Fire alarm quiz

[NewAgeServer]

1. It means that the system automatically notifies the fire department in the event of an alarm.
2. Don’t know about the '80s but Potter currently manufactures one, model PFC-8500.
3. If done correctly, should not be a big issue.
4. In high-rises, they are used as an internal intercom between floors of the building so an officer on ground level can speak to his companies or crews on other floors.
5. Not sure.

[Destin]

@El Chupacabra

5. What was Pyrotronics’ first addressable system called (model)?

5. Pyrotronics XL3

[Nathan]

Destin,how do you know that?

[El_Chupacabra (Samuel)]

@NewAgeServer

1. It means that the system automatically notifies the fire department in the event of an alarm.
2. Don’t know about the '80s but Potter currently manufactures one, model PFC-8500.
3. If done correctly, should not be a big issue.
4. In high-rises, they are used as an internal intercom between floors of the building so an officer on ground level can speak to his companies or crews on other floors.

1: Correct
2: Pretty hard to guess, but it was Firecom
3: It voids the UL (ULC in Canada) listing on the panel
4: Correct

@Destin

5. Pyrotronics XL3

Correct

[nightfly287]

1.) When was System Sensor founded?
2.) What does the “MS” in “MS-2” and “MS-4” stand for?
3.) What town are the Honeywell fire alarm offices located in?
4.) True/False: Simplex also handles video surveillance and paging systems.
5.) Name Simplex’s first multiplex system.

[Nathan]

1.dont know.
2.dont know.
3.NewYork?
4.True.
5.Simplex 4004

[nightfly287]

@Nathan

1.dont know.
2.dont know.
3.NewYork?
4.True.
5.Simplex 4004

1.) No
2.) No
3.) No
4.) Yes!
5.) No

[Prog]

@The Big Green

5.) Name Simplex’s first multiplex system.

Simplex 2120

[nightfly287]

@Prog

@The Big Green

5.) Name Simplex’s first multiplex system.

Simplex 2120

Yes!

BONUS: What year was it introduced?

[Prog]

Was it 1979?

[NewAgeServer]

MS means Miniscan. The name has existed since at least 1983.
MP means MiniPanel.

[nightfly287]

@NewAgeServer

MS means Miniscan. The name has existed since at least 1983…

Correct! The name was created in 1983 when Fire-Lite released the Miniscan 112.

@Prog

Was it 1979?

Yes, it was. Great job!

[Prog]

Hmm, I guess being DFA’s wiki’s “Article of the Day” for years really helped.

[Destin]

@The Big Green

1.) When was System Sensor founded?
3.) What town are the Honeywell fire alarm offices located in?

1. 1984
2. Northford, CT

@The Big Green

@NewAgeServer

MS means Miniscan. The name has existed since at least 1983…

Correct! The name was created in 1983 when Fire-Lite released the Miniscan 112.

@Prog

Was it 1979?

Yes, it was. Great job!

Sorry to correct everyone, but the 2100 was actually Simplex’s first multiplex system released in 1979, the 2120 was released in 1981, and the Miniscan series has been around since at least 1980. All of this info is easy to mix up.

[Destin]

@Prog

Hmm, I guess being The Forum That Shall Not Be Named’s wiki’s “Article of the Day” for years really helped.

LOL, I wrote that article but stopped contributing to the wiki once I realized that no one was really using it. We had to lock it down because of insane amounts of spam.

[tsscman123]

1. What is the difference between a NAC being open, and a NAC being shorted?
2. What is the difference between class A and class B of wiring?
3. What is the difference between style 4, 6, and 7 of wiring (mostly with SLC loops)?

[tsscman123]

@Prog

Hmm, I guess being The Forum That Shall Not Be Named’s wiki’s “Article of the Day” for years really helped.

More like “Article of the Decade”.

[Nathan]

Huh what do you mean I don’t get it

[tsscman123]

Prog said that the “Article of the Day” was up for years, so I said that it is like “Article of the Decade” (a decade is every 10 years).

[Nathan]

Oh I know what a decade is I was just lost of what he ment