Monitoring Nodes (Panels) - EMS FirePoint 5000 Communications Manual

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Scroll down to "RE-ONLINE NODE" and press the "YES" key.
Enter the Offline Nodes address number (between 2 and 30), then press the "YES" key.
Once completed, check the slave panel's status within the network and that it has been
onlined successfully to the network. Within the Radio LAN Menu scroll to "Node Table"
and press the "YES" key. This will display each networked nodes' status and will
therefore, highlight whether or not the node in question has now been onlined to the
network. The offline fault should clear from the panel.
If unsuccessful, check the connections in P03265, between the panel and the LAN unit.
NOTE 1: the same process can be carried out from the offline slave panel,
without the requirement of a node address, a slave panel will only
communicate with the onsite master.
NOTE 2: When onlining a node for the first time, you must go into Add/Delete
Node on the master panel, and add the node, thus introducing the node into the
node table. The node can now be re-onlined if it goes offline as above.

8. Monitoring Nodes (Panels):

Nodes can be checked for the amount of polls missed by checking the individual node's
missed poll counter.
This will give an indication of the signalling between panels on the network.
As a guideline, within a period of 8 hours, an acceptable number of missed polls would
be 15. However many more could mean there are communication problems and the
problem node should be investigated.
NOTE: missed poll lists are automatically reset at midnight.
This can be found by entering the Node Table option within the Radio LAN menu. This
also states each nodes status (ONLINE, OFFLINE, MISSING or SEARCHING), where
missing identifies an unused slot and searching is where the master panel is looking for a
slave panel. Nodes offline are caused by slave nodes failing to communicate with the
master node. Any offline nodes can now be re-onlined by following the "Should the Radio
LAN go offline" section.
To clear the missed polls list by accessing the "Radio LAN" menu. Scroll down to
advanced. Press the "YES" key. Scroll down to "Clear Missed Polls" and press the "YES"
key. Viewing of further node information is accessible within the "Node table in the
"Advanced" menu, listed above the "Clear Missed Polls" option. By entering the "Node
table", each node can be viewed for their ONLINE/OFFLINE status and their number of
missed polls.
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