Support has been added for the Axis Mark2 wireless translator (AXIS-TMT2) and wireless expander (AXIS-TME2) which can now provide further battery details to the Axis EN control panel, including device battery level and battery efficiency.
The wireless Axis detectors now also support sensitivity and mode changes programmed from the Axis EN control panel, and wireless door holders now support a configurable fail safe option for compliance with BS7273-B/C.
We’ve added further improvements to the robustness and reliability of network communications.
When using False Alarm Management, up to 200 building areas can be used consistently.
The ESPA Interface (MXP-547) can now receive network fire events from MxPro 4 panels.
When the panel reports a fire condition [in a particular zone], the sounders [in that zone] activate and can be silenced via the panel display.
If a new fire is detected in a different zone to the first activation, sounders across the network will re-sound by default.
If the default settings have been changed, and the panel has been programmed to re-sound the sounders from a ‘New Device in Fire’ instead of ‘New Zone in Fire’, only the local sounders would operate instead of the sounders across the network.
This update ensures that sounders re-sound correctly across the network when ‘New Device in Fire’ is programmed.
The panel no longer re-boots when performing a test print.
The responsiveness of the panel display has been increased when viewing events on the panel.
We’ve improved the reliability of network communications when there is a lot of network data.
We’ve improved communication timing so that fault-tolerant network earth faults and wiring faults are reported correctly.
While the panel configuration is being updated, the panel will now log a ‘Config Updating’ event in the log as well as a ‘Config Updated’ event once the configuration has been successfully uploaded.
When a panel has been left in diagnostics logging mode and it is re-booted, the panel no longer displays faults that did not exist on the panel display.
These faults, ‘Loop Card Incompatible’, ‘Loop Card Device Missing’ and ‘Earth Fault’, may have existed for a brief period while the panel was initialising but are now ignored until the panel has fully initialised and are no longer logged during power up. Loop card firmware will also need to be updated to v4.06 or greater.
AV protocol devices have a magnet test feature. If the devices are programmed to use a non-latching input action (e.g. general alarm, fire evacuate, pre-alarm), they will now reset and come out of test, irrespective of input action, when the ‘Reset’ button is pressed on the panel.
For further information on magnet testing, please refer to:
If a download is taken using PC-NET-022 configuration software after erasing the panel configuration, the network sector programming now shows the correct default settings and only local sectors will be ticked.
On a panel network, information is not sent or received by any panel in access level 3 and the panels will only send and receive signals when in access levels 1 or 2.
When panels are networked to a BMS interface and an event comes through from the graphics system (fire, fault, disable, enable etc.), only panels in access levels 1 and 2 receive this information.
A change has been made to ensure that when a panel is taken out of access level 3 and put into access level 2, events from the BMS interface are re-sent, so the panel receives an update across the network to respond to the event (enable, disable, fire, fault etc.).
In access level 2 if a user tries to gain access to a panel menu and enters an incorrect password, when ‘Password Not Recognised’ displays, the user level will remain unchanged.
When ‘Disable Zone’ is either programmed or conducted manually, all inputs in that zone will now be disabled, not just fire inputs.
The configuration programming stored within the panel has a unique identifier – the checksum number. When a download is taken using PC-NET-022 software, the checksum number is displayed on the download and matches the panel checksum number
We have made updates to ensure that the checksum number remains the same even when a different version of configuration software is used to upload into the panel. This ensures that only time the checksum number changes is when configuration changes are made.
For example, if a download is taken using PC-NET-022 v12.1 and an upload is completed using a different version e.g. PC-NET-022 v12.2, the checksum number will now remain unchanged (as long as no programming changes are made).
We’ve improved the order in which outputs turn on from an activation. Sounders and beacons in the zone of origin have the highest priority and turn on first. Then all other sounder and beacons will activate. All relay outputs will turn on last.
The ‘Sounder Disabled’ LED and any output group programmed to operate from a sounder being disabled now activate from any sounder being disabled, even if no sounders have been programmed with the ‘May Silence’ enabled.
Previously, if ‘May Silence’ was unticked and that sounder was disabled, the ‘Sounder Disabled’ LED and the programmed output group would not turn on.
When connected to the panel using a direct USB lead, an earth fault no longer shows if the PC is connected to mains i.e. when it is charging. When in access level 3, the panel will ignore this earth fault for 5 minutes following a new connection.
Faults on an AV protocol panel are now consistently reported within 90 seconds.
When a control panel re-boots, a ‘CPU Reset’ is recorded in the log. The firmware version will also now be displayed next to the ‘CPU Reset’ event.
Any user notes (up to 950 characters) you’ve entered in the PC-NET-022 configuration software are now still available to you when transferring the configuration to and from the panel.
The date and time of the last upload is now recorded and displayed within the ‘Product Summary’ section when you take a download within PC-NET-022 configuration software.
The configuration software now blocks communication and displays a warning if the incorrect version of PC-NET-022 configuration software is used. This ensures the panel firmware is compatible with the latest version of the ConfigTool.
In this release, the minimum required version is V12.00.
When using the EN54-13 monitoring settings within the panel, the loop current can now be set to a minimum of 25mA. Previously, this was set to 100mA.
Please refer to 680-212-01 EN45-13 Overview for further information on EN54-13.
If a detector has alarm verification enabled, the verification countdown timer will start when the device reaches high-alarm. Previously, this countdown timer would start when the device enters pre-alarm state. This improves the accuracy of the alarm verification timer.
When Gen 1 and Gen 2 panels are networked as part of a standard network, there is no longer a delay in the network establishing, and network faults are now not displayed during this time. In addition, the standard network has been improved so it can establish a connection faster and before network faults are displayed.
Networked panels will now log device text against events which originated on a panel across the network. Historically, the device text was only logged for local activations.
After a panel re-boot, when the panel is in normal operation without any faults, ‘Device Initialising’ is displayed next to the devices when in the ‘View’ menu.
Previously, as soon as an event came through, ‘Device Initialising’ would disappear and the device status would change to show the event. To improve visibility, ‘Device Initialising’ will now be displayed at the top of the “View” menu to indicate if any devices are still initialising.
MxPro 5 and Axis EN panels allow you to change the loop numbers for easier fault finding and reporting. For example, on a 4-loop panel, the loops will be numbered from 1-4 as default but can be changed to loop numbers 5-8.
Now, if the loops are re-numbered, a ‘New Device’ fault will consistently show the re-numbered loop number rather than the original loop number.
Please note, the firmware on all network panels will need to be updated to v60-03-00 or later to fully support this improvement.
When AV protocol panels are using wireless devices, the wireless translator consistently reports as a radio interface. This update addresses a radio interface occasionally reporting as a zone monitor.
