FCI FC-72 Panel - New Display Board! | FCI & Federal Signal Devices

[@evanbart4109]

Great video 😀👍👍 I just got an FCI MS2, New old stock, a few weeks ago.

[@kcin556]

Thanks! That's cool!

[@8bits59]

Was wondering when we'd see this again. :P

[@kcin556]

I've been trying to make more videos of it for a while, didn't have a good way to use alarms with it until I got the board ready!

[@8bits59]

kcin556 I think that's a pretty slick way of doing it. Then if you need the board on another system you just disconnect and move, simple as that.

[@kcin556]

That's the plan!

[@TheCarson116]

How the HELL were you able to test the i3 with a magnet? I'm fairly certain it can only be tested via a screwdriver inserted into the test hole, but somehow you managed to activate the panel with a magnet held to the i3. (which might explain why the red LED didn't come on. Did you forget about the former method?)

[@kcin556]

I always thought it was magnetic test since it seemed to work. Your comment made me curious, so I looked in the manual and you are correct - I don't see a magnetic test option at all! This is a four wire detector, so it has a relay contact. I'm wondering if I was able to pull that relays' contacts with the magnet, and that's why it didn't light the LED. Otherwise I have no idea to be honest with you - its been so long since this demo that I can hardly remember.

[@TheCarson116]

@@kcin556 To be honest some time back I thought that the pill-shaped area on a lot of System Sensor's detectors marked the magnet area, but it turns out that it usually indicates where you can test the detector with a sensitivity reader. There are some variants of the 2400 however that CAN be tested with a magnet. (I think it's mostly Fire-Lite/Notifier addressable rebrands of the 2400, & of course they don't have a screwdriver test because you can test them with a magnet instead) Perhaps it WAS because the magnet moved the relay enough.

[@vintagefirealarmguy5285]

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