Potter FMT Facility Management Tool Owner's manual

Brand: Potter

Model: FMT Facility Management Tool

Type: Owner's manual

FMT

Facility Management Tool

8830039 - REV B • 02/20 PAGE 1 OF 1

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-4064realarmcontrolpanels.

• Remotely view alarm, trouble, and supervisory events through a

LAN,WAN,orInternetconnection.

• Upto255seriespanelsmaybeconnectedsimultaneously.

• Keypademulationmodeforremoteeventinteractionasifyou

wereonsite.

• Supportscustomlognotes.

• Sort, Filter, or Group events by Panel Name, Date/Time, Event

Description,orEventType.

• ExporteventstoMicrosoftExcel™orMicrosoftWord™

• Automaticallyprinteventsataspecictimeofdayorwhena

specicnumberofeventshaveoccurred.

• Createcustomloglestostoreandbetterorganizeevents.

• CompatiblewithPC’srunningMicrosoftWindows7and

Windows10operatingsystems.

Description

The Potter FMT Facility Management Tool is a software package

designedtoprovideservicecompanies,property/facilitymanagersand

buildingowners,thetoolsandinformationtomoreeffectivelymanage

up to 255 Potter series re alarm system installations at a single

location.SystemsmaybeconnectedthroughaLocalAreaNetwork,

Wide Area Network, or the Internet to any PC running the FMT

software. As events in any connected system occur, they are color

codedbyeventtypeandcanbedisplayedonscreen-RedforAlarm,

GreenforRestores,YellowforTroubleandSupervisory.

Eacheventincludesthefollowinginformation:

• PanelName(Customnameprogrammedintoeachsystemtohelp

morequicklyidentifyit)

• Date/Time(Thedateandtimestampwhentheeventoccurred)

• EventDescription(Additionaldetailsabouttheeventincluding

circuit,pointandzonenames)

• EventType(Alarm,Trouble,Supervisory,Restore,Info)

Theeventinformationcanbesorted,ltered,groupedbyanyof

theevent categories listed above andthen saved to disk,printed,or

exportedtoMicrosoftExcelorMicrosoftWord.

Additionally the user of the FMT Software can choose to remotely

interactwithany oftheconnected systemsthroughavirtualkeypad

providing the ability to view live system status and events as well as

scrollthroughthesystemseventbufferjustasiftheywereonsiteat

thepanel.

Customloglescanbecreatedandorganizedbysystemorothercriteria

tomeettheneedsoftheFMTsoftwareuser.Theseloglesarehelpful

in organizing system tests and inspections as well as assisting with

troubleshooting.

The FMT software is also helpful in providing supplementary information

tothatofacentralmonitoringstation.Ifanalarmorothereventoccurs,

theFMTcanbeeasilyusedto obtainmoredetailedinformationfrom

thesystemthat the event has occurred on.The FMTsoftware can be

onlineandloggingeventsconcurrentlywithanycentralstationreporting

serviceortheusercanconnecttoanysystemasneededandviewthe

eventinformationusingthevirtualkeypad.

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Potter FMT Facility Management Tool Owner's manual

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