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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Technical Advice => Topic started by: Wiz on March 19, 2009, 01:52:17 PM

Title: Apollo Discovery read/write
Post by: Wiz on March 19, 2009, 01:52:17 PM

Hi Guys,

Has anyone had any issues with the read/write element of Apollo Discovery manual call points manufactured in the last two years?

Title: Re: Apollo Discovery read/write
Post by: Allen Higginson on March 19, 2009, 03:59:36 PM

Quote from: Wiz on March 19, 2009, 01:52:17 PM

Hi Guys,

Has anyone had any issues with the read/write element of Apollo Discovery manual call points manufactured in the last two years?

Lost me there Wiz??

Title: Re: Apollo Discovery read/write
Post by: Buggy on March 19, 2009, 04:17:19 PM

Im in the same boat as Buzz. I thought it was only Discovery detectors had a 'memory' facility.  ???

Title: Re: Apollo Discovery read/write
Post by: Graeme on March 19, 2009, 05:16:56 PM

Wiz

The only thing i had an issue with was the led blink on poll option did not work on them.


Graeme

Title: Re: Apollo Discovery read/write
Post by: Wiz on March 19, 2009, 06:12:24 PM

Thanks guys for responses so far.

Buzz - No problem being lost, mate!. If you had suffered the read/write problem you would have known about it!

Buggy - All the Discovery devices have the Ram.

Graeme - Thanks for response.

Anyone else have anything to add?

Title: Re: Apollo Discovery read/write
Post by: dark one on March 19, 2009, 07:18:28 PM

never had any problems with callpoints only with detectors

Title: Re: Apollo Discovery read/write
Post by: Wiz on March 20, 2009, 09:51:16 AM

dark one, are you able to confirm what problems you had and, most impoeratntly, the manufacture of the control panel on the system?

Title: Re: Apollo Discovery read/write
Post by: Graeme on March 20, 2009, 03:54:11 PM

Wiz

There was a fault with Disco detectors in that the machine used to make the mouldings was fractionally out so i as found out heads would not meet up fully with the address cards in the base and it caused devices to take another address and cause double address and device missing faults.

Title: Re: Apollo Discovery read/write
Post by: Wiz on March 20, 2009, 05:55:57 PM

Graeme, That is not the fault I am most interested in, but could you please tell me the approx. dates when you suffered the problem you descibe.

Title: Re: Apollo Discovery read/write
Post by: dark one on March 20, 2009, 08:18:45 PM

wiz reports at the panel as maintenance fault only on kentec synco panels have to replace head and hard reset panel to clear

Title: Re: Apollo Discovery read/write
Post by: Graeme on March 25, 2009, 07:59:09 PM

Quote from: Wiz on March 20, 2009, 05:55:57 PM

Graeme, That is not the fault I am most interested in, but could you please tell me the approx. dates when you suffered the problem you descibe.

roughly two years ago

Title: Re: Apollo Discovery read/write
Post by: dark one on March 28, 2009, 08:30:53 PM

have had email from kentec this week telling us there is a problem with firmware version V5.93
that gives bad data faults and device type faults on apollo devices don't know if this is relevant to you but this sort of thing is always useful to know.  A fimware update is needed ???.