FAQs
What are Test Timer event reports available through the StarLink Fire communicator that will satisfy the NFPA Supervisory check-in signal requirements?
The Supervisory check-in signals and Test Timer event reports that are available through the StarLink Fire communicator, used in dial-up reporting mode, are based on the following configurations:
Communicators connected to Fire Control Units without a DACT (via triggered inputs) will send a supervisory check-in to the NOC based on an interval that meets the specified NFPA requirements:
NFPA 2007 = 200 seconds
NFPA 2010 = 5 minutes
NFPA 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022 = 60 minutes
NFPA 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022 Dual Path = 6 hours
NFPA 2010 Dual Path = 24 hours
The StarLink Fire communicator must be configured to automatically generate a 24-hour Test Timer report to the central station receiver for a daily end-to-end comm test. Alternatively, the StarLink Fire communicator may also be used to report a Test Timer resulting from a scheduled daily relay closure from the Fire Control Unit, if available.
All StarLink Fire communicators connected to the DACT of Fire Control Units with a DACT will send a supervisory check-in to the NOC based on an interval that meets the specified NFPA requirements:
NFPA 2007 = 200 seconds
NFPA 2010 = 5 minutes
NFPA 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022 = 60 minutes
NFPA 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022 Dual Path = 6 hours
NFPA 2010 Dual Path = 24 hours
The Fire control panel must be programmed to report a 24-hour Test Timer through the cellular communicator to the central station receiver for a daily end-to-end comm test.
NOTE: Caution must be taken to ensure that in the case of a control panel-generated Test Timer being used, the communicator’s automatic 24-hour Test Timer feature is not enabled. This may result in two (2) Test Timer reports being sent to the central station receiver, possibly obscuring a missing control panel-generated Test Timer report.
The following provides the Test Timer reporting codes sent by the respective devices.
- A Test Timer generated by the StarLink Fire communicator will always be reported as a 602 Z890.
- A Test Timer generated by the Fire Control Unit will typically be reported as a 602 Z000, Z001, Z002 (depending on which DACT line sends the test).