Yeah: let’s just hope then that someone can successfully find & save them! (& hopefully also find that they’re in full working order too!)
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According to a friend of mine the initial photo Nick posted in this topic is of an Edwards/EST IRC-3, not a Firecom 8500, so I guess the hunt for even a mere picture of one is still on.
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A CRT can be referenced in the following patent: US4342985A - Remote sensing and control system - Google Patents
I’m a bit new to this mystery, so please bear with me if my information is inaccurate.
Thanks for the information, and welcome to the forums!
Thanks! Happy to provide!
Here’s a possible photo of the desk-mount variant of the Firecom 8X. Credits to @Gary_Scott for finding this.
EDIT: It could also be a Comtrak 1720.
I also just realised this and I have never thought about this up until now…
Firecom 8X systems are basically wired the same way as your everyday security system! Just on a way larger scale. Security systems have a main box that is the brains of the system that has terminals for connecting devices to it. The “control panel” of an 8X connects the same way to a Terminal Transmitter Box (the brains of the system) as a security keypad would do.
And Radionics fire alarm systems wire the same way too. So I guess that Firecom had seen how security systems wire up and based their 8X systems off of that. Just a guess based on an observation.
Yeah, you might need to bring a 1-ton pickup truck with a tommy gate if you want to get one of those out of a building!
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Well that’s because a firecom 8000 seems to be a multiplex fire alarm system. You have a central panel, and remote transponders that have the circuits for zones and outputs. Stuff like ademco vista panels also use multiplex with remote transponders and everything.
That’s kinda what I said here but different.
Just to keep the thread going here are some random-ass pictures of old Firecom logo crap I found on archive.org lamo
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Funny how those seem to just have white-on-black adhesive labels with “FIRECOM” written on them applied (rather than a proper logo sticker).
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Yes, exactly. Tho I understand the Sigcom one being like that.
That might actually be the best look we get at the 8500 at this rate.
I still desperately whant to get my hands on one. It is definitely my holy grail. Finding one in an abandoned building outside NYC is my best bet on finding one.
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That’s a Firecom LSN-2000, as indicated by the lettering near the bottom of the door window, which is a much newer & much more common panel than the 8500 (the latter might look something like it for all we know however).
I thought we confirmed that it was this?
As far as I know, it’s an IRC-3 (a very customized one, at least).
I believe there’s been a few folks who finally confirmed this.
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