Talk:Fire alarm control panel
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I notice that my little joke has been removed:
Conventional panels have been around ever since electronics became small enough to make them viable. They are no longer used frequently in large buildings, but are still used in smaller, or less important buildings such as schools.
The less important has been removed :( --Naya2005 06:54, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Brigade Called / Kissoff?
Kissoff is normally an indicator that means a signal has been acknowledged by a remote device. Brigade Called actually means that the brigade has been called and is on the way, although a type of "kissoff", it is too specialised to be just called that. Kissoff LED's are normally green whereas "brigade called" is normally red or yellow (because green indicates a 'normal' condition, and the brigade being called is not a normal condition).
I will move this into a different sub-heading unless an argument is put forward on this discussion page within ten days. --Naya2005 07:42, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Monitoring" section
In the US, the term "monitoring" refers to off-site central station monitoring, ie a 24 hour dispatch center which receives alarms from panels and calls the local fire dept. This section in our article describes a desktop computer interface to the fire panel, which is indeed an important topic, but I believe should be renamed for clarity. At Simplex, we call it a "Graphical Command Center" or "Information Management System". Any ideas for a new title?
Steve G
