 Installation Close Help Figure 5 5 Merge two VESDAnets show only differences Merge Running through the same example as above but logged on at Admin level brings up the Merge tool The table now contains an extra column Target After Merge that shows the results of the merge By default the merge will leave the target i e the original device unchanged Merge Configurations E ioj x Differences Merge Options M4 gt WM 1 CORME o ra riom romana EH VESDA VLP 1 003 A Location Curent Curent Installation oo A gE VESDAYLP 1 004 Health check period sec 60 BN e0 BT WESDAYLP 1 005 OoOo Network delay period sec oo Prefened Por pann 1008 fiep pen Ended 06 o _ Loop Wiring Style 1
27. access to the system by explicitly assigning each user a role User accounts are unrelated to the operating system login accounts Users are only able to create edit or delete accounts with access lower than their own So Administrators may create accounts at User level and only the Designer can create accounts at Administrator level All users can modify their own password 6 1 3 Designer User The Designer User Account is a unique account which is used by the person responsible for defining the system The designer user can create and edit floor plans and monitoring structures as described in detail in Chapter 3 Note The Designer account should NOT be used for normal monitoring operation Instead all operators should only work with User or Admin access This prevents users from inadvertently modifying the monitoring structures and altering the system design 70 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 6 1 4 Create User Accounts User Accounts allow individuals to access the system and perform their assigned tasks 1 Login as an administrator or as the Designer 2 Select Security gt Manage Users VSM User Management User Accounts Details Administrator Designer Moone Full H ame User Account Hame Access Level Predetined PINs Additional Details Figure 6 1 User Manager 3 Select Add User Add User Details Email Telephone Number
28. alarm due to another cause such as a Tornado Action There are indications of a fire that warrant investigation but not sufficient to generate an alarm Alert The fire indication is higher than the background level Supervisory An urgent trouble that compromises the fire system such as freezing of water in a sprinkler system Trouble There is a fault with a component of the system Disabled Indicates that a device has been disabled or that a disabled device is generating alarms or troubles Mismatched Devices The monitored system differs from what is expected This can appear as e Adevice appears where none was expected e Anexpected device is missing e Adevice of a different type appears in place of another e Aconfigured network connection has dropped out None This is just the absence of any condition which indicates that the system is running as expected Table 4 1 Monitored Conditions As monitored conditions appear or disappear they are added to and removed from the Active Event List which drives the key monitoring views It causes the state of zones in the floor plans to change and updates the icons on the floor plan tree Emails may also be sent to User groups 4 2 1 Condition Priority When multiple conditions are currently active then a priority scheme is used to focus the operator s attention to the most critical ones The Active Event List prioritizes events in the following order 1 Acknowledged State
29. be specified Text to Speech Messages to be spoken when an alarm or trouble occur included These may contain details on dangerous chemicals or special evacuation procedures List of and their required access levels e g User or Administrator access HTML Browser Alarm response procedure documents If provided then such documents can be automatically displayed when alarms occur on floor plans Targeted documents that apply to specific areas can be Remote Notification List of users to be notified remotely The users need to be listed according to work shifts and their email addresses should be included The information and format of the sent emails should be specified www xtralis com 117 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd B 2 IT Checklist The site should tick which features are relevant and then get their IT department to complete the relevant sections External access required Using MOXA serial to IP converters Number of MOXAs L Remote Notification 118 Has firewall been updated NAT used External IP address MOXA serial to IP Converters require access to the following ports e TCP 950 981 UDP 1029 TCP 4000 TCP 4900 UDP 4800 MOXA IP addresses Each MOXA requires an IP address Moxa 1 Moxa 2 Moxa 3 _ __ Moxa 4 l Do MOXAs cross firewall If the MOXAs cross the firewall then the ports listed above will need to be accessible across the f
30. been created on the floor plan that are not linked to a device or another region This usually indicates an oversight by the designer e The input device does not appear on the floor plan A detector on one of the monitored networks is not linked to any of the floor plans e The input device appears on n floor plans While this may be valid e g a detector monitoring a stairwell that soans multiple floors it generally indicates that this device is appearing in at least one floor plan where it shouldn t e The hyperlink has no device associated with it This indicates that the target for this link has been removed It is important to understand what has caused this especially if itis a www xtralis com 91 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd detector that has dropped offline If the target is never going to re appear then remove the link This warning is only given when running in Designer mode YO g AA Pe DOS ILS Lut a JMN 020 VESDA WLF Warring 5018 4 Device Hyperlink MN 005 4 Hc Pipa JT YOD UWS PUL oP to Ww Hla The a device does not appear on a floor PA The hyperlink has no device associated with it x Figure 7 16 Verification Warnings 7 4 17 Active Event List Warnings If a device goes missing that is pointed to by a link then an event will be placed in the Active Event List Figure 7 17 Active Event List Warnings 92 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 7 9 HTML
31. before they are deleted from the database When events are archived out of the database they are written to the folder Windows 7 Vista e C ProgramData Xtralis VSM EventLogs dbName Windows XP 2000 e C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Xtralis VSM EventLogs dbName where dbName is the ODBC name of the database They are written as binary eventlog files with the vevt extension in the format e n_startDate_endDate vevt where n identifies the network and startDate and endDate are in the format ddmmyyyy These archived event logs should be backed up on a regular basis and can be loaded as any other event log file Once the files are backed up they can be deleted to free up disk space since they are no longer used by VSM4 www xtralis com 15 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 6 3 Software Upgrades Upgrades to VSM4 can consist of e installing an updated release e adding extra monitoring capacity to VSM4 to support additional devices Some upgrades require changes to the licensing and it is important that the person performing the upgrades be familiar with licensing procedures To upgrade an evaluation or demonstration license to a full license or to enable optional features 1 Contact your authorized Xtralis representative or use the Request License form located in Help gt Register to obtain a license code 2 Input the License Code and select Activate 3 After upgrading a license such as from a de
32. business responsibility geographical location or any other criteria that is relevant to the user A major use of the Monitored Structure is as a reference when building up Floor Plans as described below Indeed it is usually the Floor Plans that are viewed by the operators rather than the full Monitored Structure because they are usually more interested in where an incident is occurring than what network it is on 3 1 1 Building a Monitored Structure Building the monitored structure requires the user to be logged in as the designer and involves starting with a Monitoring Site select File gt New gt Monitoring Site A blank Monitoring Site view is displayed which is divided into two vertical panes the navigation tree on the left and the detailed work area on the right Logical Nodes can then be inserted using the Insert context menu refer to Figure 3 1 below www xtralis com 23 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd E ee Location Address Copy ctrl E Select All Chrl 4 Edit Ctrl E Ta FT 1 Mask E FT P E version yey FT 6 ee Merge From FT c I y Device Ta a m VESDA WLF VIE d FT 15 m VESDA VLC RO Phase 1 Em VESDA YLE LP Phase 1 u VESDAnet Hy MODBUS R5 485 From File Figure 3 1 Insert Context Menu As each node is inserted it should be edited to give it a meaningful name ka SM Monitor Browser Seconda bai File Edit View Device wiew Device Logical Node 2 x a eE Identificatio
33. changed from Designer to User ROSS 7 05 2007 10 10 36 AM _ 118 User Closed file C Documents and Settings rkf My Documents Melbourne Melbourne Config proactiv1 vmon ROSS 7 05 2007 10 10 36 AM 1 17 User Closed file C Documents and Settings kf My Documents Melbourne Melbourne Config proactiv1 vfp ROSS 7 05 2007 10 03 25 4M 116 User Access Level changed from Basic to Designer ROSS 7 05 2007 10 09 25 AM_ 115 User User Designer logged on ROSS 7 05 2007 9 59 48 4M 114 User Application Startup command line arguments ROSS 4 05 2007 4 41 40 PM 113 User Application Shutdown ROSS 4 05 2007 4 05 16 PM__ 112 User Access Level changed from User to Designer ROSS 4 05 2007 4 05 16 PM 111 User User Designer logged on ROSS 4 05 2007 3 12 45 PM__ 110 User Access Level changed from Designer to User ROSS 4 05 2007 2 49 45 PM__ 1093 User Access Level changed from User to Designer ROSS 4 05 2007 2 49 45 PM 108 User User Designer logged on ROSS 4 05 2007 12 33 19 PM_ 107 User Access Level changed from Designer to User ROSS 4 05 2007 11 57 18 AM 106 User Access Level changed from Basic to Designer ROSS 4 05 2007 11 57 18 AM_ 105 User User Designer logged on ROSS 4 05 2007 11 51 49 AM_ 104 User Application Startup command line arguments 132 events Designer Designer Figure 5 3 System Log View Refer to section 3 4 2 for information on enabling the System Log 5 1 3 Comparison Merge Tool
34. disk volume that VSM4 is installed on Options x Email Configuration Event Management Floor Plan SMS Configuration Speech Trend Graph User Account General Active Event List Printing Color Sounds Database Diskspace Monitoring Enabled Check interval mins 10 E Free space level MBytes 50 coe ios e Figure 6 5 View gt Options gt Diskspace Monitoring Disk Space Monitoring Settings e Enabled If the Enabled checkbox is ticked diskspace monitoring is enabled e Check Interval The number of minutes that elapse between each disk space check e Free Space Level The level of space on the hard disk below which a warning message will be displayed www xtralis com 73 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 6 2 2 Backup and Restoration It is recommended to make backups of settings and data for VSM4 in case of a computer failure or other malfunction Backups should be made regularly and when changes are made to the system Critical items are listed below in Table 6 1 Item o Default Folder Process Description Common System Windows 7 Vista Backup C ProgramData Xtralis Common 1 Select the Connections Settings and Windows XP 2000 evened Oder 2 Copy them to a new location or use your C Documents and Settings All preferred backup software For example Users Application Data Xtralis Common copy the folders onto a CD Restoration 1 Locate your back up copies of the conn
35. each MODBUS Detector Connections 20 tokens each 0 0 0 0 VESDAlink Detector Connections 60 tokens each 0 0 0 ECO Detector Connections 20 tokens each Figure 2 13 Monitoring Capacity If the total token value of all connected devices exceeds the available capacity network connections will be dropped until the monitored set of devices is equal to or less than the licensed capacity For increased capacity contact your authorized Xtralis representative to purchase additional tokens www xtralis com 17 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 2 3 Install Optional Features Optional features provide additional functionality to the default software installation Some optional features are enabled by the software licensing configuration while others require additional installation procedures to be performed 2 3 1 Text to Speech Voices Text to Speech provides spoken notification of events as they are reported by monitoring devices in addition to the standard visual and simple audio indications Text to Speech is based on Nuance s RealSpeak Voices are available in multiple languages and dialects based on either a male or female voice e g UK English Emily Each voice must be purchased and licensed from Xtralis then separately installed Ordering If you do not have the Text to Speech option and you wish to install it contact your authorized Xtralis representative for details and purchasing information Installat
36. file E Dumps Mons B aseline_E vent ymon 1985 _ 30 10 2007 11 01 54 AM User Loaded file E Dumps Mons Baseline_Event vfp 1984 30 10 2007 10 41 43 AM User Application Startup command line arguments 1982 30 10 2007 8 44 54 4M User Application Shutdown 1981 29 10 2007 4 41 16 PM User Application Startup command line arguments 1980 26 10 2007 11 59 58 PM YnTe 214 YESDA VLC Notify Midnight 4724 26 10 2007 5 44 40 PM nTe 154 VESDA VLCE7O0R Notify RTC changed 4518 26 10 2007 5 44 14 PM VnTe 014 VESDA VLSFAS Value change Smoke level 0 013 m 15628 26 10 2007 5 44 08 PM VnTe 014 VESDA VLSFAS Value change Smoke level 0 019 m 15627 26 10 2007 5 44 00 PM VnTe 014 VESDA VLSFAS Value change Smoke level 0 011 m 15626 a 10 2007 5 27 20 PM YnTe 014 VESDA VLSFAS Value change Smoke level 0 016 m 1 nd Ready 2000 events Designer User Offline h a Baseline_E vent vmon E Baseline_Event vfp VESDAnet on COME2 Figure 5 2 Event Log fora VLS Event data can be trended using the Trend Graph select View gt Trend Graph This option will only be available if there are points available for plotting Event Retrieval Once the data has been retrieved the number of events is shown in a panel below the status bar Page forward backward buttons are provided on the toolbar to request further events going forwards from the most recent or backwards from the oldest of the displayed events The maximum number of viewed events
37. independently from the Monitoring Structure Further opening a separate connection to a network will block the Monitoring Structure from opening the same connection and so should only be done when there is a special need www xtralis com 67 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd This page Is intentionally left blank 68 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 6 Administration This Chapter of the VSM4 Product Guide provides information for administrators to be able to maintain a VSM4 installation Areas covered include e System Access including User and Role management Refer to section 6 1 below e Resource Management including Disk Space monitoring and Backup and Restoration Refer to section 6 2 below e Backup and Restoration Refer to section 6 2 2 below e Software Upgrades Refer to section 6 3 below 6 1 System Access The VSM4 user management integrates access to all the monitored networks and devices so that by logging into VSM4 the user may then have consistent access to all elements of the system regardless of their connectivity VSM4 supports an unlimited number of user accounts All operators can be clearly defined so that there can be clear traceability between historically logged events and the system operator who was responsible Each user is associated with a role or access level When they logon to the system they may then freely access any function that is rated at or below their access lev
38. like to compare several properties of several detectors then the best way is to view them in a grid Alternatively if you are interested in comparing the time variation of the smoke or temperature measurements of several detectors then use the graph 4 5 1 Status View The current status of a live device can be viewed in the Status view The Status view may appear in the detail pane on a Device view when the device is selected on the tree Alternately a floating Status view can be created by selecting View gt Status Device Status G1 P2 5 254 YESDA LaserFOCUS LaserFocus 254 Ioj xi Device Edit TrendGraph Event List ELAKA B Afi mn 2 Alarm Status Summary Status Detail Status Fire 2 gt Fire 1 Action Smoke m Alert Trouble Disabled OK Reset Enable aj z E Device Trouble Date Time Message General Type Device Type Class Id Address m I y E E T E pa Pay N EN OT T E T ENNS T A r TNA ee ey T E AAN T A S T E S a T a a en s a a N a aa a ae ad tian ANN T as lilililililililili on OO OOOO n A 12 18 00 42 20 00 42 22 00 42 24 00 42 26 00 1102 2008 12 16 58 PM Time hr min sec Figure 4 10 Status View floating The status view combines a trend graph an Active Event List and status pages that are all restricted to the selected device and any associated devices The Trend graph and Active Event list sub views behave identically
39. notification is repeated e Delay between repetitions The delay in seconds between each repeat of the notification Voice e Name Select the name of the voice and language used to deliver the notification from the drop down e Quality Select the sound quality of the notification from the drop down menu There is usually no need to choose anything other than full quality These drop downs will be empty if no Text to Speech language packs have been installed Refer to section 2 3 1 for further information 3 1 5 Define Responses VSM4 supports linking response documentation to zones thus providing instant context relevant information to the operator when an incident occurs This can warn the operator of specific dangers associated with an area such as the presence of dangerous chemicals or it can remind them of standard site operating procedures The Designer will usually take documentation associated with locations and condition responses provided by the end user and link these into the Floor Plan structure that has been created Documents that detail response procedures can be linked to specific locations and customized for specific event types Any HTML page that can be viewed in Microsoft Internet Explorer can be used by VSM4 Many modern document authoring applications can export documents to HTML It is also possible to link to animated HTML pages or even to web cameras General Responses VSM4 allows the Designer to define res
40. of the device or to issue commands to that device If a device drops offline then its commands will be hidden Devices nodes on a tree and rows on the grid may be dragged between views For example rows on a Monitor Browser grid representing devices can be dragged onto a graph The clipboard cut paste operations may be used in all places that are supported by device drag and drop operations Clipboard actions may also be used to export text from grids to spreadsheets and text editing programs Views have specialized commands and these appear as a menu positioned immediately following the main View menu Most views also display a toolbar that sits at the top of the frame but may be dragged elsewhere These toolbars and menus are only shown when the view has focus Some views may be persisted to file and in these cases they support a Save and Open menu command Many views also support the Print command www xtralis com T7 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 7 2 Integrated Active Event List The Active Event List provides a prioritized list of all active conditions within the system which serves as a quick summary of the state of the entire system The alarms and troubles are sorted so that the highest priority conditions appear at the top of the list 7 2 1 Active Event List The simple Active Event List is similar to the Integrated Active Event List but applies only to a specific network connection and lists only the active conditions that a
41. own style If the Status style exists but doesn t have all the properties that you wish then create your own style based on the default Status style Notes e Youcan not edit the default system styles but you can add additional styles as needed e Air Flow and Filter status settings will not be updated on a grid due to VESDAnet limitations so don t include them on your style www xtralis com 55 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd There will be times when you will want to compare detectors from different loops To do this 1 Select anode in the tree which contains all the relevant detectors 2 Select Device View gt All Devices to cause all descendent devices to appear on the right side with addresses that are relevant to the selected tree node 3 Select a status style or create your own style With this approach it would be possible to view the status of all devices in the entire system in the one table Remember you can sort on any of the columns including Device Type to group the devices 4 5 2 Trend Graphs The time variation of the detector s measured values can be shown on the Trend graph As the name suggests this allows trends in the readings to be visually separated from noise For pre alarms this could distinguish between a slow buildup of smoke causing an Alert threshold to be tripped or a threshold that has been set too low and is in the signal noise The Trend graph allows multiple devices to be plotted so that their r
42. set up by the Designer Acknowledgement means that events need to be explicitly acknowledged by the operator before they can be removed from the list of Active Events Latching means that events will not be removed from the list until the device is reset The three state attributes Acknowledged Inactive and Cleared show the state of an event e Acknowledged indicates that an event has been acknowledged by the operator e Inactive indicates that the device has stopped reporting the event condition This may happen for an intermittent trouble The presence of an event in this state in the list indicates that either the operator has not yet acknowledged this event or that event latching is enabled and the device has not yet been reset e Cleared indicates that the event condition has gone away and that the device has been reset but that the VSM4 operator has not yet acknowledged this event Once acknowledged it will be cleared from the list 4 3 1 Acknowledging an Event An event should be Acknowledged to indicate that it has been seen by the operator This will cause it to stop flashing Events can be acknowledged from several views e Ifthe event is being viewed on the Status Bar then the Acknowledge button on the Status Bar should be used e Ifthe event is being viewed on the Active Event List then it should be selected and then the Acknowledge button on the toolbar should be clicked Multiple events can be selected and acknowledged toge
43. the event type and a custom sound or speech can be generated The customization of the color also affects the zone displays on the floor plan Colors and Sounds Options The Color Sounds tab of the Options dialog Figure 3 8 is used to set the color and sound parameters for each type of event This affects the background color in the Active Event List Event Log and Status Bar and the zone region in the Floor Plan Options E3 Email Configuration Event Management Floor Plan SMS Configuration Speech Trend Graph User Account General Active Event List Printing Color Sounds Database Diskspace Monitoring Pulse period ms 200 2B 6 Ja eBiF rife Non fre Aem GB Gos tich Aem i fr Ges towAem GB r ve fi ff E safe r aan Ji fe at BP er swevsoy E fo Tole SJ ff osea MJ ff fo Momatched Devices fe we BF Th ae _ Cancel Apply Hep Setting Description E Blue 0 Opacity D Blue 50 Opacity E Blue 100 Opacity Button Description S Browse If Speech is licensed this will open the Speech Edit dialog otherwise it will open the file dialog ti Play Sound through Speakers Figure 3 8 View gt Options gt Color Sounds The color and sound settings are as follows e Pulse Period The rate at which the indicators flash in the Alarm Status Tab of the Status view This also sets the rate of flashing for the Zone in the Floor Plan e Color Selection A
44. the same category for example troubles they would be sorted on time The table style is saved when the application is closed www xtralis com 81 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 7 3 Status Bar The Status Bar always sits at the bottom of the main frame and shows key information about the highest priority condition in the system Its prominence and simplicity ensure that an operator is made aware of crucial events The Status Bar shows the highest priority event on the Active Event List Refer to section 4 2 for information on the prioritization system that it uses Li Ests A Ready Designer Designer Afine Figure 7 8 Status Bar 7 3 1 Contents The device location and the event message sit in the middle of the status bar and are shown in large font The time stamp device type and address appear to the left in normal font On the right are the Acknowledge Reset and Silence buttons 7 3 2 Acknowledge This button is used to indicate that the user has been made aware of this condition and has acknowledged it If the event has already been acknowledged then this button is disabled The status bar will flash while an event is unacknowledged to get the operator s attention 7 3 3 Reset Resets the detector which clears events If the conditions continue to exist then they will be regenerated This will be disabled if the event relates to a non detector type trouble such as a Lost connection
45. to increase the timeout period Refer to the Help system for further information on setting timeout periods A 2 2 Bandwidth In a steady no alarm no fault state each connection will consume approximately 0 1 Kbit s The maximum bandwidth is consumed during the initial establishment of a connection between the VSM4 software and the connecting device Under this circumstance each connection could consume approximately 8Kbit s A complete VLP event log when framed for transmission represents only approximately 100KBytes Throughput by the detector will vary depending on its other responsibilities at any given time but will not exceed 16Kbits s A 2 3 Load The load on VSM4 is directly related to the number of devices mainly detectors that it is monitoring There is an additional but minor impact for each network connection 116 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide B Checklists B 1 Planning Checklist The si material should be assembled for handover to a designer Licensing A license should be purchased with sufficient capacity refer to section 2 2 5 to cover all monitored devices A Site License number was provided at the time of purchase This is required for product activation IT Planning Checklist completed see following sheet Photos for each campus or building Floor plans for each level of each building with locations of detectors and fire zones marked up Network connections should
46. 0 00 90 E8 00 64 38 00 90 E 8 00 64 F6 00 90 E 8 0C 84 F4 00 90 5 0C 84 F9 00 90 E8 00 64 39 00 90 E8 06 43 05 00 90 E 8 00 84 FF 00 90 68 06 43 92 00 90 E8 00 04 66 00 90 8 00 06 26 00 90 E8 06 43 04 q72 22 45 26 qr2 22 45 24 q72 22 45 30 1 2 22 45 21 q72 22 45 25 q72 22 45 22 q72 22 45 27 q72 22 45 4 q72 22 45 45 qr2 22 45 47 1 2 22 45 1 MPort 5170 00 90 E8 0C 08 30 172 22 46 5 NPort 5470 00 50 E8 06 2E 7B fA 22 14 247 NPort 5470 OO SOES 03 62 95 172 22 45 46 NPort 5170 OO 90 E SOB AS 34 17222 45 3 Message Log 1 Monitor Log 0 Time 1 13 10 2006 10 34 52 AM Found NPort s 15 Now 13 10 2006 10 37 30 AM Figure C 2 NPort Administrator Search Results 3 Select the NPort model and then from the toolbar click on Configure The Configuration screen will be displayed in a separate window 124 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd Configuration Information Model Name NPort 5110 Accessible IPs MAC Address Modify 00 90 E8 06 43 92 Serial Number 267 Firmware Version Ver 2 0 System Uptime 66 days 02h 27m 45s Modify Click the Modify check box to modify configuration VSM4 Product Guide Auto Warning IP Address Report Password Operating Mode Network Serial NP5110_267 dxrtest TE 120172000 x 12 00 00 AM SOK XM Cancel Figure C 3 NPort Administrator Basic Configuration 4 Select the Network tab and then check the M
47. 11 35 32 AM 32 Advisory FETT WESDAret on OS to device has been 30 10 2007 11 35 32 4M Advisory Connection YESDAnet on COME2 to device has been 2003 30 10 2007 11 34 31 AM Advisory Connection VESDAnet on COME2 to device has been lo 2002 30 10 2007 11 17 28 AM User Access Level changed from Basic to Designer 2001 30 10 2007 11 17 28 AM User User Designer logged on 2000 30 10 2007 11 16 47 AM Advisory Connection VESDAnet on COMEB2 to device has been 1999 30 10 2007 11 16 47 AM Advisory Connection VESDAnet on COME2 to device has been 1998 30 10 2007 11 16 46 AM User Loaded file E Dumps Mons B aseline_E vent yvmon 1997 30 10 2007 11 16 46 4M User Loaded file E DumpsVMons Baseline_Event vfp 1996 30 10 2007 11 07 07 4M User Application Startup command line arguments 1994 30 10 2007 11 02 52 AM User Application Shutdown 1993 30 10 2007 11 02 51 AM User Closed file E Dumps VMons Baseline_E vent ymon 1992 30 10 2007 11 02 51 AM User Closed file E Dumps VMons Baseline_Event vfp 1991 30 10 2007 11 02 51 AM Advisory Connection VESDAnet on COMB2 to device has been lo 1990 _ 30 10 2007 11 02 37 AM User Access Level changed from Basic to Administrator 1989 30 10 2007 11 02 37 AM User User a logged on 1988 30 10 2007 11 01 56 4M Advisory Connection YESDAnet on COME2 to device has been 1987 30 10 2007 11 01 56 AM Advisory Connection YESDAnet on COME2 to device has been 1986 30 10 2007 11 01 54 4M User Loaded
48. 26 10 2007 5 44 08 PM VnTe 014 VESDA VLSFAS Value change Smoke level 0 019 m 15627 26 10 2007 5 44 00 PM VnTe 014 VESDA VLSFAS Value change Smoke level 0 011 m 15626 10 2007 5 27 20 PM VnTe 014 VESDA VLSFAS Value change Smoke level 0 016 m p SAATTAMAAN EEN V O Ready 2000 events Designer User Offline Fis Baseline_Event vmon E Baseline_ Event vip VESDAnet on cOoMe2 Figure 7 37 Event Log for detectors ona VESDAnet 7 10 1 Event Retrieval Once the data has been retrieved the number of events is shown in a panel below the status bar Page forward backward buttons are provided on the toolbar to request further events going backwards from the end or forwards from the start of the displayed events The maximum number of viewed events is 20 000 Once this limit has been reached paging forwards to further events will cull the oldest events Similarly paging backward will cull the earliest events The filter toolbar button allows the displayed data to be further filtered It brings up the Filter Events dialog shown above If the filter conditions are made more restrictive then the filtering is done in RAM and is fast If the filter conditions are relaxed beyond the conditions associated with the original database retrieve then the data will be fetched again from the database which is slower The Event Log menu provides access to the Grid Style Manager as well as these event retrieval and filter
49. 7 Views This chapter describes the range of views that are provided to allow various aspects of the system to be monitored and controlled e Chapter 8 Workspace Configuration This chapter describes how to customize various display aspects e Appendix A Prerequisites This appendix provides the minimum recommended specifications for the Monitoring Computer e Appendix B Checklists This appendix provides checklists to guide IT administrators in successfully integrating VSM4 with corporate networks e Appendix C Serial to Ethernet Configuration This appendix provides the information required to install and configure Serial to Ethernet devices e Appendix D Define a Connection This appendix details the procedures used for defining connections between VSM4 and devices or networks 1 3 Communications VSM4 is able to directly communicate with e VESDAnet network s using a High Level Interface HLI per network VLF smoke detectors using the VESDAtalk protocol Single or multiple VLC RO smoke detectors using the VESDAlink protocol Multiple individual VF T and IFT detectors using Modbus over RS232 and IP Multiple VFT or IFT detectors on Modbus RS485 Networks Multiple individual VESDA ECO and ICAM ECO detectors using Modbus over USB Multiple VESDA ECO and ICAM ECO detectors on Modbus RS485 Networks Remote networking can be achieved for VESDA and ICAM detectors via many technologies providing they support serial data communication
50. Active Event List until acknowledged bo VSM Figure 4 9 View gt Options gt Event Management e Latching The settings for specifying which events will be retained in the Active Event List until the device that generated the event is reset e Alarms If checked alarm events will remain in the Active Event List until they are reset e Pre Alarms If checked pre alarm events will remain in the Active Event List until they are reset e Trouble If checked trouble events will remain in the Active Event List until they are reset e Acknowledgement The settings for specifying which events require acknowledgement e Alarms If checked alarm events will remain in the Active Event List until they are acknowledged e Pre Alarms If checked pre alarm events will remain in the Active Event List until they are acknowledged e Trouble If checked trouble events will remain in the Active Event List until they are acknowledged www xtralis com 53 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 4 5 Device Status VSM4 routinely monitors a range of detector status such as the current smoke level or temperature air flow filter status etc The availability of these properties depend on the feature set of the actual detector The device status can be viewed in several ways If you want to drill into a specific device then double click on that device in the floor plan or floor plan tree and a status window will be displayed However if you would
51. Browser The Browser shows the user document s that describes responses to active conditions in the current floor plan The content of these documents will usually be provided by the site and integrated with the floor plans by the Designer The operator should be familiar with these procedures and trained to refer to them when an incident occurs amp VSM Floor Plan Melbourne vfp VESDAnet on COM9 Ea ol ciel olde cial etal d mina ian E l ee eH YX FP BERRY TT Ge Se oe BE B 2 O8 Z oor Plan Melboume vfp VESDAnet on COM9 a VESDA VLC 002 Mr Compact VNy AFS VESDA VLS FAS 020 C EVENT RESPONSE PROCEDURE Event Type Fire 2 Location Second Floor Commons Response 1 Evacuate Alert all staff of risks in the evacuation click HERE for evacuation plan Figure 7 18 HTML Browser VSM4 supports linking response documentation to zones thus providing instant context relevant information to the operator when an incident occurs This can warn the operator of specific dangers associated with an area such as the presence of dangerous chemicals or it can remind them of standard site operating procedures The Designer will usually take documentation associated with locations and condition responses provided by the end user and link these into the Floor Plan structure that has been created Documents that detail response procedures can be linked to specific locations and customized for specific event t
52. COM Mapping View Help 2 Exit Add Apply Function COM Mapping 116 COM NPort No Model IP Address _Port__ COM Port Configuration NPort 5610 16 172 22 45 26 1 Monitor Port Monitor FTA COM Manong 9 IP Address Report Message Log 1 Monitor Log 0 No Time Description S 1 13 10 2006 10 34 52 AM Found NPort s 15 Now 13 10 2006 3 54 02 PM Figure C 8 NPort Administrator New Port 5 Select NPort device from the COM Mapping list then select Configure located on the toolbar The COM Port Settings configuration window will be displayed e ACOM Portis automatically selected and shown in the field labeled COM Number under the Basic Settings tab e The software automatically assigns the next available COM Port If an alternate COM port number is needed select it from the drop down menu e The COM Port automatically selected should be added to the list of COM Ports Confirm that the new COM Port did not override any existing COM Ports e Donotchange any of the settings in the Advanced Settings or Serial Parameters tabs VSM4 automatically configures this information www xtralis com 127 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd COM Port Settings Port Humber 1 Port s Selected 1st port is Port 21 COM Number COM current assigned af OE E Cancel Figure C 9 NPort Administrator COM Port Settings Select OK to set the COM Port and return to the main screen Select Apply from the toolb
53. DBC Data Source An ODBC data source allows you to store events in any database that supports ODBC such as Oracle or SQL Server Notes 1 This is an advanced option for users familiar with configuring ODBC data sources 2 On the next page make sure you choose the System Data Source coe RT cot e Figure 3 24 Select Database Type SQLite 3 Select Next 4 Enter a name for the SQLite database and select Browse to enter a storage location for it Figure 3 25 5 Select Finish Create SQLite Database C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Atralis VSM VSM test db cont o _ Figure 3 25 Event Database File Name and Location www xtralis com 41 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd This database file must be available to the Secondary Monitoring Computer on a shared network drive If no login name or password was specified the user name for the database will default to admin To create a new ODBC database Note Prior to following this procedure it may be necessary to create a blank database on the main database server and install ODBC client drivers on the monitoring computer that are compatible with the database software that is to be used Refer to the IT Checklist in Appendix A for details 1 Select the Select button 2 Select Add Figure 3 23 Select the type of database to create C SQLite Database Allows you to create a simple database file on this PC This
54. Floor Plan can be configured to update when a new alarm or pre alarm occurs that also becomes the highest priority event This property is enabled on the Floor Plan tab of the Options dialog General Active Event List Printing Color Sounds Database Diskspace Monitoring Email Configuration Event Management Floor Plan SMS Configuration Speech Trend Graph User Account Automatic Floor Plan Selection Enabled f enabled the Foor Plan view will automatically change to show the location of the device with the highest priorty Alarm or Pre alarm Status Bar DoubleClick Behaviour T Display the device on the Floor Plan W Display the device s Status View _oK Canc amy He Figure 7 10 Floor Plan Options 84 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide While viewing the floor plan for one alarm it is possible that another alarm will occur and change the selection This can be prevented by selecting the Floor Plan gt Locked menu This lock can be removed by selecting Floor Plan gt Locked again or by just changing the selection Selection Selecting a floor plan node in the tree will cause that floor plan to be shown Selecting a hyperlink node in the tree will cause the relevant floor plan to be shown and the shapes associated with the link to be highlighted This highlighting is subtle since it is constrained to not change the color since color is used to indicate a condition an
55. GSM Modem communication settings for the optional Remote Notification by SMS feature Options General Active Event List Printing Color Sounds Database Diskspace Monitoring Email Configuration i Event Management Floor Plan SMS Configuration Speech Trend Graph l User Account GSM Modem Configuration COM Pork Baud Aate Figure 3 20 View gt Options gt SMS Configuration SMS Configuration Settings e COM Port The COM Porton the PC that is connected to the GSM Modem for sending SMS notifications e Baud Rate The baud rate for communicating with the GSM Modem 38 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 3 3 Verification Now that the monitoring site has been described and event responses defined the structure should be verified The first step is to run the Verification tool which will scan the structure and report logical inconsistencies 1 Select anode on the Monitoring Structure 2 Invoke the verification tool using Edit gt Verify menu Any errors or warnings will be displayed on the Verification dialog erify Configuration i The configuration has 2 errors and 0 warnings OF Help Details lt lt lt Address Object Message 6039 G1 P1 7 007 Contact Output Reporting zone must be defined 6039 G1 P1 7 002 Contact Output Reporting zone must be defined Figure 3 21 Verify Configuration The errors indicate missing information or inconsistencies that must be a
56. Lost connection Silence Silences outputs on the Xtralis VESDA system This button can be toggled to un silence a silenced system Actions Double Click The Status Bar can be configured to respond to a double click by bringing up the Status view or and causing the Floor Plan view to select the floor plan containing the detector associated with the active event on the status bar 46 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 4 1 2 Floor Plan The Floor Plan view displays physical locations of where incidents are occurring by associating devices and fire zones with regions on Floor Plans and background images An example Floor Plan View is shown in Figure 4 3 below amp PSM Floor Plan Melbourne yfp File Edit view Floor Plan Connection Security Monitoring Help Hi B YxF iHRBRw ae hei te Sec Balak 2 80 5 Floor Plan Melbourne vfp i i pS VESDA LaserCOMPACT 1 pls VESDA LaserSCANNER C Previews the print output on the screen Figure 4 3 Floor Plan View The Floor Plan can give an overview of the system or can be used to drill down to zones and detectors Double clicking on an active region will drill down to a more detailed view of the region The Back menu command and toolbar button will step back to the previous view After drilling all the way down to a device double clicking will bring up the status view on that device Tooltips are shown when the cursor
57. Node Customization The text shown for the tree nodes can be customized by editing its template using the Device View gt Customize Tree menu item The Device View shares the same template The details of editing the template are described in section 7 4 15 www xtralis com 101 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 7 7 7 Splitting the View Multiple Monitor Browser views can be opened on the same model by clicking on one view and then selecting View gt Monitor Browser when logged on as Designer These views are all synchronized so that edits made on one will appear on the other This can be useful to allow two different loops to be edited at the same time or to allow devices to be copied from a grid in one view to a grid of another loop in a second view 7 8 Device View The device view is a restricted form of the Monitoring Browser that does not support logical nodes so that it can only be associated with a single network connection 7 8 1 Printing File gt Print and File gt Print Preview will print configuration details of the device selected in the tree and all its descendents To print details on a single device select it and then invoke Print To print the entire system select the root node in the tree and then invoke Print 102 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 7 9 Trend Graph The time variation of the detector s measured values can be shown on the Trend graph As the name suggests this allows tren
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59. a fire before suppressant can be released Clicking with the mouse on this overlap will cycle through each of the shapes changing their drawing order The tooltip corresponds to the current shape 7 4 4 Unassigned Devices If the designer has created shapes but not assigned them to a link then they will not be shown while monitoring However when the mouse cursor moves over the top of them then they will show a tooltip of Unassigned 7 4 5 Building a Location Hierarchy Note The following design operations are only accessible once the user has logged on as the Designer A Location hierarchy will normally be created by first setting up a Monitoring Structure and then selecting the View gt Floor Plan menu as described in Chapter 3 This sequence will also associate the created Floor Plan with the Monitoring Structure An alternative is to go the other way and first create a Location hierarchy using the New gt Location menu and then create and link the Monitoring structure by selecting the View gt Monitor Browser menu Once a location hierarchy exists then it can be extended by inserting Floor Plans under any existing level As each Floor Plan is added it should be edited to give it a meaningful name and abbreviation The Floor Plan tab in its property pages should be edited and an image or CAD file imported www xtralis com 85 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Before importing CAD files strip out irrelevant details This may i
60. a in the columns tab separated Such files can be loaded into spreadsheets for further analysis Note VSM4 is unable to load these files The contents of the Event Log table can be copied to the Windows clipboard To achieve this left click and drag over a range of events in the list then press CTRL C The copied data is formatted using tab delimiters in between columns The column headings are automatically included in the exported data Printing Event Data The File gt Print and Print Preview commands allow an event log to be printed out Where the printed table exceeds a single page the column headings are repeated on each page Plotting Event Data Event data can be trended using the Trend Graph select View gt Trend Graph 5 1 2 System Log The System Log is an event log that displays user and system events For example the system log records whenever the application starts or stops access level changes and when Monitoring View and Floor Plan files are opened This allows administrators to track user activity by user us The System Log can be viewed in conjunction with device events by checking System Log as a source in the database filter Alternatively the system log can be viewed by itself using Monitoring gt View System Log The filter that is then used is simpler than that used for device events as seen below since it has only one source and no devices An example System Log View is shown in Figure 5 3 below
61. acuate Alert all staff of risks in the evacuation click HERE for evacuation plan Figure 4 7 HTML Browser 4 1 3 Active Event List The Active Event List provides a prioritized list of all active conditions within the system which serves as a quick summary of the state of the entire system The alarms and troubles are sorted so that the highest priority conditions appear at the top of the list An event is considered to be active if it is still current or if latching is enabled and it is waiting for an acknowledgement from the operator Active Events are associated with each connection and will automatically be removed when the connection closes In monitoring systems an overall Active Event List is used which integrates all conditions from all the live connections as well as any troubles associated with VSM4 itself To display this list select a node in the floor plan tree and then select View gt Active Event List or double click on the connection icon in the bottom right hand corner of the VSM4 window An example Active Event List View is shown in Figure 4 8 below www xtralis com 49 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM Monitor Browser Secondary Melbourne vmon VESDAnet on COM9 View Device Connection Security Monitoring Help PF ogade S AB Australia AN Melbourne AM Second Floor f VESDA LaserCOMPACT D NER F AFS VESDA LaserSCANNER F Figure 4 8 Active Event List Specific hel
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63. ar to save configuration changes and Yes to confirm A prompt offers to change the firmware operating mode to Real COM The firmware operating mode was set to Real COM while setting IP Address for the NPort device Select OK to complete the COM Port Mapping o N m C 4 3 Create and test a new Connection 1 Create a new connection to the device on the newly mapped COM Port as described in Appendix D 2 Connect to the device as described in Appendix D 128 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide D Define a Connection In order to be able to define a connection to a network or standalone detector follow this procedure 1 Select Connection gt Manager from the menu system The Connection Manager dialog is displayed Connection Manager 5 i x Set as Default Add Edit Remove Available Connections Automatically connect to default Close Help Figure D 1 Connection Manager Note Ifyou already have the Open Connection dialog open access the Connection Manager by selecting Details 2 Select Add The Add Connection dialog is displayed Select the type of connection to add f VESDAtalk C EO C MODBUS f MODBUS RS 485 f VESDAlink C VESDAnet Figure D 2 Add Connection www xtralis com 129 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd D 1 VESDAnet Connection via HLI a Select VESDAnet and click Next The Select Port dialog appears Add Conne
64. ation Design Configuration Design Configuration Monitoring Monitoring Monitoring Monitoring capacity Token limit set by site 660 tokens 660 tokens license number Optional features Text to Speech Text to Speech n a Remote Notification Remote Notification License request Yes Yes No necessary to activate Table 2 2 Summary of the differences between the types of licenses 12 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Software Installation Complete 1 Launch Software 3 Enter Site License Number Demo 4 Eval Request a License Code from your authorized Mtralis Representative 5 Enter License Code Software is Licensed and Activated Verify licensed Monitorning Capacity ainst installed devices Figure 2 7 Licensing and Activation Overview Select License Type e Full License Ifa full license has been purchased select Full License by clicking on the radio button Enter the Site License number it is usually printed on the DVD case and click OK e Evaluation or Demonstration License Select as needed and click OK License Activation E xX Licenze Type Select which type of license you would like An evaluation license of WSM will allow you to use limited Evaluation features of the software for a period of 30 days 4 demonstration license for SM will allow you to use all features of the software with limited capacity and for a limited time period Demonst
65. aturday Time Range All Day Stark 00 Pha End 00 AM llzer Administrator Bob Jeremy User METIE Figure 3 16 Remote Notification Group Editor 2 Enter a name for the group Names would ideally include the main focus of the notification For example create a group consisting of all the Weekly Night Shift users 3 Select which days of the week that the notification group is to receive the notifications For the example select only the working days and leave the weekends unchecked 4 Define the time range For example the night shift would range from 7 00pm to 7 00am 5 Select which users belong to this group Create new user accounts as necessary refer to section 6 1 4 for further information If the user requires no access to VSM4 apart from this notification then they can be given the No Access access www xtralis com 35 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 3 2 3 Notification Mechanism Configuration Remote Notifications could use a variety of mechanisms to report an event to a remote user Currently only emails are explicitly supported This section describes how to define templates for the automatically generated emails That is it defines what information is sent out Remote Notification Notification Specification tor Melbourne Notitication Mechanizmas Email SMS Figure 3 17 Remote Notification Manager Select Email notification on the Notification Mechanisms dialog then click the M
66. ckbox if you want to force the user to change their password next time they logon 12 Additional Details Enter any extra information necessary into the textbox If the Remote Notification option is licensed then the Email and SMS tabs will be available 13 Select the Email tab Edit User Details Email Telephone Number Email Address ok cae Figure 6 3 Email Tab 14 Enter the new user s email address in the Email Address textbox 15 Click Send Test Email if you would like to test the email address you entered 16 Select the Telephone Number tab Add User Details Email Telephone Number Telephone Number ok J cae Help Figure 6 4 Telephone Tab 17 Enter the new user s telephone number in the Telephone Number textbox 18 Click Send Test SMS if you would like to test the telephone number that you have entered 19 Click OK to finish creating the user account 72 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 6 2 Resource Management 6 2 1 Diskspace Monitoring Diskspace monitoring warns the user when the hard drive is getting full so that logging events to the database doesn t inadvertently fill the disk completely and halt the application and operating system The Diskspace Monitoring Tab of the Options dialog Figure 6 5 below is used to set the options for monitoring the available space on the
67. clicking on their title bars and dragging and dropping them onto the title bar of the destination frame The view will be placed in the bottom partition of the frame that they are dropped onto Minimizing views will cause them to shrink to a button at the base of their frame the same as for a single frame system 8 3 1 New Views Any new views will be opened within the active frame It is possible to over ride this by activating target mode on any of the secondary frames This is done by clicking on the pin control located in the title bar next to the windows resizing controls The pin changes to a target In this mode all new views will appear in this frame To deactivate left click the control again to return to the default behavior or click the pin control in another frame to select it as the target for new views 112 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 8 4 Automatic Frame Behaviour Whenever the highest priority event within VSM4 changes then VSM4 maximizes the primary frame and places it on top of any other open window so that the Status Bar is visible This occurs even if the main frame has been minimized Secondary frames will remain minimized However if the secondary frames are visible then they also will be placed above all other windows when the highest priority event changes Closing a secondary frame closes the views it contains Closing the primary frame closes the application and so also closes any secon
68. color is assigned to each event type Select the corresponding browse button to open the color picker and change the color 28 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide e Opacity The opacity of the selected color in the textbox Enter a value between 0 transparent and 100 fully opaque e Sounds A wav format sound file can be assigned to each event type The sound will play when an event of that type is received Select the corresponding browse button to select or change the sound file e Speech If the Speech checkbox is ticked the Customize Speech dialog is displayed when the browse button is selected Use this dialog to change the words and sounds used ina spoken message Note that this option is only available when the Text to Speech feature has been licensed e Sample To listen to the selected sound select the speaker button 3 1 4 Customizing Speech The Customize Speech dialog allows the user to define a template that combines both speech and pre recorded sounds like bells and whoops Customize Speech Fire Z X Speech Format Available Parameters Sample Format Insert Sound File Cancel Help Reset To Default Figure 3 9 Customize Speech The top edit field represents the template with literal text shown in black and placeholders for event fields shown in blue Literal text can be directly entered and edited Placeholders are entered by selecting the field in the list and then clicki
69. comes with predefined table styles depending on the network or source of the list The Grid Style Manager allows the user to define additional styles and to edit their own styles Note System styles may not be edited but may be used as the basis for a user style which can be edited The style defines which columns are shown in the table the order of the columns and the width of the columns and which columns are used as keys when sorting the table Note The user cannot change the sort order of an Active Event List as the highest priority conditions will always appear at the top of the list Once a style is defined then it can be selected in the combo box on the toolbar Figure 7 4 Style Menu Creating a New Style Open the style manager by selecting View gt Grid Style Manager Note The View Menu will depend on the actual view for example for the Event Log the menu command is found at Event List gt Grid Style Manager Grid Style Manager S a E x System Style EGET Site Style o o d Set as Default Add Edit Remove Figure 7 5 Grid Style Manager Select the style that you want to use as a basis Click on the Add button The style should first be given a meaningful name 80 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Edit Grid Style Style Hame Cancel Available Columns Column Order and Yisibility Help due sequence Number Freeze Co
70. condary frames are similar to the primary frame except that they don t contain the status bar They can be freely positioned and sized and contain views just like the primary frame As an example the Floor Plan view and Status Bar can be positioned on one screen and all other views on another frame that is positioned on a second screen When the software is launched the application opens a single frame with a menu and toolbar At this point it is possible to maximize minimize or resize the frame or move it to another screen Button Description oOo a Detach Frame m Select Target Frame Minimize all but the current Frame This control allows the user to minimize all frame windows except the one in which this control is activated _ Minimize all Frames This control allows the user to minimize all frame windows ail Maximize all Frames This control allows the user to maximize all frame windows Table 8 1 Frame Management Controls In order to use multiple displays it is first necessary to open a view within the main frame for example a Floor Plan or a Monitoring Structure The view can then be detached from its frame by clicking on the Detach button at the top left of the view s title bar A secondary frame will open up containing the view The new frame can be repositioned and resized as required For example it could be moved to another screen Once multiple frames exist views can be dragged between them by
71. cted 32 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Remote Notification Specification x Mame East Wing Alarms General Type Fire 2 Fire 1 l Non Fire Alarm T Action Alert Supervisory Trouble T Disabled Mismatched Devices WHAT condition is ae ee m 1 Carnpus monitored E E 2 East wing H a VES DAnet Notification Groups Add WHO Edit is notified Remove Note Notification Groupe are global Any Changes here may affect other notifications Delay Response Delay fo cre ue Figure 3 12 Remote Notification Specification 1 Enter a name for this Notification type into the name field This name allow this notification to be clearly recognized For example East Wing Alarms may be used for a notification that only responds to alarms in the East Wing of the Campus 2 Select the event types that trigger the notification located in the General Type section by clicking on the check box next to each event 3 Define the relevant regions by selecting devices that monitor that region The Monitored structure is shown in the Devices section Clicking in the box next to a node in the tree will select that node and all of its child nodes Hence if the entire Monitoring Site was monitoring the East Wing then the site node would be checked which would in turn select all of the detectors and other devices in the structure Device s El Mes 1 Campus
72. ction esdaNet x Select a COM port to use COM Port fatal tibet Baud Rate fi J200 Data Bits E Parity IN Stop Bits fi Back Cancel Help Figure D 3 Select COM Port b Select the COM Port associated with the HLI Refer to Appendix C for information regarding the mapping of Serial to Ethernet devices to COM Ports c Select Next The Save Connection dialog appears Add Connection YesdaNet xj Save the connection as Name VESDAnet on COM129 Details Protocal Sliding Windows COM Fort M129 Baud Rate Data Bits Parity Stop Bits Back Cancel Help Figure D 4 Save Connection d Enter a name for the connection e Select Finish The connection is added to the list of available connections in the Connection Manager dialog 130 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide D 2 MODBUS RS 485 Connection via RS232 RS485 Converter a Select MODBUS RS 485 and click Next The Select Port dialog appears Add Connection MODBUS R5 485 Baud Rate 9600 Data Bits fe Party Stop Bits f Figure D 5 Select COM Port b Select the COM Port associated with the RS232 RS485 converter c Select Next The Save Connection dialog appears Add Connection MODBUS RS 485 Figure D 6 Save Connection d Enter a name for the connection e Select Finish The connection is added to the list of available connections in the Connection Manager d
73. d it still needs to allow the region to flash Consequently the selected shape s will appear slightly brighter than those that aren t selected When a shape is selected in the floor plan then its boundary is shown as a dashed line If the shape is associated with a link then the link node in the tree will also be shown as selected otherwise the floor plan node in the tree will be shown as selected 7 4 2 Device Hyperlinks When an active region is selected in the floor plan that corresponds to a device or if its tree node is selected then the property pages for the device may be viewed using the View gt Device Configuration menu These properties are also accessible through the Edit gt Edit menu while in monitoring mode The icon and tree text and the tooltip for a link will all be that of the target device Links to other floor plans will show the location string of the floor plan and trouble indications but they have a distinct icon so that they aren t confused with Floor Plans If the target is removed then the tree node will appear as where the text to the right of the arrow indicates the address of the missing target In this case tst was the abbreviation of a location in the floor plan that was deleted 7 4 3 Overlapping Shapes When multiple detectors are monitoring the same region then their shapes overlap This is a valid situation that where multiple detectors can be used independently to confirm
74. d toolbar buttons The graph shows the variation in the measured value with time so that trends can be readily observed The Active Event List allows troubles and alarms directly associated with the device to be readily observed and acknowledged The Trend Graph tab of the Options dialog Figure 7 21 sets the cache size for devices which determines the history that is immediately available to the Status View when the device is selected and the Status View shown Increasing cache size will consume more RAM and so an estimate of this is shown on the dialog Options General Active Event List Printing Color Sounds Database Diskspace Monitoring Email Configuration Event Management Floor Plan SMS Configuration Speech Trend Graph User Account Cache Size Number of data points to remember 200 for each device Note The cache size of current devices will not be changed Memory Requirements RAM Single Device 9600 bytes Curent devices 0 k 1 MByte Corea n J e Figure 7 21 View gt Options gt Trend Graph www xtralis com 95 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd e Cache Size Enter the number of data points for each device to remember The cache size of current devices will not be changed until you disconnect and reconnect to the device e Memory Requirements RAM The memory requirement calculations for the cache size are displayed These fields are not editable 7 6 1 Status Pages The Statu
75. dary frames Note The user must be logged on with Administrator level to close the application once a monitoring site has been opened www xtralis com 113 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd This page Is intentionally left blank 114 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide A Prerequisites A 1 Monitoring Computer In order to install and run VSM4 the Monitoring Computer must conform to the minimum requirements as listed below Note Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 Pentium 4 2 8 GHz 1 MB cache Hard Disk Preferred 2 x 80GB connected to RAID Storage Minimum 1 x 80GB Display Preferred Two 19 SVGA screens 1280x1024 Minimum Single 19 SVGA screen 1024x768 Display Adaptor Preferred Dual Monitor card with 256 MB memory Minimum Single Monitor card with 128 MB memory Network Adaptor Wired 100Mb sec ethernet or greater Wireless 54Mb sec ethernet or greater Serial Port High Speed FIFO 16550 or compatible Sound output capability and speakers Peripherals DVD ROM drive Line Printer events Optional Printer other Optional Archiving Writable DVD Redundancy Redundant Power Supply and Fans UPS Database If not using a VSM Managed or SQLite database an ODBC compliant database to store event and system logs The database can be accessed either locally or remotely using a Windows data source Internet Connection The following item
76. ddressed The warnings indicate unusual or potentially dangerous settings that may be due to an oversight and so should be reviewed These errors and warnings apply only to the Monitoring Structure 3 Select anode in the Floor Plan tree 4 Invoke the verification tool using Edit gt Verify menu Any errors or warnings will be displayed on the Verification dialog The errors and warnings will apply to the Floor Plan structure and the Monitoring Structure Once the logic in the monitoring structure and floor plan has been verified then the following should be tested e All connections work reliably e Allnetworks and detectors have been included in the Monitoring Structure and Floor Plan and associated correctly If there are missing detectors that is detectors assumed in configuration but not reported by the VESDAnet then these will be reported as missing device troubles on the Active Event List If detectors are not represented on the Floor Plan then warnings will be reported by the Verification tool e All procedure documents open correctly in the html browser view To test this select each node in the Floor Plan tree that has associated documentation and click on the Test button for each documented event type e Allremote notification mechanisms operate as expected The simplest way to test this is to run Alarm tests on detectors and check that notifications are received by all relevant staff www xtralis com 39 VSM4 Product Guide Xt
77. dministrator regarding connectivity options between your PC and the Serial to Ethernet device 122 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide C 2 Serial to Ethernet Device Selection Xtralis recommend using MOXA NPort Servers specifically the models listed in Table C 1 Configurations described in this article are based on the functions and features of the Moxa NPort 5110 Serial to Ethernet device Note Refer to product manuals and troubleshooting guides and the MOXA website located at hore Pion for further information NPort 5110 NPort Administrator 1 5 9 DB9 standard extension cable straight through DB9 male to DBY female NPort5610 16 16 2 4 NPort Administrator 1 5 9 RJ45 Moxa part CBL RJ45M9 150 NPort 5410 4 2 2 NPort Administrator 1 5 9 DB9 standard extension cable straight through DB9 male to DBY female NPort 5210 NPort Administrator 1 5 9 RJ45 Moxa part CBL RJ45M9 150 Table C 1 MOXA NPort Serial to Ethernet Devices To assemble an RS232 to RJ45 cable refer to the pinout table below Table C 2 DB9 Male Pin RJ45 Pin Table C 2 Pinouts for an RS232 to RJ45 cable C 3 Network Requirements For each Serial to Ethernet Device e 1 static IP Address This address must not end in 255 e g 192 168 1 255 and should be accessible from the Monitoring Computer e 1 network port This port should be unrestricted or have restrictions relaxed for communications between the Mo
78. document Caution This icon is used to indicate that there is a danger to equipment The danger could be loss of data physical damage or permanent corruption of configuration details Warning This icon is used to indicate that there is a danger of electric shock This may lead to death or permanent injury Warning This icon is used to indicate that there is a danger of EN inhaling dangerous substances This may lead to death or permanent injury Contact Us The Americas Asia Australia and New Zealand Continental Europe UK and the Middle East 1 781 740 2223 852 2916 8894 61 3 9936 7000 32 56 24 19 51 44 1442 242 330 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Table of Contents MACE OCUIC TON cys atts cesses tu et ae a eee oud ree eee 3 1 1 VSM4 Software 0c c cece cece cece eee e cece cece a a 22an ana 3 1 2 Product Guide 000 c cece cece cece cecceeeettcttttttetetteeees 4 1 3 COMMUNIC ANOINS 2s opts Joc none n renee weed le tanetnaacoece AS 4 1 4 Help System ccc ccc aaa a da GAES 5 2 Installation 2 2 22 ccc ccc eee e cece cc ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees T 2 1 Software Installation 0 0 0 0 ccc ccc ccc cece cece cecccccteeceteeteeees T 2 STATUE OI sh ect lashed Shin ia Ct ih le aM Re CES OU EEG ae 9 2 3 Install Optional Features 20 2 2 c cece anaana cece eeeeeeeeees 18 PGE WOOO 6 iit 35 sie wate adie ie a i licher cuisine d
79. ds Database kspace Monitoring Archive interval days fao Archive time 2 00 AM Event lifetime days fao VESDA Smoke 0 0031 3f OK Cancel e He Figure 3 29 View gt Database Options e Archiving these settings determine how often all database logs are archived and purged e Graph Data these settings define how significant a smoke change must be before it is logged to the database A finer setting will increase the detail in historical graphs and may show subtler trends but it will also increase the volume of data that will be stored www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 4 Monitoring This chapter describes how a typical operator will use VSM4 to monitor a fire system In order to be able to monitor a fire system the software must have been installed and a monitoring structure and floor plans designed as detailed in previous chapters 4 1 Observation A typical VSM4 monitoring session would display a Floor Plan view with the status bar at the bottom showing the highest priority condition in the system The floor plan shows the location of any incidents and provides an intuitive summary of the state of the fire detection system and the buildings Often a Browser window will also be displayed if the designer has associated procedural or response documents for specific alarm conditions or various regions in the buildings An example of this layout is shown below in Figure 4 1 To Start Monitoring
80. ds in the readings to be visually separated from noise For pre alarms this could distinguish between a slow buildup of smoke causing an Alert threshold to be tripped or a threshold that has been set too low and is in the signal noise The Trend graph allows multiple devices to be plotted so that their readings can be visually compared Open a Trend Graph Select an icon or region that represents a detector and then invoke View gt Trend Graph from its context menu to graph the detector The operator is prompted with a filter window see below where they can choose to plot historical and or live measurements e Live Displays readings as the data is received e Historical Displays readings from the database or the device s event log The plotted events can be restricted to a specific time and date range Filter Events eee x Historical W Enabled Live W Enabled W All Fran r Enabled r Enabled cre __ tee Table 7 2 Filter Dialog After making a selection a new graph view is opened unless one is already open for the current connection If a trend graph is already open then the detector is added Additional devices can be added by repeating the above steps or by drag and dropping them onto the graph For example multiple devices can be selected in a grid and dragged and dropped onto a graph Note Graphs will currently only accept devices sharing the same connection since the graph uses the n
81. e e For local COM Ports this is done in Windows Device Manager e For Virtual COM Ports this is done in NPort Administrator Communications Port COM1 Properties Ei General Fort Settings river Details Resources Bits per second js00 Data bits je Parity None Stop bits Poo Elow control None Advanced Restore Defaults Cancel Figure D 15 COM Port Configuration www xtralis com 135 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd D 5 TCP IP MODBUS Standalone Device Connection a For connecting to individual IFT or VFT detectors with MODBUS over TCP IP connection select MODBUS and click Next The Select Port screen appears Add Connection x Select the type of connection to add C VESDAtalk TECO MODBUS MODBUS RS485 C VESDAlink C VESDAnet Figure D 16 Add Connection b Select TCP IP Internet LAN and click Next Add Connection MODBUS Select the type of connection to add Direct Serial Cable TCP IP Intemet LAN Figure D 17 Select TCP IP connection c Enter the IP address of the remote device and click Next Add Connection MODBUS Figure D 18 Enter IP Address 136 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide d Inthe Name field enter a name for the connection This will be used to refer to this connection Click Finish Add Connection MODBUS ocol MODEUS Destination Device IF Address 10 0 1 10 Port 1884 Figure D 19
82. e 7 19 Edit Location Document Event Type Assignment www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 7 6 Device Status View The current status of a live device can be viewed in the Device Status view This view only applies to live devices and will automatically close if the device drops offline or the connection is lost The Status view may appear in the detail pane on a Device view when the device is selected on the tree Alternately a floating Status view can be created by selecting View gt Status refer to Figure 7 20 Device Status G1 P2 5 254 ESDA LaserFOCUS LaserFocus 254 a of x Device Edit Trend Graph Event List Fee IO Fire 1 iS B iS Custom 4 5 Active Event List A ei Alarm Status Summary Status Detail Status i o Fire 2 gt Fire 1 gt Action Smoke m Alert Trouble Disabled OK Reset Enable D l Device Trouble ate Time Message General Type Device Type pee Id Address Ej E d ilililililililili li on 11 30 12 00 12 30 1 00 1 30 2 00 2 30 1102 2008 11 17 AM Time hr min Figure 7 20 Status View floating The status view combines a trend graph an Active Event List and status pages that are all restricted to the selected device and any associated devices The Trend graph and Active Event List sub views behave identically to the standard views refer to sections 7 9 and 7 2 and have the same menus an
83. e brigade call out e to notify a maintenance manager of urgent faults that require attention Designer or administrative level access is required in order to configure Remote Notifications but any user can receive them Prerequisites Prior to defining remote notifications the ability for VSM4 to send an email or SMS must be configured e Email Server The email server configuration must be entered and tested Select View gt Options gt Email Configuration Refer to section e Email Addresses and Telephone Numbers in User Accounts Each user that is to receive notifications must have a local VSM4 user account with a valid email address that has been specified in the User Manager Security gt Manage Users Refer to section 6 1 4 for further information on user accounts e GSM Modem The configuration for the modem must be entered and tested Select View gt Options gt SMS Configuration Refer to section 3 2 1 Notification Specification Configuration What and Who A Notification Specification defines what conditions are to be reported and who should be notified The Remote Notification Specification may be found by selecting Monitoring gt Remote Notification Add a new Notification Specification by selecting the Add button The Remote Notification specification is displayed see below The upper section of this dialog defines WHAT is being reported and the Notification Groups down the bottom define WHO will be conta
84. each building e elevation view of each building e floor plan of each building level There are no bounds on the logical hierarchy that can be built Note Itis the Floor Plan view that most operators will use to navigate around the fire system since it provides a visual representation of the buildings and regions that are being protected by the fire detection system To create a new Floor Plan 1 Log onas the Designer 2 Select View gt Floor Plan from the menu system The screen divides into two panes the upper showing the monitoring structure the lower showing the Floor Plan Note Itis also possible to open a blank Floor Plan by selecting File gt New gt Location If this method is used the Floor Plan file must be the saved with the same name as the Monitoring Site 3 Select Floor Plan gt Designer Mode from the menu system This allows you to modify the Floor Plan Often the top levels of the Location structure are based on images such as maps or aerial photos of sites As the Location structure is built the locations should be edited and given meaningful names and abbreviations The Floor Plan tab should be used to define the background image or CAD drawing Use the Import button see below to browse to the image or CAD file Location 10 Identification Floor Plan Browser Floor Plan Background Image Defaut Inport Reset to defaults W Scale image to fit window Display H
85. eadings can be visually compared Open the Trend Graph Select an icon or region that represents a detector and then invoke View gt Trend Graph from its context menu to graph the detector The operator is prompted with a filter window see below where they can choose to plot historical and or live measurements e Live Displays readings as the data is received e Historical Displays readings from the database or the device s event log The plotted events can be restricted to a specific time and date range Filter Events 0 eee xi Historical W Enabled Live W Enabled From Enabled r Enabled cows _ toe Figure 4 12 Trend Graph Filter Dialog After making a selection a new graph view is opened unless one is already open for the current connection If a trend graph view is already open then the selected detector is added to it Additional devices can be added by repeating the above steps or by drag and dropping them onto the graph For example multiple devices can be selected in a grid and dragged and dropped onto a graph Note Graphs will currently only accept devices sharing the same connection since the graph uses the network time associated with the connection for its time axis Trend Graph Elements A trend graph will contain multiple sub graphs as shown below when devices that measure different quantities are plotted against each other Each sub graph is associated with a specific quantity
86. ections settings and the event log folders Copy them into the Common folder Do not replace the SystemGrid vstyle file VSM4 System Windows 7 Vista Senngs C ProgramData Xtralis VSM Select the Settings and Event Logs folder Windows XP 2000 2 Copy them to a new location or use your preferred backup software For example C Documents and Settings All copy the folders onto a CD Users Application Data Xtralis VSM Copy them to a new location For example copy the folders onto a CD Restoration 1 Locate your back up copies of the settings and the event log folders 2 Copy them into the application data folder Monitoring Site Windows 7 Vista Backup ang Toor TAN Documents Use a backup solution to archive the vmon and configuration files vfo files Windows XP 2000 eee My Documents Restoration Restore the files and folders to the same location Event Log Windows 7 Vista Backup Database VSM Managed and individual Windows XP 2000 Monitoring Site C ProgramData Xtralis VSM Use a backup solution to archive the Managed db database file Use a backup solution to archive folders that have C Documents and Settings All the same name as any vmon files Users Application Data Xtralis VSM Restoration Restore database files and folders to the same location Event Log User selected Consult the database vendor documentation for Database instructions on how to perform backup operations C
87. ed on the Floor Plan tab of the Options dialog to enable the designer to pick colors that stand out against the images or floor plan CAD files that they are using Genera Active Event List Printing Color Sounds Database Diskspace Monitoring Email Configuration Event Management Foor Plan SMS Corfiguration Speech Trend Graph User Account Automatic Floor Plan Selection Enabled ff enabled the Floor Plan view will automatically change to show the location of the device with the highest prionty Alarm or Pre alarnm Status Bar Double Click Behaviour Display the device on the Floor Plan M Display the device s Status View Design Colors Selected region cept ey 3 Unassigned Region Figure 7 14 Floor Plan Options 90 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 7 4 15 Customization The templates for the text on the tree nodes and the text on the floor plan tool tips can be customized using the Customize commands on the menu However these menu items are only available when the Designer is logged on and working with the Floor Plan in Design mode Customize Tree Node Text The text for the tree nodes can be customized using the menu Floor Plan gt Customize Tree Text The dialog shown below allows the text to be defined as a template The template field shows parameters in blue and literal text in black e Parameters are added by placing the cursor at the desired insertion p
88. ee ee Xtralis VSM4 Product Guide November 2010 Document 11885 08 Part Number 20536 Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Intellectual Property and Copyright This document includes registered and unregistered trademarks All trademarks displayed are the trademarks of their respective owners Your use of this document does not constitute or create a licence or any other right to use the name and or trademark and or label This document is subject to copyright owned by Xtralis AG Xtralis You agree not to copy communicate to the public adapt distribute transfer sell modify or publish any contents of this document without the express prior written consent of Xtralis Disclaimer The contents of this document is provided on an as is basis No representation or warranty either express or implied is made as to the completeness accuracy or reliability of the contents of this document The manufacturer reserves the right to change designs or specifications without obligation and without further notice Except as otherwise provided all warranties express or implied including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are expressly excluded General Warning This product must only be installed configured and used strictly in accordance with the General Terms and Conditions User Manual and product documents available from Xtralis All proper health and safe
89. el but are blocked from functions requiring greater access level 6 1 1 Roles The roles are e Users Access to user level device commands e Administrators Access to administrative level device commands including the ability to modify device configurations e None No direct access to the monitoring system however may receive remote notifications All Users All users regardless of their assigned role can perform the following functions without needing to be logged on e Receive remote notifications e Register and Activate the software Users are not required to provide a username and password in order to browse the available views and settings or connect in read only mode Users can perform the following functions e View Configurations e Open Floor Plans e View Active Event Lists e View Events User Role User level functions provide similar control to that provided by the buttons on the detector The following functions are available at User level e Commands such as enable disable silence and reset www xtralis com 69 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Administrator Role In addition to User level access Administrators have modify privileges and so can e Run Test commands e Change configurations e Edit Global Options e Manage Local Users e Manage connections e Close Monitoring Views 6 1 2 User Accounts User Accounts allow the system to track users and allow the facility manager to control
90. elve zeros The Designer account name is translated as shown in Table 2 3 The default Administrator and User names are not translated since the Designer should setup custom users and administrators for the site oa Account Name Password o ji Cancel Help Figure 2 15 VSM4 Logon Designer User Login for non English installations If you are the designer user and VSM4 is operating with a non English language setting the login name for the designer user has been translated Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Table 2 3 Designer User Names 20 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Current Logon Status The Status Bar located at the bottom of the VSM4 application window shows the name of the logged in user and their permission level VSM4 starts with the application running at the Basic permission level and no user logged in refer to Figure 2 16 When a user logs into VSM4 the Status Bar will indicate the user account and the associated access level refer to Figure 2 17 and Figure 2 18 Ready Basic Figure 2 16 Status Bar Basic not logged on Ready adm Administrator Figure 2 17 Status Bar Administrator user adm logged on Ready designer Designer Figure 2 18 Status Bar Designer user designer logged on Change Password To change your password follow the steps below 1 While logged in to VSM4 select Security gt Change Password from the men
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92. ended that the Designer determine the optimum display layout and document this This will enable monitoring staff to restart the software as necessary and resume monitoring with all necessary information displayed www xtralis com 45 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 4 1 1 Status Bar The Status Bar always sits at the bottom of the main frame and shows key information about the highest priority condition in the system Its prominence and simplicity ensure that an operator is made aware of crucial events The Status Bar shows the top event on the Active Event List Refer to section 4 2 for information on the prioritization system that it uses z I Ready Designer Designer Offline Figure 4 2 Status Bar Contents The event message sits in the middle of the status bar and is shown in large font The time stamp device type and address appear to the left in normal font On the right are the Acknowledge Reset and Silence buttons Acknowledge This button is used to indicate that the user has been made aware of this condition and has acknowledged it If the event has already been acknowledged then this button is disabled The status bar will flash while an event is unacknowledged to get the operator s attention Reset Resets the detector which clears events If the conditions continue to exist then they will be regenerated This will be disabled if the event relates to a non detector type trouble such as a
93. enting the same device then the remaining regions can be linked by Drag and dropping the target node onto each of the regions Alternatively the Link node in the Floor Plan tree can be dragged onto each of the remaining regions 7 4 8 Icons Dragging and dropping a device onto a background section i e away from any shapes will cause the device s icon to be drawn at that location The icon will show the same state as the icon on the tree and will flash if any troubles or alarms occur 7 4 9 Propagation of Events When a device is not linked to a floor plan any troubles or alarms occurring on this device are fed to its container If the container is not represented on the floor plan then the events will propagate further up the network tree see Monitoring Browser section 7 7 Consequently it is good practice to include an icon or a region on the Floor Plan in order to catch any troubles or alarms for any of the devices that it monitors 86 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 7 4 10 Creating Shapes A range of shapes are provided to allow virtually any shape to be created to described a region on an image or floor plan These are found on the floor plan context menu cascaded under the Insert sub menu Rectangle Cursor changes to a cross hair 1 Click left mouse button at desired corner of rectangle 2 Moving the mouse will drag out a rectangle Click mouse button again when the rectangle is the desired size
94. et 1S y ES YESDA YLP 1 002 fig YESDA VLP 1 003 s A Em VESDA VLP 1 004 fig YESDA YLP 1 005 fig YESDA VLP 1 006 oot pig YESDA YLP 008 ee o i 2 Health check period sec B60 60 Loop Open Ended Of OR 1 VESDAnet 5 Current 2 VESDAnet 5 Installation Close Help Figure 5 4 Comparison View of two VESDAnets The columns in the table labeled 1 and 2 refer to the original device and the reference device The type address and location of these two devices are shown as a legend at the lower left of the dialog The icons next to the tree nodes and settings have the following meaning Icon Description i This node or setting has not changed This node did not exist in the original device and has been added in the reference device This node did exist in the original device and has been removed in the reference device ry This node or setting has changed This setting has changed but may not be directly edited in the merge tool Applies mainly to complex settings like relay masks and interlocking ra This device has not changed but one of its children has Navigation The toolbar contains a navigation panel and a merge panel discussed below The navigation controls have the meaning tabulated below and also have equivalent menus commands under the Differences menu Button Description S ECE Step to first difference D Step to last difference EKIN Step to previous difference D
95. etwork time associated with the connection for its time axis 7 9 1 Elements A trend graph can contain multiple sub graphs as shown below when devices that measure different quantities are plotted against each other Each sub graph is associated with a specific quantity For example in the graph below the top sub graph shows outputs from two devices in raw units and the lower sub graph shows smoke measurements All sub graphs share the same time scale and so scroll together The legend appears to the right of each sub grapnh It lists the devices that are plotted and allows commands on these devices to be invoked by using a context menu www xtralis com 103 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Sounder Ctrl Mod G1 P2 3 007 Heat Det G1 P2 3 063 YLP G1 P2 5 001 22 4 2 2007 29 1 2 2007 5 01 2008 12 01 2008 19 01 2008 26 01 2008 2007 i Figure 7 30 Trend Graph 7 9 2 Legend The legend defines the color for each plotted device and identifies the detector by abbreviation and address Detectors with multiple inputs such as the VLS show a line for each input sector 09 40 00 09 42 00 09 44 00 09 46 00 09 43 00 09 50 00 09 52 00 09 54 00 09 56 00 2 01 2007 9 39 54 AM Time hr min sec Figure 7 31 Trend Graph View with Legend When multiple devices are plotted one is defined as the current device and is shown bolded in the legend The current device defines the threshold levels which are shown on the graph and whic
96. from the context menu Don t use Enter 4 Move the mouse to define the correct tangent for the joining point and then click the mouse button again Like Polyline this operation supports Undo 7 4 11 Drawing Annotations e Line This just keeps adding lines until you right click You can not build up shapes this way but the lines could be used for annotations e Multiline This draws parallel lines but does not create a shape from them that is used by VSM4 so only use for annotations 7 4 12 Editing Shapes lf the shape is not quite correct then right click on it and select Move Rotate Scale from the context menu If this is not sufficient then you can always delete it and re create it Right clicking in the middle of these operations will cancel the operation Delete Right click on the shape and select Delete Move 1 Right click on the shape to be moved and select Move from the context menu The cursor will change to a cross hair 2 Click with the left mouse button on the shape 3 Move the mouse and the outline of the shape will be moved with the mouse Click again when you reach the correct position Rotate The cursor changes to 1 Click on the point around which you wish to rotate the shape Note this does not even need to be on the shape but it is usually more intuitive if it is 2 Move the mouse and the outline of the shape will rotate to follow it Click again when you achieve the correct orien
97. ght C tralis Pty Ltd 2003 2010 incorporates Capacity Nuance software Site Licensing Number Full License License Features Monitoring Fimmware Upgrade Speech Remote Device Interface Versions ECO Detector 02 20 1 02 24 IF T 1 JESDA VLC LP Phase 1 JESDA VLC RO Phase 1 Figure 2 12 About VSM4 Features The license type and enabled features are displayed in the About VSM4 dialog box Available features that should be listed for Full Licenses include the following e Monitoring Firmware Upgrade HTML Viewing Remote Notification Speech where the Text to Speech optional feature has been enabled Figure 2 12 above shows all installed features listed under the license type in this example Full License Monitoring Capacity Monitoring capacity is measured by the number of available Connection Tokens Tokens are used to enable the following e Network Connections Each VESDAnet or MODBUS RS 485 requires connection tokens e Detector Connections The number of tokens required by monitored detectors are proportional to the sophistication of the detector 16 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide The number of tokens provided with a Full License will have been determined during the purchase and commissioning process The evaluation and demonstration licenses are both limited to 660 tokens The activation process is outlined above in Figure 2 7 For reference the calculation of the requ
98. h are used to define the Fire1 and Fire2 vertical scales 7 9 3 Hiding Showing Device Right clicking on a device entry in the legend will bring up a context menu which allows devices to be hidden or shown on the graph Hidden devices are shown as greyed out entries on the legend The context menu provides access to commands and views that are relevant to the device 7 9 4 Removing Device Right click on the device entry in the legend in the legend and invoke Delete from the context menu Alternatively left click on the device entry in the legend and hit the Delete key 104 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 7 9 5 Display e Thresholds Green horizontal lines indicate the thresholds for the currently selected device e g Fire 1 Fire 2 To identify a threshold line and see its exact value position the mouse pointer over it and read the tooltip as shown below Some of the more sophisticated detectors have separate threshold banks for day and night operation and will automatically swap between these banks The operator can choose to show the Day Night or Current thresholds on the graph by clicking on the relevant button on the graph toolbar Alert 0 080 m Figure 7 32 Tooltip showing the name and value of the threshold level e Data Points Points where the measured reading changed are shown as round dots if the graph is zoomed in sufficiently As the graph is zoomed out the dots disappear and only the l
99. h clears events If the conditions continue to exist then they will be regenerated This command will be disabled if the event relates to a non detector type trouble such as a Lost connection Silence Silences outputs on the device associated with the event This button can be toggled to un silence a silenced device 7 2 3 Event List Menu This is the main menu that is associated with the Active Event List and which corresponds to its toolbar shown below 7 2 4 Context Menu Clicking the right mouse button on a condition in the Active Event List will bring up the shown context menu Most of the options relate to the device associated with the selected condition Only the Help option is enabled if more than one condition is selected in the list e Help Provides a summary description of the condition and possible responses e Edit Selecting this option will bring up the property pages for the device This can be useful for inspecting threshold levels or flow rate settings e Device This is a cascaded menu that contains all commands for the device e View This is a cascaded menu that provides access to all views related to the device 7 2 5 Double Clicking Double clicking on a condition will bring up the Device Status View for the associated device For example double clicking on an air flow fault on a VLF would bring up the Device Status View for that detector Active Event List Printing Options The Active Event L
100. h i specific to this machine and usable by any user who logs onto this machine lt Back Cancel Figure 3 27 Select Type of Data Source 5 Select the correct ODBC driver from the list and select Next 6 Select Finish ODBC Microsoft Access Setup x Data Source Mame events db Description Database Cancel Database Help Select Create Repair Compact System Databaze Advanced f None Database System Database Options gt I TREE Figure 3 28 ODBC Setup 7 Specify a name for the data source and select a database file using the Select or Create buttons Testing the Database File Primary 1 Once you have selected or created a database file select Test to test whether the database was successfully created Once connected to a live network and some data has been logged the View gt Database Event Log option will become available 3 4 2 Database Settings The database which logs system events needs to be setup in a similar way First open the Database options tab by selecting the View gt Options menu then configure the following settings e Database Select VSM Managed or Custom to set a default database connection or Disabled to not collect data from compatible detectors and networks www xtralis com 43 44 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Esa tae E S el fae escola Obras User Account General Active Event List Printing Color Soun
101. he VSM4 shortcut on the Windows desktop or e Double click a Floor Plan shortcut on the Windows desktop or e Select Start gt Program Files gt Xtralis gt VSM4 gt VSM4 from the Windows menu system File Edit View Connection Security Monitoring Help Reo eer CIP ek gt xiras vs Figure 2 3 VSM4 Software www xtralis com 9 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Set the Default Passwords The first time VSM4 is launched after installation you will be prompted to enter a new password for the designer user Enter the password in both the new password and confirmation fields and select OK The password must contain between 6 and 12 alphanumeric characters Change Password Changing password for user designer ld Password New Password Contim New Password Passwords must contain between 6 and 12 characters is Cancel Help Figure 2 4 Set Designer User Password It is recommended that the password be recorded in a secure location as resetting the Note designer user password requires assistance from your authorized Xtralis representative Both the default Administrator and User accounts require that their passwords be defined To do this log on as Administrator and enter twelve zeros You will be prompted to enter your own password Repeat this for the default user account 10 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 2 2 3 Monitoring Mode VSM4 supports two monitoring
102. hen it is being worked on by the Designer then all the devices may be edited or deleted However a live device can not be deleted as it makes no logical sense and hence it can not be cut to the clipboard although it can be copied to the clipboard The Edit command is always available for a device but if the operator is not logged on with Administrator access then they may view but not change the properties 7 7 4 Grid Operations Device addresses are set by the row that they occupy on the grid Dragging them to another row changes their address This can only be done if an operator is logged on at Administrator level Multiple devices may be moved at the same time by doing a multiple selection and then dragging them They will then be placed consecutively at the new starting address in the same order When selecting devices the Shift key defines a continuous range from the first selected device and the Ctrl key toggles the selection of the single row that is clicked on 7 1 5 Cell Editing Individual cells on the grid may be edited as long as they don t represent read only properties by switching to cell editing mode using Device View gt Cell Editing In this mode clicking in a cell will allow the user to directly edit the text or drop down a list of possible values as a combo box The user needs to be logged on with Administrator access to be able to do this The tab back tab keys can be used to move between fields Cells can be c
103. hese files The contents of the Event Log table can be copied to the Windows clipboard To achieve this select a range of events in the list then press CTRL C The copied data is formatted using tab delimiters in between columns The column headings are automatically included in the exported data 7 10 5 Printing The File gt Print and Print Preview commands allow an event log to be printed out Where the printed table exceeds a single page column headings are repeated on each page 7 10 6 Plotting Event data can be trended using the Trend Graph select View gt Trend Graph This option will only be available if the log contains value change events 110 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 8 Workspace Configuration The management of multiple views is described in this section These views can be positioned across multiple displays 8 1 Display Structure VSM4 uses the display concepts illustrated below Figure 8 1 The VSM4 application manages frames which usually correspond to the physical screens associated with the workstation Views are then placed within partitions on a frame We first look at how views are managed within a frame and then proceed to discuss the support that VSM4 has for multiple frames and through that for multiple screens Screen SM Frame Figure 8 1 Display Structure 8 2 View Management Views are normally placed in a partition on the active frame so that they won t be l
104. hovers over an active region providing more information on the target to which the region is linked Update Policy Events propagate up the floor plan hierarchy i e the tree on the left side so that even when looking at the top most floor plan events on monitored devices on subordinate floor plans are still reported to the operator A priority system is used when multiple events are active and this is described further in section 4 2 Locking The Floor Plans can be configured to always show the location of the highest priority event that is reported on the status bar via the check box on the Floor Plan options shown below When this option is set it is possible for the operator to override this and prevent the current floor plan from being changed by selecting the Floor Plan gt Locked menu This will remain until the operator explicitly disables it or changes to another floor plan Display Zoom There are several menu options that enable the operator to look in detail at a given floor plan These include e basic zoom in out controls e aShow All option that optimizes the zoom to just encompass all the image and active regions e a Zoom previous option that allows the last Zoom operation to be undone Floor Plan Navigator The Floor Plan Navigator Figure 4 4 is a tool that provides a resizable overview of the entire image that is currently open in the Floor Plan view and can be used in both monitoring and design modes It can be in
105. ialog www xtralis com 131 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd D 3 VESDAtalk and VESDAIlink Standalone Device Connection a Toconnectto VLF detectors select VESDAtalk or to connect to VLC RO detectors select VESDAIlink and click Next The Select Port screen appears Add Connection Select the type of connection to add VESDAtalk BOO C MODBUS C MODBUS RS 485 C VESDAlink C VESDAnet Figure D 7 Add Connection b Select the COM port that the detector is connected to and click Next Add Connection ESDAtalk Select a COM port to use COM Part COM Baud Rate Data Bits Parity Stop Bits lt Back Cancel Help Figure D 8 Select COM Port c Inthe Name field enter a name for the connection This will be used to refer to this connection Click Finish 132 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Add Connection ESDAtalk Save the connection as Mame VESDA WLF on COM Details Protocol VESDAtalk COM Pork COM Baud Rate 19200 Data Bits Parity Stop Bits lt Back Cancel Help Figure D 9 Connection Name The connection is added to the list of available connections in the Connection Manager dialog d Ensure that Flow Control is set to None for the COM Port in use e Forlocal COM Ports this is done in Windows Device Manager e For Virtual COM Ports this is done in NPort Administrator Communica
106. ide inactive floorplan regions OK Cancel Appl Help Figure 3 6 Location Properties Floor Plan Tab Where possible use Vector graphic image files as they allow maps and Floor Plan drawings to be enlarged and reduced without losing image quality Vector drawings include files with these extensions cgm dwg dxf emf vec and wmf 26 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide When using CAD files minimize fine building details as this will affect application performance The detail should be just sufficient to clearly indicate fire zones and locations of devices In general keep file sizes below 1MB Note Thelnsert gt Image on the context menu on the floor plan right side partition should never be used for background images It is used to add annotations into a Floor Plan file Structure of a Floor Plan Location The Floor Plan that is associated with each location has a layered structure where the imported background drawing or image is at a lower layer and then regions associated with zones and detectors are placed in a special upper layer The Import button on the Floor Plan tab imports the background image or drawing to the lower layer lt a Active Regions E NN eh Other CAD Layers Figure 3 7 CAD Layering The Insert sub menu options on the floor plan context menu are used to create regions in the upper VSC layer Setting up Hyperlinks Adding a hyperlink invol
107. igure 7 24 Diagram At some stage the Designer attaches a network to the logical structure by inserting a VESDAnet refer to Figure 7 25 followed by one or more detectors or other devices i a 1 Campus E M 2 East Wing VESDANet Figure 7 25 VESDAnet Insertion The row representing the detector should be dragged in the grid to the actual address of the real detector or device ag z 2 East Wing Iere ype a o gf VESDAnet mim VESDA VLC 001 ea VESDA VLF 002 Figure 7 26 Assign Address Once this has been done then the Designer should edit the VESDAnet connection properties The Connection tab will allow the designer to define the connection that VSM4 will use to connect this item to the real devices The Browse button on the dialog will bring up the Connection Manager which displays all defined connections and also provides wizards to guide the designer in defining new connections These are described further in Appendix D 98 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide YESDAnet Cmop ry x Regional Settings Network Settings Connection Connection VESDAnet on COMB Browse iM Connect at startup Reconnect Options Automatically reconnect Retry attempts 3 Endless Time between retry attempts mina E Security i Predefine PIN C Administrator E f User Prompt for PIN OE Cancel Apply Help Figure 7 27 Connection Tab The connecti
108. ime Resize As the graph view is shrunk the information around the graph will be minimized so that the graph itself stays visible First the scale labels are reduced and then the axis labels will be removed and eventually only the line graphs will remain The legend usually scales with the graph window The legend size can be independently varied by clicking with the mouse in the gap separating the sub graph and legend and dragging the separator to the desired width Export Data can be exported to other applications via the clipboard or by saving to a csv file www xtralis com 105 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd e Copy paste graph image Select the Trend Graph and press Ctrl C to place a copy of the Trend Graph image into the Windows clipboard e Export as csv file The graph data can be exported as a Comma Separated Value csv file by selecting File gt Save which can then be imported into Excel However VSM4 will not open and load this file Print To print a graph select File gt Print Toolbar and Menu The Trend Graph Toolbar is shown below g AHS 1 E um gt Figure 7 33 Trend Graph Toolbar e The first three buttons act as radio buttons to specify the thresholds They specify the day night and current detector thresholds respectively e The vertical magnification buttons specify the vertical Zoom in special Zoom and zoom out e The special zoom dropdown lets the range be set to standard pre defi
109. ine remains as shown above Points where readings ceased or restarted due for example to the loss of power are shown as breaks in the graph e Tool Tips Positioning the mouse pointer over change points along the line will show a tooltip giving the exact date time and value for that point 7 9 6 Navigation The graph allows the user to zoom and pan through the data to locate and view relevant data Zoom Toolbar buttons and menu commands are provided for the zoom as detailed below The zoom can also be specified by clicking on a graph and dragging out a rectangular region of interest The graph will scale to this region If the shift key is held down while dragging out the region then only the time range will be affected the vertical range will remain the same Pan The horizontal and vertical scrollbars are used to pan the view The vertical scroll bar will not be shown if all the data points are already within the vertical range of the graph e Live Setting The Trend Graph display will track live data if the graph is scrolled to include the current time by scrolling the horizontal scroll bar to the extreme right When this is done the right arrow at the end of the scroll bar is disabled If the scroll bar is moved to the left or the user zooms in on data at an earlier time then the graph display will stay locked on the specified time range and the scroll bar will move to the left as the displayed time falls further behind the current t
110. ing commands 7 10 2 Display Controls The Event Log table style can be changed to one of the pre defined ones by using the table style selector on the toolbar see below Additional table styles can be created using the Grid Style Manager refer to section 7 2 6 The Event Log table can be sorted by column This is done by clicking on the heading of the desired column This will sort in ascending order Clicking again will toggle it to sort in descending order VESDA Event Log BASEINI S Log Figure 7 38 Table Style Selector The event counter in the status bar shows how many events are displayed in the table Figure 7 39 www xtralis com 109 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Active Event List PROACTIY on COM133 ioi M a omafacoomi Tmt poricarme Ogge TRA naon a B E l a a E FT Saag Press Help F1 for more information on the selected Trouble 69 events Designer Designer Administrator 69 events Figure 7 39 Event Counter 7 10 3 Save Load Event logs can be saved in binary file i e in vevt format by selecting File gt Save As These files can be reloaded into VSM4 by selecting File gt Open and are language neutral 7 10 4 Export Event logs can be exported to a text file by selecting the File gt Save As menu item The data in the columns is saved as tab separated text Such files can be loaded into spreadsheets for further analysis Note that VSM4 is unable to load t
111. ion It is possible to use a VSM Managed database or to connect to an existing SQLite or ODBC compliant database The VSM Managed database option is enabled by default To use a VSM Managed database 1 Double click on Monitoring Site or Logical node and select the Event Logging tab Figure 3 22 2 Select VSM Managed 3 Select Apply Campus 1 Identification Event Logging Database VSM Managed Disabled Custom Figure 3 22 Event Logging Configuration To select an existing custom database Primary and Secondary 1 Inthe Event Logging Configuration tab Figure 3 22 select the Custom option and then the Select button 2 Select an existing database from the list of available databases Figure 3 23 3 Click OK 40 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Database Manager E x Curent Database Name wem_event_database OF Path C Documents and Settings 4ll Users4pplication Cancel Datastralis ySM ver event database mdb User admir Password Available Databases Name wam event database C Documents and Settings all Users 4oplication Datat Figure 3 23 Event Database Manager To create an SQLite database 1 Select the Select button 2 Select Add Figure 3 23 Select the type of database to create SQLite Database Allows you to create a simple database file on this PC This type of database is very easy to setup and has very good perfomance O
112. ion Procedure 1 Log into the computer using an account with local administration privileges 2 Ensure that Text to Speech is appropriately licensed In the VSM4 application select Help gt About VSM4 and look for Speech in the enabled features If Speech is not listed under the licensed features consult with your authorized Xtralis representative regarding licensing options Close all software applications Insert the software installation disk into the DVD drive Select VSM4 Software gt Text to Speech Installation Programs from the menu system to launch the installation program and select the appropriate Text to Speech installation program 6 If autorun is not enabled locate the appropriate Text to Speech installation program in the Text to Speech folder on the installation disk and run it 7 Follow the InstallShield Wizard prompts eS ies RealSpeak UK English Emily InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for RealSpeak UK English Emily The InstallShield R Wizard will install RealSpeak UK English Emily on your computer To continue click Next WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Figure 2 14 Text to Speech Installshield Wizard 18 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 8 VSM4 will automatically use the newly installed voice Ensure that the sound speakers are connected correctly to the computer and that the volume controls are
113. ired number of Tokens for each Network Connection or Detector Connection type is as follows Networks e 80 tokens per VESDAnet connection via HLI High Level Interface device e 80 tokens per MODBUS RS 485 connection via RS485 RS232 converter Detectors e 20 tokens per VLP VLS VLC or VLF in a network e 20 tokens per IF T P IFT 1 IFT 4 IFT 6 IFT 15 VFT 15 VESDA ECO or ICAM ECO connected via the RS485 RS232 converter on a MODBUS RS 485 connection e 20 tokens per IF T P IF T 1 IF T 4 IF T 6 IFT 15 or VF T 15 connected directly ona MODBUS TCP IP connection e 20 tokens per VESDA ECO or ICAM ECO connected directly via USB e 60 tokens per VLF or VLC RO connected directly to the monitoring computer via Serial Port e 60 tokens per IF T P IF T 1 IF T 4 IF T 6 IFT 15 or VF T 15 connected directly to the monitoring computer on a MODBUS RS 232 connection For example a system that consists of aVESDAnet and three VLP detectors on VESDAnet will require 140 tokens 20 for each of the VLP detectors the detectors being monitored and 80 for the VESDAnet the network being monitored ca VSM Capacity Licensing ox Capacity Unlimited Online 0 Offline 0 This software is currently connected to 0 VESDAnet Network Connections via HLI 0 tokens each MODBUS RS 485 Connections 0 tokens each MODBUS RS 232 Connections 40 tokens each VESDAnet Detector Connections OU tokens each VESDAtalk Detector Connections 60 tokens
114. ired when requesting a License See below Request License e Full License or Demonstration License e Where Internet connection is available select Request License The default web browser will be launched and the Xtralis license code generator form will be displayed See below Figure 2 10 e Complete the required fields marked with an asterisk and select Send An email containing your new License Code will automatically be sent to your nominated email address If it does not arrive check if it has been sent into a spam mail area instead of the mail client inbox e Where Internet connection is not available select Contact Us Phone your authorized Xtralis Representative and provide the Site License Number Serial Number and Reference Code A License code will be provided to enter into the License field e Evaluation License Not applicable 14 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide A IESDA n Performance Counts Xtralis License Code Generator All fields must be filled in correctly for a license code to be successfully generated The license code will be e mailed to the address below upon clicking the Send button PRODUCT xtralis vom Australia and Asis SITE LICENSE Xtralis 4 North Drive Virginia Park 236 262 East Boundary Road SERIAL NUMBER are Victoria 3165 Australis 0530611015900516 Tel 81 2399238 7000 Fax 61 25211 7201 REFERENCECODE i 75268594 The Americas Xtralis
115. irewall NAT used Email Server VSM4 email address SSL required The following are only required if the server requires user logon User Account Password www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide C Database Primary Database Number of secondary Shared Drive a Database type select one VSM Managed l SQLite Other ODBC Specify Login required User Account Password Database Backup planned every C Day L Week on day I Other specify Secondary Database 1 Shared Drive Database type select one F VSM Managed C SQLite Other ODBC Specify Login required User Account Password Database Backup planned every C Day Week on day Other specify www xtralis com 119 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 120 Secondary Database 2 Shared Drive Database type select one VSM Managed F SQLite Other ODBC Specify Login required User Account Password Database Backup planned every C Day L Week on day Other specify www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide C Serial to Ethernet Connection This Appendix of the VSM4 Product Guide provides information on the configuration of aMOXA Nport Server for use in Serial to Ethernet protocol conversion RS232 485 serial communications from a High Level Interface HLI a compatible detector or an IF T VFT RS485 Modbus network may be con
116. is is also the first command on the context menu Up to 16 selection changes can be undone Double clicking on an active region that represents a device will bring up its Status view which shows measured trends and detailed status for that device Zoom The Floor Plan provides several functions to allow the user to define what area of a floor plan to view The Zoom In Out functions on the menu and toolbar do the standard zoom operations based on the centre point of the view The Zoom window option changes the cursor to show a window symbol below the arrow Drag out a rectangle to define the region you wish to view and VSM4 will optimize the zoom and pan to show that region o The Show All option sets the zoom to just include the entire floor plan in the view www xtralis com 83 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Navigator Tool Select the Floor Plan gt Navigate menu or click on its icon a to invoke the Navigator tool Figure 7 9 Navigator Figure 7 9 Floor Plan Navigator The entire picture is shown greatly reduced in this tool with the region shown on the Floor Plan view represented by a red rectangle The red rectangle can be moved around to show different regions on the main view The slider can be moved to change the zoom factor This tool is especially useful when zoomed into a small region on a large floor plan since it provides context and allows very rapid movement around the plan Automatic Selection The
117. is 20 000 Once this limit has been reached paging forwards to further events will cull the oldest events Similarly paging backward will cull the earliest events 62 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide The filter toolbar button allows the displayed data to be further filtered It brings up the Filter Events dialog shown above If the filter conditions are made more restrictive then the filtering is done in RAM and is fast If the filter conditions are relaxed beyond the conditions associated with the original database retrieve then the data will be fetched again from the database which is slower The Event Log menu provides access to the Grid Style Manager as well as these event retrieval and filtering commands Event Log Display Controls The Event Log table style can be changed to one of the pre defined ones by using the table style selector on the toolbar Additional table styles can be created using the Grid Style Manager section 7 2 6 e Sorting The Event Log table can be sorted by column This is done by clicking on the heading of the desired column This will sort in ascending order Clicking again will toggle it to sort in descending order Saving Loading Event Logs Event logs can be saved in binary file i e in vevt format by selecting File gt Save As These files can be reloaded into VSM4 using File gt Open and are language neutral Exporting Event logs can be exported to a text file with the dat
118. is VSM is a software program that provides all MSM the features of VSC together with advanced UL Compliance Exceptions monitoring features VSM provides tools to enable Planning the Fire System design of site and floor plans and extensive How To connectivity and monitoring capabilities to enable Interface monitoring and control of devices across multiple Troubleshooting networks and sites Fault Codes se ee Leene ene VSM is licensed to support VESDA solutions Figure 1 2 VSM4 Help System www xtralis com 5 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd This page Is intentionally left blank 6 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 2 Installation This chapter describes how to install VSM4 at your site Note The following instructions are for the installation and configuration of VSM4 software only Instructions for the installation and operation of fire protection system equipment are available in other documents Refer to the Xtralis VESDA or Xtralis ICAM System Design Manual for further information The table below outlines all steps required to install VSM4 Step Deserto OO i Install Optional Features Table 2 1 Installation Overview 2 1 Software Installation VSM4 has a simple InstallShield Installation Wizard that guides you through the steps required to install the software After the Installation Procedure has been completed it is necessary to correctly license register and activate the installation
119. ist Printing Tab of the Options dialog Figure 7 3 is used to set automatic printing options for a line printer Each print job contains details of the event and spans two lines Note Event printing requires a line printer Email Configuration Event Management Floor Plan SMS Configuration Speech Trend Graph User Account General Active Event List Printing Color Sounds Database Diskspace Monitoring Printing Enabled Printer Name vis ebe de0 1 Baboon Print using MBCS Multi Byte Character Strings Cancel Amy Hep Figure 7 3 View gt Options gt Active Event List Printing Printing Settings e Printing Enabled Check to enable automatic printing of an incoming event notification Select the browse button to select a printer If the printer is not on the list add it using the www xtralis com 79 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Windows Add Printers program Start gt Settings gt Printers and Faxes in Windows XP The printer you have selected is displayed in the Printer Name textbox The printer must be a line printer e Print using MBCS Multi Byte Character Strings Check if printing MBCS text for example you are printing Chinese characters If the realtime printing does not reproduce the correct character set check whether the printer supports MBCS rather than the more common Unicode character set If so check this option 7 2 6 Grid Style Manager The Active Event List
120. le E Dumps Mons B aseline_E vent ymon 1997 30 10 2007 11 16 46 4M User Loaded file E Dumps Mons B aseline_E vent vfp 1996 30 10 2007 11 07 07 4M User Application Startup command line arguments 1994 30 10 2007 11 02 52 4M User Application Shutdown 1993 30 10 2007 11 02 51 4M User Closed file E Dumps Mons B aseline_E vent ymon 1992 30 10 2007 11 02 51 AM User Closed file E Dumps Mons B aseline_E vent vfp 1991 30 10 2007 11 02 51 4M Advisory Connection VESDAnet on COMB2 to device has been lo 1930 30 10 2007 11 02 37 AM User Access Level changed from Basic to Administrator 1989 30 10 2007 11 02 37 AM User User a logged on 1988 30 10 2007 11 01 56 4M Advisory Connection YVESDAnet on COMB2 to device has been 1987 30 10 2007 11 01 56 4M Advisory Connection VYESDAnet on COMB2 to device has been 1986 30 10 2007 11 01 54 AM User Loaded file E Dumps Mons B aseline_E vent ymon 1985 30 10 2007 11 01 54 4M User Loaded file E Dumps Mons B aseline_E vent vfp 1984 30 10 2007 10 41 43 4M User Application Startup command line arguments 1982 30 10 2007 8 44 54 AM User Application Shutdown 1981 29 10 2007 4 41 16 PM User Application Startup command line arguments 1980 26 10 2007 11 59 58 PM VnTe 214 VESDA YLC Notify Midnight 4724 26 10 2007 5 44 40 PM VnTe 154 VESDA VLCE 00R Notify RTC changed 4518 26 10 2007 5 44 14 PM VnTe 014 IVESDA VLSFAS Value change Smoke level 0 013 m 115628
121. logue box will confirm that the changes have been applied Do not change any of the other settings within the remaining configuration tabs C 4 2 COM Port Mapping 1 Select COM Mapping located under the NPort tree 4 Administrator COM Mapping File Function COM Mapping View Help FL im r Exit Add Apply Function COM Mapping 20 COM NPot Mo Model IPAddress Por COM Port ti Configuration Monitor Port Monitor COM Mapping FF IP Address Report Message Log 1 Monitor Log 0 15 10 2006 10 34 52 AM Found MPort s 15 Now 13 10 2006 1 58 13 PM Figure C 6 NPort Administrator Select COM Mapping 2 From the toolbar select Add A list of all NPort devices will be displayed in a separate window 3 By default all NPort devices are checked Select Clear All and then check the box next to the desired NPort device Select an NPort device from the list provided then select OK Do not input the IP address manually 126 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Add NPort MAC Address IP Address NPort 5610 16 00 950 E8 00 64 38 174 22 45 26 Input Manually y OK E Cancel Figure C 7 NPort Administrator Add NPort Note IfOK is selected before Clear All all NPort devices will be displayed under COM Mapping 1 COM Select COM Mapping gt Discard Changes to undo 4 The NPort device will be displayed on the COM Mapping list Administrator COM Mapping File Function
122. lumns Message General Type Inactive Location Serial number Unfreeze Columns System Style Figure 7 6 Edit Grid Style The dialog shows the columns that will be visible in the right list the left list shows other possible columns The order in the right column can be changed by dragging the entry to the desired position Figure 7 7 Grid Style Column Selection Freezing columns refers to those columns that remain frozen in place when scrolling to the right on the grid To freeze some columns select the last column to be frozen and click on Freeze Columns The frozen columns will then appear in bold Set the column widths by first closing the Grid Style Manager and selecting the style in the combo box then resizing the columns by clicking on the separator to the right of the column heading and dragging it Double clicking on the right separator will set the column width to that of the widest data field in the column Clicking on a column heading in the table will cause the data to be sorted in ascending order based on the value of that column Clicking again on the same column will toggle the sort order to descending order If multiple rows have the same value for the current sorting column then the previous sorted column is used to order them For example if an event log was sorted on time and then was sorted on event category then the events would now sort on category but where there were multiple events with
123. mo to a full license you must restart the application To obtain a software upgrade contact your authorized Xtralis representative They will supply you with instructions on upgrading your VSM4 installation To add extra monitoring capacity to support additional devices 1 Contact your authorized Xtralis representative to purchase extra tokens 2 Select Help gt Register 3 Enter the new registration code as provided 4 Refer to Section for more information To update the VSM4 software or to migrate from an earlier version Contact your authorized Xtralis customer service representative to obtain the software Log into the computer using an account with local administration privileges Close all software applications Insert the VSM4 software upgrade installation CD into the CD drive If autorun is not enabled locate the VSM4 installation program VSMSetup exe on the CD and run it Select the VSM4 installation program from the menu system The InstallShield Wizard should appear 7 Follow the prompts a oN gt O gt 76 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 7 Views VSM4 is designed to monitor all elements of a fire detection system Several views are provided to allow various aspects of the system to be monitored and controlled Although the views are described in earlier chapters they are covered in detail here The views are e Active Event List This view displays all active events Refer t
124. modes Primary and Secondary which define how the PC will manage device event logs e The Primary instance of VSM4 is responsible for retrieving events from each monitored device and writing them to the appropriate database e Secondary instances of VSM4 can read events from the database or directly from each monitored device but cannot write events to the database e In all other aspects the Primary and Secondary instances of VSM4 operate identically Only one PC in a system should run as the Primary system all others should run as secondary systems By default VSM4 starts in Secondary mode Primary Monitoring Mode Configuration To start VSM4 in Primary monitoring mode follow the steps below 1 Right click on the existing shortcut to VSM4 on your desktop as created by the installation program and select Properties 2 Inthe General tab rename the shortcut to VSM4 Primary 3 Select the Shortcut tab Refer to Figure 2 5 below 4 Inthe target box add primary to the end of the line Include a space before adding primary to the target field Select OK General Shortcut Compatibility Security RK VSM Po i al S A N Target type Application i Target location VSM lI p mr ry Target yam Fiestras w S MAYS M exe primary Start ir C sProgram Files tralis W SM x Shortcut kep None Aun Normal window id Comment Find Target Change Icon Advanced Cancel ool Figure 2 5
125. n Event Logging Location East wing Site Abbreyation 2 E Bee Monitoring Site 14 i BS Logical Node 2 l Identification Comments Cancel Apply Help Figure 3 2 Rename Logical Node At some stage the Designer attaches a network to the logical structure by inserting a VESDAnet or MODBUS RS 485 refer to Figure 3 3 i a 19 Campus E W 2 East Wing off VESDAnet Figure 3 3 VESDAnet Insertion Detectors and other devices that are physically incorporated within the network are then added to the network They should be dragged in the grid to the address of the real detector or device 24 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide ag z 2 East Wing babe aie s VESDAnet Joo o mE VESDA VLC 001 OO m ESDA VLC fa VESDA VLF 002 ESDA Figure 3 4 Assign Detector Address VESDAnet shown Once this has been done then the Designer should edit the network connection properties The Connection tab will allow the designer to define the connection that VSM4 will use to connect the network via a real HLI VESDAnet or an RS485 RS232 converter MODBUS RS485 The Browse button on the dialog will bring up the Connection Manager which displays all defined connections and also provides wizards to guide the designer in defining new connections These are described further in Appendix D VESDAnet 2 Regional Settings Network Settings Connection Connector Browse
126. nclude layers that were for construction but not relevant to the operators or it may contain fine detail you don t really need to see every bolt or bracket in the building when monitoring fires Stripping out irrelevant details reduces the size of the CAD files which speeds up their loading and display A good rule of thumb is to keep the size below 1 Megabyte 7 4 6 Structure of Floor Plan Files When images are imported they are integrated into CAD files so that VSM4 can define active regions and other annotations in a layer titled VSC that sits above the image It is the regions in this layer that change color and flash when the zone is in trouble or alarm The shapes in the VSC layer should never be edited by other tools Editing of other layers should have no affect on VSM4 EE Active Regions SSS Other CAD Layers Bacyouni lt D ay a Figure 7 11 Floor Plan CAD Layers 7 4 7 Defining Links Hyperlinks tie active regions on a floor plan to a device in a monitoring structure or to another Floor Plan Creation of links is a two step operation 1 Create the shape s using the Edit gt Insert menu when the right side of view is selected or use the Insert on the context menu The Insert options are detailed below 2 Drag and drop the target node onto the shape When this happens the first time then a Link node is created on the tree to represent this hyperlink If there are multiple regions repres
127. nected to one side of a Serial to Ethernet Device and a 10 100 Mbps Ethernet connection on the other side then provides connectivity to the devices over a TCP IP network Depending on the selected configuration any computer with IP connectivity and running VSM4 is able to establish communications with a High Level Inferface HLI or compatible detector Locations where Serial to Ethernet would be useful include Large site and campus site monitoring Remote site management and maintenance Campus integration Unmanned or inaccessible sites C 1 Example Configuration Remote Site 1 ES Off Site PC ime V oMa Ethemet f Administration TCPAP Ethernet 192 166 1 542 R5232 Remote Site 2 Figure C 1 Example Configuration e The Monitoring Computer is connected to the High Level Interface HLI via a Serial to Ethernet device e Each Ethernet device is assigned an IP address e Software for configuring the Serial to Ethernet device is installed on the Monitoring Computer and various parameters are set creating virtual COM port s www xtralis com 121 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd e Windows recognizes the virtual port on the Serial to Ethernet device as a real COM port e Itis possible to connect a PC to a Serial to Ethernet device located outside the PC s LAN This requires information about the public IP and Gateway addresses associated with the Ethernet device Consult with your IT A
128. ned values as shown below The Fire1 and Fire2 ranges are based on the levels for the device that is currently selected shown in bold on the legend Figure 7 34 Special Zoom e The Show All button will set the horizontal and vertical ranges to cover all the data points e Thehorizontal magnification buttons specify the horizontal zoom in special Zoom and zoom out e The Menu lists the functions of the toolbar except for the special zoom options 7 9 7 Options The Trend Graph tab of the Options dialog contains the settings used to specify the size of graph data caches that are held by devices It is the data in these caches that is plotted when a Device Status view is displayed 106 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide General Active Event List Printing Color Sounds Database Diskspace Monitoring Email Configuration Event Management Floor Plan SMS Configuration Speech Trend Graph User Account Cache Size Number of data points to remember 200 for each device Note The cache size of current devices will not be changed Current devices 0 a m MByte ok ce sw He Figure 7 35 Trend Graph Options Trend Graph Settings e Cache Size Enter the number of data points that each device caches Changes to this setting only take effect after disconnecting and then reconnecting to the network e Memory Requirements RAM The memory requirement calculations for the cache size a
129. ng on the Insert button The placeholder will be inserted where the cursor is in the edit field They can be removed by selecting the placeholder and hitting Delete Pre recorded sounds are inserted by clicking on the Insert Sound File button To listen to the template as applied to a sample event click on the speaker button Speech Options The Speech tab of the Options dialog Figure 3 10 is used to set the parameters for the use of the optional Text to Speech feature refer to section 2 3 1 for further information Note Speech must also be enabled for specific event types in the Colors Sounds tab Refer to section for further information Edit Speech Options 1 Select View gt Options gt Speech from the menu system 2 Edit settings as appropriate www xtralis com 29 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Options Ge Active Event List Printing Color Sounds Database Diskspace Monitoring Email i Event Management Floor Plan SM5 Configuration Speech Trend Graph User Account Event Settings Voice Initial Delay ms Number of Repeats Delay between Repetitions s Figure 3 10 View gt Options gt Speech Event Settings e Initial Delay The delay in milliseconds between VSM4 receiving an event notification and it being annunciated This avoids having partial messages interrupt each other where several messages are received together e Number of Repeats The number of times an event
130. ng the line to view the exact date time and smoke value at that point Alert 0 080 m Figure 4 16 Tooltip showing the name and value of the threshold level Trend Graph Navigation The graph allows the user to zoom and pan through the data to locate and view relevant data Zooming Toolbar buttons and menu commands are provided for the zoom as detailed below The zoom can also be specified by clicking on a graph and dragging out a rectangular region of interest The graph will scale to this region If the shift key is held down while dragging out the region then only the time range will be affected the vertical range will remain the same Panning The horizontal and vertical scrollbars are used to pan the view The vertical scroll bar will not be shown if all the data points are already within the vertical range of the graph Live Setting The Trend Graph display will track live data if the graph is scrolled to include the current time by scrolling the horizontal scroll bar to the extreme right When this is done the right arrow at the end of the scroll bar is disabled If the scroll bar is moved to the left or the user zooms in on data at an earlier time then the graph display will stay locked on the specified time range and the scroll bar will move to the left as the displayed time falls further behind the current time 58 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Toolbar and Menu The Trend Graph Toolbar is sh
131. ning a Monitored System VSM4 allows a designer to indicate the fire zones that are being monitored by defining the networked devices that are to be monitored and mapping them to Floor Plan regions Once these core structures have been defined then the designer can set up email and SMS notification for remote personnel HTML documents can be linked to floor plans to detail the responses that are appropriate to the various contexts being monitored This customization of VSM4 to monitor a particular site or group of sites is a specialized operation that requires a more in depth understanding of the software therefore many of the configuration options are only available when the user is logged on as the Designer This is also the reason that there is only one Designer user for each VSM4 system Once the monitoring system has been built the Verification Tool allows the user to check the integrity of the structures in order to minimize the testing that the Designer needs to do before the handover to the site operators Each of these key steps is described in detail below 3 1 The Monitored Structure A Monitoring Site is a logical aggregation of monitored networks In this structure the designer creates a logical hierarchy down to a point where connection to a VESDAnet MODBUS RS 485 network or standalone Xtralis VESDA or ICAM detector is made There is no limit to the depth or breadth of this logical hierarchy therefore it may be based on
132. nitoring Computer and the Serial to Ethernet device Where port restrictions are in place the following ports should be unblocked e TCP ports 950 981 4000 and 4900 e UDP ports 1029 and 4800 www xtralis com 123 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd C 4 Software Installation and Configuration Prerequisites e Approximately 2 5MB of disk space e A ZIP file management program for example Winzip WinRAR or 7 Zip e Uninstall any installations of NPort Administrator e Obtain the latest copy of the NPort Administrator application from http www moxa com Installation 1 Open the NPort Administrator zip file and run the installer program 2 Follow the prompts to install the NPort Administrator C 4 1 1 Open NPort Administrator software 2 Click on Search from the toolbar The software will search for all Moxa devices on the network The model number MAC Address and IP address of each Moxa will be displayed under Configuration BEIE IP Address and Operating Mode Configuration Administrator Configuration File Function Configuration View Help i i m Exit Search SearchIP Function Configuration 15 NPort s HFort No Moda O MAC Address IF Address i Configuration Monitor Port Manitor ti COM Mapping XE IP Address Report wo co Oo on ee to ho e NPort 5670 16 NPort 5670 16 NPort 5670 16 NPort 5670 16 NPort 5670 16 NPort 5170 NPort 5670 16 MPort 5110 NPort 5110 NPort 5270 NPort 517
133. o be able to send notification emails it is necessary to either have a valid account on an email server that is permanently accessible to the Monitoring Computer or if one is not available to install an email server application on the Monitoring Computer Consult with your IT administrator to determine the appropriate option and obtain the required settings www xtralis com 37 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Email Configuration Settings e Server Name The domain name network name or IP address of the email server that will send the notification emails e Return Address The email address that will appear as the return address in the notification emails e Server Requires Secure Connection Select for mail servers that use SSL encryption If this is required the information will be provided to you with your mail account details e Server Requires Logon This may be required if the mail server software is not installed on the Monitoring Computer Use the username and password provided with your mail account details e Test Connection Test that the access information to the mail server has been correctly entered by initiating a connection e Advanced This setting allows selection of a non standard outbound email port and alternate login method The default email port setting is Port 25 for standard and Port 443 for SSL SMS Configuration Options The SMS Configuration Tab of the Options dialog Figure 3 20 is used to set the
134. o section 7 2 for further information e Status Bar This view highlights the highest priority event in the system Refer to section 7 3 for further information e Floor Plan This view displays the location of zones and devices in relation to a hierarchy of floor plans Refer to section 7 4 for further information e Browser This browser view displays HTML pages corresponding to the active condition on the currently selected floor plan Refer to section 7 5 for further information e Status View This view displays detailed status for a specific device Refer to section 7 6 for further information e Monitor Browser Integrates multiple networks into a logical structure to provide a network centric view of the system Refer to section 7 7 for further information e Device View Displays all devices associated with an individual connection It is similar to the Monitor Browser without logical nodes e Trend Graph This view displays line graphs of the state of detectors and outputs It can track live data changes Refer to section 7 9 for further information e Event Log This view displays logged events Refer to section 7 10 for further information 7 1 Common Behaviour Most views represent or reference devices whether as a node in a tree an entry on the Active Event List a region on a floor plan or an entry on the legend of a graph Each representation of a device supports a context menu to allow the user to bring up other views
135. odify box Enter the IP address provided by your IT department in the text box provided Do not use the default IP address Configuration Information Model Name NPort 5110 Accessible IPs Basic v Modify MAC Address 00 90 E8 08 43 92 IP Address Serial Number Modify 267 Firmware Version Ver 2 0 System Uptime 66 days 02h 27m 45s Click the Modify check box to modify configuration Auto Warning IP Address Report Password Network Serial Operating Mode 172 22 45 4 255 255 0 0 EEE Static 172 22 2 30 172 22 2 71 public SOK X Cancel Figure C 4 NPort Administrator Network Configuration 5 Select the Operating Mode tab The Operating Mode should default to Real COM Mode If it is set differently to Real COM Mode select the Modify box then click on the Port and then on Settings Select Real COM Mode from the drop down menu then select OK www xtralis com 125 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Configuration Information Accessible IPs Auto Warning Model Name NPort 5110 Basic Network MAC Address Modify 00 90 E8 08 43 92 Pon Aias OP Mod TET Serial Number Real COM Mode 267 Firmware Yersion Ver 2 0 System Uptime 66 days 03h 06m 04s View Settings Click the Modify check box to modify configuration Jf OK x Cancel Figure C 5 NPort Administrator Operating Mode Configuration 6 Click on OK from the Configuration screen A dia
136. odify button to define the templates The Email Format Configuration dialog box is displayed see Figure 3 18 below It lists all the active event categories on the left Each of these can have a specialized template defined since different event categories may need to convey different information For example a Trouble event would normally contain a trouble ID which would be meaningless for an Alarm event Selecting an event category on the left displays its template on the right panel where it can be edited The tool allows both the subject and body of the email to be built up of literal text and event fields The literal text is shown in black and is directly edited This has been used to create labels in the example The fields show up in blue and are added by positioning the cursor where needed and clicking on the parameter in the Available Parameters list on the right hand side They are deleted by selecting the field and hitting delete They can t be otherwise edited To populate the template any item from a list of dynamic parameters can be combined with free text in the mail subject and body The Email Sample tab shows the effect of applying the template to a typical event 36 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd Email Format Configuration Event Type Fire 1 Non Fire Alarm Action Alert Supervisory Trouble Disabled Mismatched Devices Email Text Email Sample M essage Subject VSM Emai Event Types lt Locations
137. oint and then clicking on the parameter in the Available Parameters list e Textcan be removed from the template using the Delete key Deleting any part ofa parameter name will delete the entire parameter The Sample Format shows the output for the root node of the floor plan tree Customize Iree Text Format Types lt Addresss lt Locations Sample Format Available Parameters Monitoring Site 1 AC Supply fail delay mm ss A Abbreviation Type Action Action Current Action Day All Action Delay Action Delay Active Alarm Status Active Test Active Trouble Status Address Air Flow 1 Air Flow 10 Air Flow 11 i Cancel Help Reset To Default Figure 7 15 Customize Tree Customize Tooltips The tooltips that are shown when the mouse hovers over active regions on the floor plan are based ona template The template is edited using the menu Floor Plan gt Customize ToolTips This brings up a window like that shown above To insert a line break in the tooltip text insert a backslash followed by n i e n 7 4 16 Verification Warnings The Verification tool will report warnings for the following e The link node xx is not associated with any regions or icons on the floor plan yy This advises the user that the link is doing little and while the node in the tree will change state there is nothing on the actual floor plan that will change e There are unassigned regions on the floor plan yy Regions have
138. on tab also allows the automatic reconnection rules to be defined and allows the Designer to predefine the specific access PINs for this VESDAnet It is recommended that the Designer define all the PINs up to Administrator level Once the Connection has been defined then the Designer can click on the Connect and Synchronize toolbar button if there is access to the real system to connect and retrieve all the networked devices monitored by this VESDAnet Similarly connections need to be defined for all the other networks that are to be monitored Once this is done then the structure should be saved 7 7 2 Menus The menus update whenever the selection changes within the view This may be as subtle as changing focus from a container on the tree to a child on the grid The menus will show the commands and views that are relevant for the selected device If the device has dropped offline then the commands will be hidden and the views will be restricted Context Menu Most of the main Edit menu commands are available on the context menu The device commands and view commands are supported as cascaded menus www xtralis com 99 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Copy Ctrl C Edit Ctrl E Version Merge From Device VIE d Figure 7 28 Context Menu 7 1 3 Editing Devices Editing options vary depending on whether the device is live or offline and if live on the current access level If a configuration is offline such as w
139. onnection VESDA YLF_ O Cna Edit E Help Figure 4 19 Connection Status Operations The buttons provide operations that apply to the connection that is currently selected within the table e The Connect button will attempt to immediately reconnect broken connections without waiting for the retry time e The Disconnect button will break the connection e The Cancel button will cancel an attempt to open a connection e The Edit button will bring up the connection tab to allow another connection file to be used or allow retry times or predefined PINs to be edited 60 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 9 Investigation VSM4 provides tools to review current and past detector performance and state so that past incidents can be investigated Event logs are kept of user actions and state changes throughout the system Changes in measured detector values such as smoke are logged This data can be viewed in tabular form in Event Logs and plotted in Trend Graphs 5 1 Investigation Tools VSM4 provides a range of tools to enable administrators to review system operation fine tune system settings or to troubleshoot equipment faults These tools include e The Event Log Logs of user actions and state changes are maintained within Xtralis VESDA detectors and can be inspected to investigate incidents e The System Log The System log records user activity within VSM4
140. oor Plan gt Designer Mode 3 Right click over any item listed in the Floor Plan select Edit from the context menu and then the Browser tab 4 Enter a file location or an internet address URL for each event type refer to Figure 3 11 below Location 3 Identification Floor Plan Browser c wsm documents general event html Test URL ccwsm documents fire 4 event html Test URL 1 Jc wsm documents fire 1 event html Test URL Non Fire Alam jc wsm documents non ire alarm event html Test URL jon Jc wsm documents action event html Test URL ccwsm documents alert event html Test URL Supervisory jc wvsm documents supervisory event html Test URL Trouble c wsm documents trouble event html Test URL Disabled c wsm documents disabled event html Test URL Mismatched Devices c wsm documents mismatched devices event html Test URL eo f ee Figure 3 11 Edit Location Document Event Type Assignment 5 Select Test URL to ensure that VSM4 can read the document correctly The browser view must already be open to enable this to work correctly www xtralis com 31 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 3 2 Remote Notification The Remote Notification system is an optional feature that enables reporting of specific events to remote users by email or SMS Examples of use are e tonotify a building manager of a pre alarm so that it can be checked and possibly dealt with avoiding a fir
141. opied and pasted to other tools Such as spreadsheets and cell text from spreadsheets may be pasted into grid cells While working in cell editing mode the context and main Edit menu will refer to cell operations For example the clipboard operations Cut Copy Paste will be in terms of the text in the cells Drag and drop will also move individual cells not devices To select a row while in cell editing mode click on the button to the left of the row pou DOW UPETI pL SUPE pep ou m 000 28 VESDA Sliding Windows HLI l 001 WESDA WLS FAS FAS Scanner Figure 7 29 Select Row Selecting a row also changes the context menu to refer to the device represented by that row 100 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 7 7 6 Viewing Devices Each node in the tree comprises two icons The main icon represents the device type with an overlay The icon to the left of the device icon represents the state of the device The icons are listed below Table 7 1 Monitoring Structure Icons Icon Cw fea iene E e asa Bi Ci 5 Fad Fire1 on detector Fire 2 on detector Pai Device is in Loader mode mero oo D Gas Pre Alarm Dail Device icon with no overla E porsonanrooeiw 2 Device has changed since it was last saved or last synchronized with the live device H The device is running a command u The device has been found but no configuration is yet available Device is disabled Tree
142. ost or hidden behind other views Each new view that is opened causes the frame to add a new partition which shrinks the existing views to make room for the new view The balance between the partitions can be adjusted by moving the splitter At the top of each view is a title bar and the standard minimize maximize and close buttons e The title bar indicates the type of view and the file and connection where relevant that the view is associated with e The minimize control will remove the partition and place a button in the application status band underneath the Status Bar Clicking on the button will cause the view to be restored as the lowest partition e The maximize control causes all other views to be minimized so that the current view takes up the entire frame e The Close control completely removes this view 8 2 1 Current View When the user clicks somewhere on a view it becomes current The title bar of the view changes and its title is placed in the application s title bar Also the menus and toolbars associated with the current view are integrated in with the main menus and toolbars The user can cycle between the views by pressing F6 F5 can be used to cycle between elements in the same view such as between the tree and grid in the Monitoring Structure www xtralis com 111 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 8 3 Multiple Displays Support for multiple display screens is achieved by providing secondary frames Se
143. otification will be sent and is set in seconds This allows the system to avoid sending notifications for transient conditions For example opening the door to a computer room may result in an airflow fault on the detector that is protecting the computer room The fault will disappear as soon as the computer is closed Setting the Response Delay to a value such as 15 seconds will prevent unnecessary remote notifications from being sent every time someone opens the door The maximum delay is 2419200 seconds 28 days 34 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 3 2 2 Notification Group Configuration Notification Groups are collections of people with similar responsibilities and work patterns Often these will correspond to work shifts Once the group has been created in one Notification Specification all other Notification Specifications can use it Notification Groups allow staff changes to be treated separately from the main notification logic For example if an operator were to change from a day to a night shift then the notification groups would be changed but the notification specifications would not be affected Management tools include adding editing and deleting of Notification Groups To add a Notification Group 1 Select Add located to the right of the Notification Group list refer to Figure 3 15 Remote Notification Group Name Night hilt Day In Week Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday S
144. ow Detailed information on each feature can be found in the appropriate chapters of this Product Guide See below for a summary of the contents of each chapter Additional information is available in the help system www xtralis com 3 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 1 2 Product Guide Chapters contained within this Product Guide contain information describing how to install and then work with the system The Design and Monitoring functions of the VSM4 application are described first e Chapter 2 Installation This chapter provides information on installing and licensing the software on a monitoring computer e Chapter 3 Designing a Monitored System This chapter explains how to create a system that normal operators can use to monitor a site by integrating multiple networks into a monitored structure and then linking these to active regions on a floor plan Instructions on setting up email notifications are also covered e Chapter 4 Monitoring This chapter describes how an operator may use the software to monitor a fire protection system This includes responding to alerts and alarms and then drilling down to detailed device status e Chapter 5 Investigation This chapter describes the tools to review current and past detector performance and state so that past incidents can be investigated e Chapter 6 Administration This chapter provides information for administrators to be able to maintain a VSM4 installation e Chapter
145. own below g AH Se 1 um gt E Figure 4 17 Trend Graph Toolbar e The first three buttons act as radio buttons to specify the thresholds They specify the day night and current detector thresholds respectively e The vertical magnification buttons specify the vertical Zoom in special Zoom and zoom out e The special zoom dropdown lets the range be set to standard pre defined values as shown below Figure 4 18 Setting the Vertical Zoom e The Show All button will set the horizontal and vertical ranges to cover all the data points e The horizontal magnification buttons specify the horizontal zoom in special Zoom and zoom out e The Menu lists the functions of the toolbar except for the special zoom options www xtralis com 59 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 4 6 Connection Status A summary of the status of all connections associated with the current monitoring site can be accessed by selecting Connection gt View Used Connections from the menu system The table Figure 4 19 shows the state of all connections color coded according to their state Red indicates broken connections and green indicates a normal connection Where a broken connection exists the number of retries is also tabulated Connection Status E n JOJ x r Connections Aa Connect Address Name State Retry attempts a Vinte VESDAnet on COM 1 mins attempt 1 The connection VESDAnet on VEFE UUI Gee T min fattemot TL The c
146. p is available for events by selecting the event and then pressing F1 In the case of Troubles this will indicate actions that can be taken to alleviate the condition Acknowledging Events To acknowledge events select them and then click the Acknowledge toolbar button the one with the tick Multiple events can be selected and acknowledged in the one operation Resetting a Device Select the Reset button located in the status bar or select an event s on the Active Event List and click on the toolbar Reset button This will reset the device associated with the event and clear out all its active events Any current events will be regenerated as they are encountered so that if the condition that caused the event has not been rectified that event will reappear Silence Select the Silence button located in the notification bar to temporarily silence the outputs of the device associated with the event Pressing the button again will un silence the outputs 50 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 4 2 Monitored Conditions VSM4 monitors the fire detection system for a range of alarms and troubles which are broken into more specific categories to provide greater control and flexibility in reporting and responding to them The more detailed categories in priority order are Fire 1 An alarm indicating a significant fire event Fire 2 An alarm indicating the presence of a fire Non fire Alarm A condition that indicates an
147. ponses specific to a given location and event type while also allowing the Designer to specify general policies and procedures During monitoring the HTML documents are displayed in response to the events that they are linked to If there is a HTML page defined for the event and its location then it is used However if there isn t a specific URL for the event type device combination then the parents of the device in the Floor Plan are checked for a URL of the same event type If no match is found there then the parent s parent is checked until a match is found or the top of the tree is reached Each event type can refer to separate documents or if the complexity of the site does not require a lot of detail for each procedure all procedures can be placed on a single document Advanced users 30 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide can then utilize bookmarks to open the document to a specific location within the overall document for each event type Response Content Expected event responses are e Fire events should describe evacuation procedures and the locations of hazards e Supervisory and Trouble events contact details for a sufficiently trained person in order to diagnose and correct a fault or carry out the required process for example a filter change Response Definition Procedure To associate Procedure Documents with Floor Plan elements 1 Login as the Designer User 2 Open the Floor Plan and select Fl
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149. ralis Pty Ltd 3 4 Events 3 4 1 Event Log Database Configuration VSM4 can be configured to continuously log VESDAnet and standalone detector events to a specified database This allows a much longer history of events to be maintained than is provided by an individual onboard event log and allows events from all of these devices to be integrated Application events such as when operators log on and off the system can be recorded to the database and viewed along with device events The Primary instance of VSM4 is responsible for retrieving events from each monitored detector and writing them to the assigned database A Secondary instance of VSM4 can read events from the database but cannot write device events to the database When monitoring a network using multiple computers one should be set to primary and all others should be set to secondary The secondary computers should all be set to view the database where the primary computer is storing the device events It is possible to define a different database at any logical node in the monitoring structure however it is recommended that the same database be used for all devices and application events if using a primary monitoring computer Event Logging is configured by using the Event Logging property page for a Monitoring Site or Logical Node This requires Administrator level access and is only possible when VSM4 has been started in primary mode refer to section 2 2 3 Database Select
150. ration A full license for VSM wall allow vou to use all features and capacity of the software that you have purchased with no time limit Enter the Site License Number found on your CD case Site License Number ee Full License Figure 2 8 License type selection www xtralis com 13 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd License Activation a i x License Type Select which tyoe of license you would like Ly TSW WISE PES If 1 aiii aay ol fo ze mieg m LIE m LE LE fe nEn Jemansmanon GENE for Yoh W alla You fo Wee all SaelUPeS Oy te SOT are WII IME tagati ana for a Iino ariod A full licenze for Sh will allow you to use all features and capacity of the software that you have purchased with no time limit Erter the Site License Number found on your C case Site License Number Full License i Pre activation Note vou can only actryate the software once you have requested and received a License Code Serial number 2992 7276 5500 0832 Reference Code 2445 7002 IF pou are connected to the Internet Request License If pou are not connected to the Internet call pour local tralis Office and provide them with the above numbers Contact Us Activation License Code Ok Cancel Help Figure 2 9 Full License Activation Entering the Site License number or selecting a Demonstration license automatically completes the Serial Number and Reference Code fields These numbers are requ
151. re current for that network If the connection is lost then this view is automatically closed The event counter in the status bar shows how many events are displayed in the table see Figure 7 1 Active Event List PROACTIY on COM133 i el Ed a omnl oonmm mda omoota Oene PR aaee Press Help F1 For more information on the selected Trouble 69 events Designer Designer Administrator EH A 69 events Figure 7 1 Event Counter 7 2 2 Toolbar The Active Event List toolbar is shown below VESDA Active Event List dk Figure 7 2 Active Event List Toolbar Select Table Style The Active Event List comes with predefined table styles depending on the network or source of the list The table style defines which data fields are shown in the table and the order in which they appear The Grid Style Manager allows the user to define additional styles and to edit their own styles Note that the user cannot change the sort order of an Active Event List as the highest priority conditions will always appear at the top of the list The event priority and the Acknowledge and Latching behavior are described in Section 4 3 Acknowledge This command is used to inform the system that the user has been made aware of this condition and has acknowledged it If the event has already been acknowledged then this command is disabled 78 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Reset Resets the detector whic
152. re displayed This field is not editable www xtralis com 107 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 7 10 Event Log View Event Logs of state changes and user actions are maintained within Xtralis VESDA detectors VSM4 should be setup by the Designer refer to Chapter 3 to integrate these logs into a database The Event Log View displays these historical events It can be used by an administrator to verify correct system operation fine tune system settings or to troubleshoot equipment faults Event data may be loaded from a file retrieved from a detector or obtained from a database Either way it is viewed on an Event Log View Open Event Log View Select View gt View Database Events or click on the Event Log view button on the main toolbar to open a view of the events Before the Event Log is opened the Filter Events dialog is displayed For example Figure 7 36 below shows the filter for the database Filter Events E x Time Range Enabled Target datetime 7 Before After Event Source General Type I Alarm I Systern W Trouble IW Value change IY Warming W Device Events Trend Graph Air Flow IY Notify Iw System Log Iv Advisory W User WnTe ni4 YVESOA WLS FAS WnTe 054 WESDA WLS VrTe114 YESOA WLF WnTe 154 WESDA LCE YOUR WnTe 199 WESDA WLF VnTe2l4 VESDA VLC WnTe 294 VESDA WLF Cancel Figure 7 36 Filter Events The panels on the filter allow the user to define
153. res of VSM4 and provides information on how to install and use the software For specific information on individual fire protection system hardware components refer to the Xtralis ICAM and Xtralis VESDA System Design Manuals 1 1 VSM4 Software VSM4 is a software based fire protection system monitoring and control center It provides a suite of tools for use with Xtralis VESDA and ICAM fire protection systems Primary features that comprise each standard VSM4 installation include Advanced fire protection system monitoring and control Floor Plan integration allowing ready visualization of the locations of all incidents An integrated browser allows users to link their own response documents to incidents Optional email and SMS notification allows remote users to be informed when where the notification trigger events occur The messages are completely customizable e Analysis tools include access to event logs and the ability to graph historical and live data for detectors e Optional audible annunciation of fire and fault conditions Text to Speech e Network System and Device level configuration tools e Maintenance and troubleshooting tools VSM4 can be used continuously in monitoring stations where 24 hour observation is necessary or on demand at sites where full time monitoring is not required VSM BEE See File Edit View Connection Security Monitoring Help end I Welt ETNA S xitels vsm Figure 1 1 VSM4 Main Wind
154. s Connectivity via the use of IP based LAN and WAN networking is supported via serial port emulation e g MOXA devices Refer to Appendix C for further information A TCP IP interface on an IFT or VFT detector also enables a remote connection to the Monitoring PC through the LAN WAN 4 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 1 4 Help System VSM4 contains an extensive context sensitive help system which provides information on software features and operational procedures Using the Help System e Invoke the Help System Press F1 at any time while using the software or select Help gt VSM4 Help from the menu system e Browse Use the Table of Contents tab to open topics on subjects of interest Navigate between help topics by following hyperlinks available in related topic lists or within the help text e Search Locate specific information by entering keywords into the field in the search tab and pressing Enter Alternately click the List Topics button then select from the list of topics that contain the keywords If a search gives no results try using alternate keywords or varying the wording of a sentence An example topic of the VSM4 Help System can be seen below Figure 1 2 B VSC Online Help Beles 7 E e gt o amp A Hide Locate Back Forvard Stop Refresh Home Font Print Contents Search About The Help Atralis VSM Fire System QA Introduction Management Software WE About the Software VSC Atral
155. s pages provide the following information e Alarm status This tab applies only for detectors and contains primary information in graphic format including a traffic light indicator which shows the event level and a bar graph showing the current smoke level from an Xtralis VESDA detector or temperature for a heat detector e Summary status This tab contains primary information in text format including alarm status smoke level current airflow and filter status e Detail status This tab contains detailed status information in tabular format e Associations This tab contains a list of devices that are associated with the original device such as reference detectors or display units The Reference Detectors list shows other detectors that this device references For example an Xtralis VESDA display may reference a detector or one detector may reference the smoke level on another detector The Dependant Devices list shows which other devices are referencing the current device Double clicking on any device entry in either list will bring up the Device Status View for that device Alarm Status Summary Status Detail Status esociations Dependant Devices Address S YLS Display WESDA WLS 054 20 icon Location Referenced Detectors Icon Location Type Address VLE VN VESDA YLE 214 Figure 7 22 Image Reference Tab 96 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 7 7 Monitor Browser A Monitoring
156. s require internet connection e Licensing web based activation during the licensing process Where this is not available activation can be done by phone e Updates obtaining of new software releases e Notifications access to a remote email server or SMTP to SMS gateway Web Browser The following items require a web browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer e web based license requests e display event response procedure documents Table A 1 Minimum Monitoring Computer Requirements If other applications are to be used on the same system the processor memory and hard disk specifications may need to be increased The extent of the increase depends on the aggregate resource requirements of all applications and whether the applications need to be run concurrently www xtralis com 115 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd A 2 Network Capacity The performance of VSM4 may be affected by the performance of the network and the performance of network elements such as the Serial to Ethernet Devices S2E Devices are also known as serial port emulators A 2 1 Latency Latency or delay is a critical performance parameter of a network used to support VSM4 For best performance a network with good end to end response times is desirable A default connection timeout feature within VSM4 allows delays of up to 2 seconds This is usually considered generous for most WAN applications If the link is particularly slow it is possible
157. set appropriately both on the speakers and in the Operating System volume control Consult your computer speaker or operating system documentation for further information Troubleshooting e Confirm that the feature is licensed Select Help gt About VSM4 and confirm that Speech is listed under the licensed features e If there is no sound verify that the audio system is working on your Monitoring Computer Check that the speakers are connected to the correct audio input and work by playing windows sample sounds in the Windows Control Panel Check that the speakers are switched on and that the volume knob is not set to zero Check that the Wave software volume control Start gt Program Files gt Accessories gt Entertainment gt Volume Control is not set to zero or muted e Generate an event on the system Confirm that the event appears on the Active Event List and that it is sounded by VSM4 www xtralis com 19 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 2 4 Logon Access to VSM4 is controlled and requires users to logon before they are able to use VSM4 to control the monitored detectors Operators should usually logon with User or Administrator access Designer access should only be used to setup the monitoring system 2 4 1 Default Users Three users are pre defined for VSM4 Designer Administrator and User The first time that the user logs on as Administrator or User they will be prompted to change their password from the default tw
158. shown as greyed out entries on the legend Removing Device Right click on the device entry in the legend in the legend and select Delete from the context menu Alternatively left click on the device entry in the legend and select Delete Device Commands and Views The context menu provides access to commands and views that are relevant to the device Alert 0 080 m Figure 4 15 Trend Graph Threshold Level www xtralis com 57 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Display Thresholds Green horizontal lines indicate the thresholds for the currently selected device e g Fire 1 Fire 2 To identify a threshold line and see its exact value position the mouse pointer over it and read the tooltip as shown below some of the more sophisticated detectors have separate threshold banks for day and night operation and will automatically swap between these banks The operator can choose to show the Day Night or Current thresholds on the graph by clicking on the relevant button on the graph toolbar Data Points Points where the measured reading changed are shown as round dots if the graph is zoomed in sufficiently As the graph is zoomed out the dots disappear and only the line remains as shown above Points where readings ceased or restarted due for example to the loss of power are shown as breaks in the graph Tool Tips Show data values by positioning the mouse pointer over the rounded dots located at value change points alo
159. t details for a sufficiently trained person in order to diagnose and correct a fault or carry out the required process for example a filter change 7 5 3 Response Definition Procedure To associate Procedure Documents with Floor Plan elements mi 94 1 Log in as the Designer User 2 Open the Floor Plan and select Floor Plan gt Designer Mode 3 4 Right click over any item listed in the Floor Plan select Edit from the context menu and then Click on the Floor Plan view and then select View gt Browser to open up the HTML browser the Browser tab Enter a file location or an internet address URL for each event type refer to Figure 7 19 below Select Test URL to ensure that VSM4 can read the document correctly The Browser must be open to enable this to work correctly Identification Foor Plan Browser General c vwsm documents general event html Test URL Fire 2 c wsmdocuments fre2everthim Test URL Fire 1 jc vsm documents fire 1 event html Test URL Non Fire Alam c vsm documents nonfire alarm event html Test URL Action jc vsm documents action event html Test URL Alert c vsm documents alert event htm Test URL Supervisory c vsm documents supervisory event html Test URL Trouble c vsm documents trouble eventhim TetURL Disabled fe vsm documents disabled event html Test URL Test URL Mismatched Devices c vsm documents mismatched devices event html Figur
160. tation Scale The cursor changes to a cross hair and ja www xtralis com 89 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 1 Click on a point Note this does not need to be on the shape 2 Move the mouse and the outline of the shape will scale by the distance of the mouse from the first point Click again when you achieve the correct size Mirror The cursor changes to a cross hair and Ja To define the mirror line 1 Click on a point on the mirror line 2 Move the mouse and the mirror line will follow it and the outline of the reflected shape will also be shown Click again when you achieve the correct reflection 7 4 13 Editing Hyperlinks The Link node in the tree to represent a link has a similar property page to other nodes in the tree but there are two differences 1 It shows the address of its target node as a read only field 2 Ithas an override checkbox next to its location string When this is checked then the location that is shown for this node on the tree or in the tooltip text on the floor plan will use the link s location string rather than that of the target This is useful for devices that don t have a location such as a scanner sector 7 4 14 Options Colors While in Designer mode the shape colors are based on whether 1 the shape is yet to be assigned i e is still Unassigned 2 the shape is assigned whether it is selected in the tree Selected or is Inactive Each of these colors can be defin
161. ther using the Active Event List 4 3 2 Acknowledging Related Events As smoke increases a detector will typically generate Alert Action and Fire events Each of these stays in the Active Event List so that the operator can readily see the relative time at which they occurred When one of these events is acknowledged then all older related events for this detector are implicitly acknowledged Once an event has been acknowledged then it will drop in priority compared with any unacknowledged events As a result acknowledging an event on the Status Bar can cause another unacknowledged event to take its place so that the Status Bar will continue flashing but the event details will differ 52 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 4 4 Event Management Options The Event Management Tab of the Options dialog Figure 4 9 is used to select the type of events that will remain in the Active Event List until they are reset or acknowledged Options General Active Event List Printing Color Sounds Database Diskspace Monitoring Email Configuration Event Management Floor Plan SMS Configuration Speech Trend Graph User Account Latching Alarms Pre alarns Troubles Enabling latching requires that an event be cleared by a Reset command from VSM or the network Acknowledgement Alarms Pre alarms Troubles Enabling acknowledgement means that an event will be maintained in the
162. tions Port COM1 Properties Ei General Port Settings Driver Details Resources Bits per second a00 Data bits fe f Parity None o stop bits Flow control Noe Advanced Restore Defaults Figure D 10 COM Port Configuration www xtralis com 133 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd D 4 RS 232 MODBUS Standalone Device Connection a To connectto an IFT or VFT detector using Modbus over an RS 232 direct serial connection select MODBUS and click Next Add Connection Select the type of connection to add VESDAtalk BCO f MODBUS C MODBUS RS 485 C VESDAlink VESDAnet Figure D 11 Add Connection b Select Direct Serial Cable and click Next Add Connection MODBUS Select the type of connection to add Direct Serial Cable TCP IP Intemet LAN Figure D 12 Select Direct Serial Cable connection c Select the COM port that the detector is connected to and click Next Add Connection MODBUS Select a COM port to use COM Port coms F Figure D 13 Select COM Port d Inthe Name field enter a name for the connection This will be used to refer to this connection Click Finish 134 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Add Connection MODBUS Figure D 14 Connection Name The connection is added to the list of available connections in the Connection Manager dialog e Ensure that Flow Control is set to None for the COM Port in us
163. to the standard views see Section 7 9 and 7 2 and have the same menus and toolbar buttons The graph shows the variation in the measured value with time so that trends can be readily observed The Active Event List allows troubles and alarms directly associated with the device to be readily observed and acknowledged The Trend Graph tab of the Options dialog Figure 4 11 sets the cache size for devices which determines the history that is immediately available to the Status View when the device is selected and the Status View shown Increasing cache size will consume more RAM and so an estimate of this is shown on the dialog 54 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Options General Active Event List Printing Color Sounds Database Diskspace Monitoring Email Configuration Event Management Foor Plan SMS5 Configuration Speech Trend Graph User Account Cache Size Number of data points to remember 200 for each device Note The cache size of curent devices will not be changed Memor Requirements RAM Single Device 9600 bytes Current devices 0 k 1 MByte Figure 4 11 View gt Options gt Trend Graph Trend Graph Settings e Cache Size Enter the number of data points to remember for each device The cache size of current devices will not be changed Disconnect and reconnect to the device to view the change to the cache size e Memory Requirements RAM The memory requirement calc
164. ty precautions must be taken during the installation commissioning and maintenance of the product The system should not be connected to a power source until all the components have been installed Proper safety precautions must be taken during tests and maintenance of the products when these are still connected to the power source Failure to do so or tampering with the electronics inside the products can result in an electric shock causing injury or death and may cause equipment damage Xtralis is not responsible and cannot be held accountable for any liability that may arise due to improper use of the equipment and or failure to take proper precautions Only persons trained through an Xtralis accredited training course can install test and maintain the system Liability You agree to install configure and use the products strictly in accordance with the User Manual and product documents available from Xtralis Xtralis is not liable to you or any other person for incidental indirect or consequential loss expense or damages of any kind including without limitation loss of business loss of profits or loss of data arising out of your use of the products Without limiting this general disclaimer the following specific warnings and disclaimers also apply Fitness for Purpose You agree that you have been provided with a reasonable opportunity to appraise the products and have made your own independent assessment of the fitness or suitability of the
165. type of database is very easy to setup and has very good perfomance ODBC Data Source An ODBC data source allows you to store events in any database that supports ODBC such as Oracle or SOL Server Notes 1 This is an advanced option for users familiar with configuring ODBC data sources 2 On the next page make sure you choose the System Data Source Cancel Help Figure 3 26 Select Database Type ODBC 3 Select ODBC Data Source then Next 4 Select a Data Source type Xtralis recommends using a System Data Source e ASystem Data Source can be used by all users on this machine or by a system wide service e AFile Data Source lets you connect with a data source that has file data source names DSNs A file based data source not necessarily user dedicated nor local to a computer can be shared among all users who have the same drivers installed Select the file data source that describes the driver that you wish to connect to You can use any file data source that refers to an ODBC driver which is installed on your machine e A Machine Data Source is specific to your machine and cannot be shared User data sources are specific to a user on this machine and visible only to that user 42 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Select a type of data source File Data Source Machine independent C User Data Source Applies to this machine only Selecting System Data Source creates a data source whic
166. u system 2 Enter the old password new password and new password confirmation into the appropriate fields Passwords need to be between 6 and 12 characters to be valid They can include numbers letters and symbols www xtralis com 21 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 2 5 General Options The General tab of the Options dialog Figure 2 19 is used to set the language measurement units and approvals compliance with the regulatory requirements Edit General Options 1 Select View gt Options 2 Edit Regional Settings and Approvals as appropriate 3 Restart VSM4 if either of the language or approvals compliance settings have been changed Options Email Configuration Event Management Floor Plan SMS Configuration Speech Trend Graph User Account General Active Event List Printing Color Sounds Database ees Regional Settings Language English wh Fahrenheit Figure 2 19 View gt Options gt General Regional Settings e Language Select the preferred language for the user interface from the drop down menu e Units Select the preferred units imperial or metric from the drop down menu Changes to units are immediately invoked and do not require VSM4 to be restarted 2 6 Exit Application VSM4 is a monitoring application and so once it is monitoring a site it can only be closed by a user logged on with Administrator access 22 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide 3 Desig
167. ulations for the cache size are displayed These fields are not editable Status Pages The Status pages provide the following information e Alarm status This tab applies only for detectors and contains primary information in graphic format including a traffic light indicator which shows the event level and a bar graph showing the current smoke level from a detector or temperature for a heat detector e Summary status This tab contains primary information in text format including alarm status smoke level current airflow and filter status e Detail status This tab contains detailed status information in tabular format e Associations This tab contains a list of devices that are associated with the original device such as reference detectors or display units Viewing Detector Status in a Grid 1 Open a Monitoring Structure by clicking on the Floor Plan and then selecting View gt Monitor Browser This provides a network centric view of the system 2 Select the relevant network or loop and the detectors will be shown in the grid on the right side 3 Select Device View gt Hide Empty Rows to remove all unused address rows from the grid 4 Click on the combo box in the toolbar and select the Status style which will show a set of live status settings The Status style has been setup for VESDAnet If it doesn t currently exist for the loop you are interested in then select Device View gt Grid Style Manager and create your
168. use the polygon to grow and rotate so that a vertex is always attached to the mouse Click the mouse button again when the polygon is of the correct size and rotation If you have not got the angle size or location exactly correct don t worry since these can be modified as described below under Editing Shapes www xtralis com 87 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd Arc The cursor will change to a cross hair and 1 Click on the start of the arc 2 Click on a point along the arc to define the curvature of the arc 3 Click on the end of the arc Right clicking cancels the arc insertion Circle The cursor changes to a cross hair and a circle 1 Click on the left mouse button to indicate the centre of the circle 2 Move the mouse and the circle will grow so that the circumference will follow the mouse When the circle has the correct size and position then click the mouse button again Right clicking cancels the operation Ellipse The cursor changes to a cross hair and an ellipse 1 Click on the left mouse button to indicate the centre of the ellipse 2 Move the mouse to where the minor or major axis touches the ellipse boundary 3 Move the mouse and the ellipse will grow so that the boundary will follow the mouse When the ellipse has the correct size and position then click the mouse button again Right clicking cancels the operation Image This is used for adding annotations to a floor plan Note Itshould
169. ustom for that database Archived Events Windows 7 Vista These events have been archived from the C ProgramData xtralis WSM working database and should be backed up to E vonioacidbNaimexout longer storage medium Once backed up they can J i be deleted as they are no longer used by VSM4 Windows XP 2000 The files can be opened as a standard event log C Documents and Settings All file Users Application Data Xtralis VSM EventLogs dbName vevt Table 6 1 System Configuration and Database Backup 74 www xtralis com Xtralis Pty Ltd VSM4 Product Guide Database Archiving The Database tab of the Options dialog Figure 6 6 is used to configure the database archiving for all logs Options Email Configuration Event Management Hoor Flan 5M5 Configuration Speech Trend Graph User Account General Active Event List Printing Color Sounds Database Diskspace Monitoring Archive interval days 30 Archive time 2 00 AM Event lifetime days 90 Polling interval min f EE VESDA Smoke 0 0031 ft Cancel ipo Help Figure 6 6 Database Options Archiving parameters include e Archive Interval The time between archiving operations e Archive Time The time of day that the archiving process is initiated e Event lifetime The number of days to keep events in the database before they are automatically deleted This must be at least as long as the Archive Interval so that events will be archived
170. ves creating a region on the floor plan using the Insert context menu then dragging a device usually a detector from the Monitoring Structure onto that region A hyperlink to another location can be created in the same way by dragging another node in the floor plan tree and dropping it on a pre defined region As each hyperlink is created an item is placed in the tree By default the name and properties of that item will reflect those of the device or location to which they are linked However the name can be edited if the designer wishes to use a different name This is particularly useful to give VLS sectors distinct names Note Setting up the hyperlinks is best performed while in offline mode This avoids potential interference from faults alarms and other events and also provides the ability to do the work offsite To work offline simply disconnect from any networks Save the Floor Plan 1 Select the Floor Plan 2 Select Save from the Toolbar 3 If prompted enter a file name for the Floor Plan It should be the same as the file name for the Monitoring Site The vfp file extension will be automatically added 4 Change from Design Mode back to Monitoring Mode by selecting Floor Plan gt Monitor Mode www xtralis com 27 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 3 1 3 Customize the Status Bar The Status Bar located at the bottom of the main screen shows the highest priority event in the system The color of the bar reflects
171. voked by selecting Floor Plan gt Navigator or the Navigator button on the toolbar www xtralis com 47 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd The red rectangle in the Navigator represents the area currently shown in the Floor Plan view When the image has been zoomed it can be moved around within the navigator to change the area of the image currently being viewed The navigator can be resized by left clicking and dragging the outer border in any direction The image can be zoomed in or out of by activating the zoom slider or the in out buttons located at the bottom of the navigator window with the left mouse button Navigator Figure 4 4 Floor Plan Navigator Toolbar Toolbar buttons correspond to the Back command Zoom In Zoom Out Show All and the Navigator functions S SS Figure 4 5 Floor Plan Navigator Toolbar Floor Plan Options The Floor Plan tab of the Options dialog Figure 4 6 is used to set Floor Plan view behavior and display options General Speech Color Sounds Active Event List Printing Database Diskspace Monitoring Email Configuration TrendGraph Floor Plan Event Management Automatic Floor Plan Selection Enabled if enabled the Floor Plan view will automatically change to show the location of the device with the highest priority Alarm or Pre alarm Status Bar Double Click Behaviour Display the device on the Floor Plan IV Display the device s Status View Design Colors
172. ypes Any HTML page that can be viewed in Microsoft Internet Explorer may be referenced Many modern document authoring applications can export documents to HTML It is also possible to link to animated HTML pages or event to web cameras 7 5 1 General Responses VSM4 allows the Designer to define responses specific to a given location and event type while also allowing the Designer to specify general policies and procedures During monitoring the HTML documents are displayed in response to the events that they are linked to If there is a HTML page defined for the event and its location then it is used However if there isn t a URL specified for the event type device combination then the parents of the device in the Floor Plan are checked for a URL of the same event type If no match is found there then the parent s parent is checked until a match is found or the top of the tree is reached Each event type can refer to separate documents or if the complexity of the site does not require a lot of detail for each procedure all procedures can be placed on a single document Advanced users can then utilize bookmarks to open the document to a specific location within the overall document for each event type www xtralis com 93 VSM4 Product Guide Xtralis Pty Ltd 7 5 2 Response Content Expected event responses are e Fire events should describe evacuation procedures and the locations of hazards e Supervisory and Trouble events contac

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