Running XNET Fire Network Wizard

Scenario

You want to create a new XNET network for XNET Fire Control Panels. This wizard provides a quick procedure that simplifies the general configuration workflow.See also:

 

Prerequisites

  • You are familiar with the Fire Control Panels integration via XNET. See the reference section.
  • The following extension modules were installed and included in the active project:
    • Network Setup Wizard
    • One or more of the fire panel extension modules:
      - FireFinder XLS MXL
      - Desigo Fire Safety Modular UL
      - Cerberus Pro Modular UL
  • System Manager is in Engineering mode.
  • System Browser is in Management View.

To speed configuration, make sure the Desigo CC Transaction Mode is set to Simple or the Automatic Switch of Transaction Mode is set to True.
The automatic switch setting is recommended. Without it, to re-enable the logs, you need to set the Transaction Mode to Logging at the end of the configuration procedure.

 

1 – Select the Subsystem

  1. Select Project > Field Network.
  1. In the Network Wizard tab, in Available subsystems, select the type of fire subsystem.
  1. Click to proceed to the next page.

 

Select the Subsystem

2 – Configure Network Name and Description

  1. Enter the fire Network name. The corresponding Network description field is filled out automatically and you can customize it to provide a better definition for users.
  1. Click to proceed to the next page.

 

Configure Network Name and Description

3 – Select the Driver

  1. In Station Selection, select a server or FEP station.
  1. In Driver Selection, do one of the following:
  • Select New Driver to create a new XNET driver.
  • Select a previously created XNET driver.
  1. Click to proceed to the next page.

 

Select the XNET Driver

4 – Configure Driver Settings

  1. (Optional) In the main expander, customize the Driver description.
    NOTE    : Keep the description different from that of any other driver on the same station.
  1. In the Card Configuration expander, check and modify as necessary the default driver settings:
  • In Node address for management station, enter the value (1-64) assigned to Desigo CC in the panel configuration tool as Management System Node.
  • In Associated XNET card, in the drop-down list, select the XNET card with which you want to connect.
  • (Optional) If necessary, click the Refresh button to view the XNET cards installed on the machine.
  1. Click to proceed to the next page.

 

Configure Driver Settings

5 – Import the Fire System Configuration

  1. (Optional) Select Skip this step, I’ll do it later to skip the import step and display the driver parameters.
  1. Select Import configuration files and do the following:
  • Click Browse.
  • Locate and select the file you want import and click Open.
  • Repeat this operation for every configuration file you want import.
  • The files display in the box.
  1. (Optional) Click Remove All to clear the box and repeat this step from the beginning.
  1. Do one of the following:
  • Select all items and start import to import all items (panel configuration) from the selected files.
  • Select Manually select items to import to select specific items during the next step.
  1. Click to proceed to the next page.

 

Optionally Import the Fire System Configuration

6 – Start the Network Wizard

  1. Check the summary information.
    (Optional) If you want to modify any item, click Previous to go back to the previous page. After the required modifications, press Next to reach this final page again.
  1. Click Start to run the import.
  1. The System Manager dialog box appears, click Yes to confirm the start.
    NOTE: If you chose Manually select items to import in the previous step, a selection page displays. Do the following:
  • Select the item you want import in the left box Source Items e in click Right Icon . Repeat this operation for every item you want import or click All Right Icon to import them all.
  • (Optional) Click Left Icon to remove one item from the right box Items to import or the All Left Icon to remove them all.
  • Click Import.
  • The import starts and a progress bar displays.
  • After a few seconds, the driver and network nodes appear in System Browser. If the import was selected, information from all panels is imported from the XML file.
  • A backup copy of the imported file is saved in the project folder, in the shared\Imported_Config_Files\[subsystem name]\ subfolder.
    The file is compressed into a ZIP file named after the current date and time. For example, 2021-10-22_13-52-07.zip.
    NOTE: See also the configuration procedure of the backup folder (search for Handling Backup Size of Imported Files).
    You can control the disk space occupancy, and also disable the backup copy altogether.

NOTE: Do not use this wizard to modify any settings. Refer instead to the general configuration procedure.

 

Start the Network Wizard