FMT
Facility Management Tool
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Potter Electric Signal Company, LLC • St. Louis, MO • Phone: 800-325-3936 • www.pottersignal.com
Features
• Compatible with Potter PFC-6000,IPA,AFC/ARC series and
PFC-4064realarmcontrolpanels.
• Remotely view alarm, trouble, and supervisory events through a
LAN,WAN,orInternetconnection.
• Upto255seriespanelsmaybeconnectedsimultaneously.
• Keypademulationmodeforremoteeventinteractionasifyou
wereonsite.
• Supportscustomlognotes.
• Sort, Filter, or Group events by Panel Name, Date/Time, Event
Description,orEventType.
• ExporteventstoMicrosoftExcel™orMicrosoftWord™
• Automaticallyprinteventsataspecictimeofdayorwhena
specicnumberofeventshaveoccurred.
• Createcustomloglestostoreandbetterorganizeevents.
• CompatiblewithPC’srunningMicrosoftWindows7and
Windows10operatingsystems.
Description
The Potter FMT Facility Management Tool is a software package
designedtoprovideservicecompanies,property/facilitymanagersand
buildingowners,thetoolsandinformationtomoreeffectivelymanage
up to 255 Potter series re alarm system installations at a single
location.SystemsmaybeconnectedthroughaLocalAreaNetwork,
Wide Area Network, or the Internet to any PC running the FMT
software. As events in any connected system occur, they are color
codedbyeventtypeandcanbedisplayedonscreen-RedforAlarm,
GreenforRestores,YellowforTroubleandSupervisory.
Eacheventincludesthefollowinginformation:
• PanelName(Customnameprogrammedintoeachsystemtohelp
morequicklyidentifyit)
• Date/Time(Thedateandtimestampwhentheeventoccurred)
• EventDescription(Additionaldetailsabouttheeventincluding
circuit,pointandzonenames)
• EventType(Alarm,Trouble,Supervisory,Restore,Info)
Theeventinformationcanbesorted,ltered,groupedbyanyof
theevent categories listed above andthen saved to disk,printed,or
exportedtoMicrosoftExcelorMicrosoftWord.
Additionally the user of the FMT Software can choose to remotely
interactwithany oftheconnected systemsthroughavirtualkeypad
providing the ability to view live system status and events as well as
scrollthroughthesystemseventbufferjustasiftheywereonsiteat
thepanel.
Customloglescanbecreatedandorganizedbysystemorothercriteria
tomeettheneedsoftheFMTsoftwareuser.Theseloglesarehelpful
in organizing system tests and inspections as well as assisting with
troubleshooting.
The FMT software is also helpful in providing supplementary information
tothatofacentralmonitoringstation.Ifanalarmorothereventoccurs,
theFMTcanbeeasilyusedto obtainmoredetailedinformationfrom
thesystemthat the event has occurred on.The FMTsoftware can be
onlineandloggingeventsconcurrentlywithanycentralstationreporting
serviceortheusercanconnecttoanysystemasneededandviewthe
eventinformationusingthevirtualkeypad.