Vigilant Fire Alarm Panels

Here is a look at Fire Alarm Panels made by Vigilant. Many of these are installed by or are branded as Wormald, since they are the NZ distributor of Vigilant Equipment. Vigilant was owned by Tyco, until the latter was taken over by Johnson Controls, and so it is now owned by Johnson Controls.

## Alpha 1/Alpha 4

The Alpha 1 and Alpha 4 are very similar. They are Conventional Fire Alarm panels design to run 1-4 zones. They are primarily used on really small systems in little buildings. These panels do not offer a Fire Brigade Connection.

## Sigma 5

The Sigma 5 is a Conventional Fire Alarm Panel designed to take up to 5 zones. It is designed for small applications requiring only a few zones.

## FP1600

The FP1600 is a is a Conventional Fire Alarm Panel designed to take up to 16 zones. This panel is often branded as the "Wormald FP1600" instead of Vigilant.

Despite the presense of the logo, this is not a Pertronic panel. The display has most likely been modified.
## Other-Brands FP1600

Some other companies have previously acted as distributors/Installers of Vigilant Equipment and have changed the name of the FP1600 to a name of their own choosing. Grinnell called their version the "FC16", which is not too far from the original name. James Hardie Building Services named theirs the "JH 12/4". Trident also did their own version, which they called the "A16".

(This one has now been replaced by a new Notifier system)
## Omega 64

The Omega 64 is a Conventional Fire Alarm Panel designed to take up to 96 zones.

## MX4428

The MX4428 is an older Analogue Addressable panel that was launched as a replacement for the old F4000 (the two are very similar and can even be run using eachother's interface. Finding the actual control panel for the MX4428 is very hard, with these photos being the only two I have found. The difficulty in finding these might also be because the MX1 system (see below) is also very popular and therefore more common than the MX4428.

The MX4428 is designed to be used on larger systems with lots of zones, but can occasionally be found on smaller Addressable installations.

## MX1

The MX1 is an Analogue Addressable Fire Alarm System. It can hold up to 250 devices. It is the most common Vigilant Addressable system being installed right now. It is most typically used on systems with 31 zones or fewer, but can be expanded to take more. This could also be becuase the use of Addressable systems on smaller installations is much more common than it used to be.

Main control panel without map of zones, as Mimic displays have been used here.Discovery SchoolDiscovery SchoolAussie-style wall-mounted MX1
## Silm Mimic's

Mimic Displays are common on larger Fire Alarm systems, especially Addressable systems. Vigilant's Mimic is designed in the style of the MX1 display, but can also be used with other panels, such as the FP1600.

Mimic control panel for Vigilant MX1 system.Mimic Display unit connected to main control panel.The same unit with map now added.
## Full Panel Mimic

It is possible to find Vigilant Sigma 5, FP1600 or Omega 64 panels used as mimic panels, on both conventional and addressable systems).

## Custom Mimic

These are custom-made mimic panels that are made to order.

## Modified-Cabinet Mimic

Some companies have taken Pertronic or Ampac cabinets and re-purposed the to make large repeater panels for Vigilant systems. These are common in Auckland.

MX1 system replaced existing Ampac NZ3200. repeater for new MX1 was installed in the existing Ampac cabinet.
## Old-Style Mimic

This is the old Mimic panel that Vigilant used to use prior to the introduction of the newer MX1-style ones. These older ones did actually last long enough to be used on some early MX1's though! The design of this Mimic is very similar to the design of the FP4000 (See below).

## F4000

The F4000 was an Analogue Addressable system, which was eventually replaced by the very similar MX4428 (the two can even operate using the same control interface). F4000 control panels are VERY difficult to find, thus I have currently not actually got any photos of an actual panel, but I do have photos of a couple Mimic Control units (which is the same as the controls on the actual thing).

## FP4000

The FP4000 was a Conventional system that was eventually replaced by the FP1600 and Omega 64. The *FP400* system looks very similar to and is similarly named to the *F4000* addressable system, so do not confuse the two!

## FP4

The FP4 was a smaller Conventional system that was replaced by the Sigma 5. Benefis sold this panel under the name "Benefis BDIV"

## VIC 2

The VIC 2 was an older Conventional system. These are quite rare.

## VIC 1

The VIC 1 was Vigilant's main Fire Panel design for many years. Most of the surviving ones in the Wellington region were supplied to Trident (possibly another Vigilant distributor?). Many of those supplied by Trident were supplied with Ampac Call-Points instead of Vigilant ones for some unknown reason.

Remains of a Trident panel found at the remains of a demolished building in Thorndon.Remains of a Trident panel found at the remains of a demolished building in Thorndon.

## Unknown Vintage model

This unknown Vintage model is a rare surviving old panel from the 50s or 60s.