August Conte
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August Conte created an article, CONNECTING 4-WIRE HORN-STROBES TO NAC CIRCUITS
This article shows how to configure nac circuits and devices for connections to 4-wire horn-strobes. The Project Circuit Editor gives us the ability to set compatibility between the panel's nac ci...
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August Conte created an article, DUPLICATED DEVICES IN BATTERY CALCULATIONS
The issue described here is that battery calculations show certain devices (most commonly slc modules) multiple times, some showing standby and alarm current values and others showing values of 0. ...
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August Conte created an article, Connecting NAC Panels to Fire Alarm Control Panels
METHOD 1 THE MOST BASIC METHOD OF ACTIVATING A NAC PANEL IS TO USE A NAC CIRCUIT FROM THE MAIN FIRE ALARM CONTROL PANEL TO ACTIVATE AN INPUT ON THE NAC PANEL WHICH IS DESIGNED TO USE A REVERSE POLA...
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August Conte created an article, Updated Sample Templates for FireCAD Projects
This article updates the previously posted FireCAD project templates. We have added three AutoCAD .dwg files as attachments. You may download these templates and modify/use them as you wish. A D...
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August Conte created an article, Using The Project Circuits Editor
Overview We are using a building template from this FireCAD support site for this example project. The placement of the panels does not affect the use of the Project Circuits Editor. The panels ...
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August Conte created an article, Set The Color of Device Label Text Attributes
You may wish to control the color of the device labels in a project. The commands to accomplish this are part of a few that are not accessible from the FireCAD Tools menu. They must be accessed thr...
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August Conte created an article, FireCAD's method for producing battery and voltage drop calculations explained
BATTERY CALCULATION METHOD EXPLAINED The basis of a FireCAD battery calculation is the standby and alarm current values of the components powered by the panel's power supply. In the example below, ...
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August Conte created an article, Hiding Wirepath from Panel to First Device
A question from a user is below: My answer to this is: We do not have a way to do this automatically yet, but we are planning for a tool in the future to accomplish this result. Because this is...
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August Conte created an article, Using the Draw Circuit Wirepath and Draw Shared Wirepath commands
Overview of this article The Draw Circuit Wirepath and Draw Shared Wirepath commands are a powerful way of quickly drawing wirepaths between connected devices. The commands also create linetypes wi...
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August Conte created an article, The Basics of Connecting Circuits and Pass Through Circuits
CONNECTING DEVICES TO CIRCUITS In order for devices to connect to a circuit, both the source output circuit and the device input circuit must be the same circuit type. In the example below we wis...