3rd Party OPC Fire

This section provides reference and background information about integrating 3rd party fire devices into Desigo CC via OPC.

For related procedures, see the step-by-step section.

 

OPC Library for 3rd Party Fire Integration

The OPC library for 3rd party fire integration is a partially preconfigured library for integrating 3rd party fire systems via OPC.

To use the library, the Danger Management > Fire 3rd Party extension module must be installed and included in the active project.

 

3rd party OPC Fire Library Components

The OPC library for 3rd party fire integration is installed in:

Project > System Settings > Libraries > Headquarter > Fire > Device > OPC.

The library contains the following sections:

  • A list of available objects to represent the 3rd party fire system (Object Model):
    • Automatic Fire Detector: fire detector for automatic alarm detection
    • Automatic Fire Zone: zone relating to automatic fire detection
    • Generic Detector: fire detector different from the standard automatic fire detector
    • Generic Object 1: general-purpose object
    • Generic Object 2: general-purpose object
    • Input: input element which handles different information types coming from detection devices, such as technical alarms
    • Manual Call Point: push-button for manual alarm activation
    • Manual Fire Zone: zone related to manual alarm call points
    • Output: output element to control external devices
    • Technical Zone: zone related to technical alarms
  • A list of functions to link to the OPC Network data points (Functions).
  • A list of text groups (Texts) for assigning a text label and icon to each of the input values and output values needed to integrate the 3rd party fire system.
    • Input value: a state condition that the management platform reads from the OPC server.
    • Output value: a command that the management platform sends to the OPC server.

Objects (except for the three generic ones) are linked to one or more functions, while text groups (except for the three generic ones) are associated to functions. See the following table:

Relation Among Objects, Functions, and Texts

Object

Function

Text Group1)

Automatic Fire Detector

Automatic Detector

Automatic Fire Detector

Automatic Fire Zone

Automatic Zone

Automatic Fire Zone

(All objects)

(All functions)

Command2)

Generic Detector

-

Generic Detector

Generic Object 1

-

Generic Object 1

Generic Object 2

-

Generic Object 2

Input

Input

Input

Power Supply (power supply module)

Power Supply

Manual Call Point

Manual Call Point

Manual Call Point

Manual Fire Zone

Manual Zone

Manual Fire Zone

Output

Output

Output

Remote Transmission (generic remote transmission output)

Remote Transmission

Sounders (sounder output channel)

Sounders

Technical Zone

Technical Zone

Technical Zone

1)

The Acknowledge State text group is not used.

2)

The Command text group is available for all objects to have a separate list of command-specific values.

 

The OPC Library for 3rd Party Fire Integration

 

3rd party OPC Fire License Counting

Each data point of the 3rd party fire system counts as 1 fire data point. This means that no SCADA point counting is applied.