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Potter FMT Facility Management Tool Owner's manual

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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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