In addition, it allows keyboard control of each panel, enabling the operator to acknowledge events, silence audible signals, reset the systems, disable devices, activate relays, change detector sensitivity settings, generate maintenance reports and perform many other functions, from within the facility, across the street, across the campus, across the city or around the world.
Communication can occur over a single pair of wires, such as dedicated phone lines.
It can also occur using data grade lines, or even fiber optics, with distances being virtually unlimited. The graphics option also provides a keyboard for execution of all operator commands and acts as a historical logging unit, recording all system activity on a hard disk drive. The event log capacity is virtually unlimited. A touch screen is also available to enhance its ease of use. FireFinder is a PC based color graphics display and control software package designed for use with the Cerberus Division LifeLINK life safety system network.