Hi Fire Panel.
I would like to ask if is it really possible to centrally monitor different FACP Panels??
By Ethernet, FOC, Hard-Wire or any medium?
Is there a software that you may know that can do this?
Thanks again!
Your question is very vague to be answered properly, but to generalize, you can pretty much monitor any fire alarm panel off site with the right equipment. Some manufacturers provide the ability to “network” several panels on a site (such as a manufacturing facility) to a central location such as a control room or guard shack. Or you can simply have several different panels communicate via telephone lines to one location - that involves specialized equipment that may need to meet local and national codes to be compliant. Bottom line, the answer to your question is yes. But we will need more information on you specific circumstance to give you a more specific answer.
On a smaller campus the bigger manufacturers offer some type of command center which let you view everything on all of your systems, assuming you have the same fire alarm everywhere.
On a larger scale you can use a central station monitoring software like Microkey and connect any panel to it with dialers, wireless, a combo, etc. This is good for a town or city wide application.
For like a factory with multiple panels of different makes and models you can monitor each panel for alarm/trouble back at a central location, possibly with your main FACP. This only lets you know which panel is in alarm, whereas the above solutions can have the capability of showing each point if you want it. This is the cheapest solution, usually good enough for most places. The above options can start out expensive and get really expensive!
Like Lambda says, it really depends on your specific site/needs as to what the best option is, but there are plenty of things you can do.
We have the contracts for a college campus that has mostly Notifier systems but there’s a few Simplex, Gamewell, etc systems mixed in. All of the systems are centrally monitored by a Keltron LS Net system. There’s a transceiver box at each FACP wired to its data bus – Keltron makes a box designed for each FACP or FACP product line from Notifier, Simplex, and a few other brands – and these transceivers report their host panel’s status over Ethernet to a central computer control panel located in the campus security office.