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Fire alarm control panel FlexES Control

1 General / Application

The fire alarm control panel FlexES Control may only be commissioned by trained personal with training specific

to this FACP.

Additional and updated Informations

The described features, specifications and product related informations in this manual correspond

to the date of issue (refer to date on the front page) and may differ due to modifications and/or

amended Standards and Regulations of the System design, Installation and Commissioning.

Updated informations and declaration of conformity are available for comparison on the

www.esser-systems.com homepage.

esserbus® and essernet® are registered trademarks in Germany.

The fire alarm control panel FlexES Control may only be commissioned by trained personal with

training specific to this FACP.

Associated Documents

798980.GB0 798981.GB0 Operation Instruction FACP FlexES Control

Installation Instruction FACP FlexES Control

798983.GB0 Brief instruction Fire Alarm Control Panel FlexES Control

798952 798654.GB0 Open Source Informationen BMZ FlexES Control

Technical Information Manufacturer's instruction for the commissioning and maintenance

of fire alarm systems

Online help for the tools 8000 programming software

If the FACP is installed in an equipment cabinet, the following documentation will also apply:

798985.GB0 Installation Instruction Floor-type cabinet and rack-mounting for FACP FlexES Control

798985.20.GB0 Order Floor-type cabinet and rack-mounting for FACP FlexES Control

798985.30.GB0 Checklist for equipment cabinet and rack mounting FACP FlexES Control

Device and system design training

We constantly offer project design, planning and commissioning training courses for the fire alarm system FlexES

Control panel. Please visit www.esser-systems.com or contact us by telephone at 0049 (0) 2137 / 17-600 for more

information on our training courses.

GNU Licence (GPL)

The firmware integrated in this product contains copyright protected third party software, which was licensed under

the GPL (GPL software). The following applies in accordance with the GPL:

1. 2. 3. 4. The source code for the GPL software can be downloaded from www.esser-systems.com.

The GPL software can be reused, forwarded and modified.

The GPL software alone shall be provided to the extent permitted by law without liability for defects and

without any express or implied guarantee, including that of the capacity to act or suitability for a specific

purpose.

A copy of the GPL can be viewed and downloaded at www.esser-systems.com. Please use the contact form

on the website for potential queries and additional information.

Open source software – information

The FACP FlexES Control contains open source software subject to modified (2-clause, 3-clause) BSD licenses.

For further detailed information on this, please refer to Open Source Informationen BMZ FlexES Control

(Part No. 798952).

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Fire alarm control panel FlexES Control

2 Preparations for commissioning

The components of the fire alarm control panel FlexES Control are delivered with the software current at the time

these components were manufactured.

The operating and input sequences as well as the displayed information depends on the software used and the

programming of the fire alarm control panel (FACP) and may differ from what is shown here due to current

software updates. The FlexES Control fire alarm control panel can only be commissioned and configured with the

aid of the service and programming software tools 8000, from version V1.16 onwards.

Before commissioning the fire alarm control panel, the software should be checked for available updates. This

ensures that all features are used and the system is operated with up-to-date software.

The software updates for individual components/modules can be easily downloaded from the customer section at

www.esser-systems.com.

Updates are available for the individual software containers (a container comprises all software modules for a fire

alarm control panel) and the service and programming software tools 8000 required for commissioning.

Online help for the programming software

The tools 8000 programming software includes a context-sensitive online help programme. This help programme

can be accessed by pressing the >Help< button or >F1< once the programme has started. This online help

programme contains detailed descriptions of the programme's functions and programming options.

Summertime/wintertime changeover

In essernet® networked fire alarm control panels, the time zone, incl. automatic summertime/wintertime

changeover can be set for the entire networked system from a single fire alarm control panel FlexES Control. In

this case, the FlexES Control acts as (master) timer for all other essernet® devices.

If other timers are already present in the networked fire alarm system, their time output is ignored and the time

zone configured on the (master) timer is accepted by the other devices on the essernet®

.

The timer function of the FACP can be deactivated with the setting >No time zone<.

Details on the time zone setting can be found in the online help of the programming software tools 8000.