POTTER FMT Facility Management Tool Owner’s Manual

: June 9, 2024
: POTTER

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Features
Description
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POTTER FMT Facility Management Tool Owner’s Manual

Features

Compatible with Potter PFC-6000,IPA,AFC/ARC series and PFC-4064 fire alarm control panels.
Remotely view alarm, trouble, and supervisory events through a LAN, WAN, or Internet connection.
Up to 255 series panels may be connected simultaneously.
Keypad emulation mode for remote event interaction as if you were onsite.
Supports custom log notes.
Sort, Filter, or Group events by Panel Name, Date/Time, Event Description, or Event Type.
Export events to Microsoft Excel™ or Microsoft Word™
Automatically print events at a specific time of day or when a specific number of events have occurred.
Create custom log files to store and better organize events.
Compatible with PC’s running Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows 10 operating systems.

Description

The Potter FMT Facility Management Tool is a software package designed to provide service companies, property/facility managers and building owners, the tools and information to more effectively manage up to 255 Potter series fire alarm system installations at a single location.
Systems may be connected through a Local Area Network, Wide Area Network, or the Internet to any PC running the FMT software.
As events in any connected system occur, they are color coded by event type and can be displayed on screen- Red for Alarm, Green for Restores, Yellow for Trouble and Supervisory.

Each event includes the following information:

Panel Name (Custom name programmed into each system to help more quickly identify it)
Date/Time (The date and time stamp when the event occurred)
Event Description (Additional details about the event including circuit, point and zone names)
Event Type (Alarm, Trouble, Supervisory, Restore, Info)

The event information can be sorted, filtered, grouped by any of the event categories listed above and then saved to disk, printed, or exported to Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word.
Additionally the user of the FMT Software can choose to remotely interact with any of the connected systems through a virtual keypad providing the ability to view live system status and events as well as scroll through the systems event buffer just as if they were onsite at the panel.

Custom log files can be created and organized by system or other criteria to meet the needs of the FMT software user.
These log files are helpful in organizing system tests and inspections as well as assisting with troubleshooting.
The FMT software is also helpful in providing supplementary information to that of a central monitoring station.
If an alarm or other event occurs, the FMT can be easily used to obtain more detailed information from the system that the event has occurred on.
The FMT software can be online and logging events concurrently with any central station reporting service or the user can connect to any system as needed and view the event information using the virtual keypad.