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  4. Indoor Fire Panel Installation and Configuration Guide
  5. Configure the centralized integration with the 16-channel indoor fire panel
  6. Configure the INFP device
  7. Configure a mass device for each INFP IIM

Configure a mass device for each INFP IIM

Each fire panel is an endpoint of an alerting system. In this case, the fire panel is also considered a mass communication device because it alerts an unknown number of recipients--whoever is in the vicinity of the device. In the BlackBerry AtHoc management system, an object called a mass device is configured for each mass communication endpoint. For each building fire panel, you will configure a mass device.
Before you begin, plan how many mass devices to create based on the number of building fire panels. First, determine how many fire panels you have. You create a mass device for each fire panel. Next, map the mass device to the relay that closes for a particular fire panel.
Example:
Company, XYZ Corp., has five buildings. Each building has a fire panel, for a total of five fire panels. Each of these fire panels are controlled by a master fire panel, to which the 16- channel IIM is connected. For this configuration, you will create five mass device endpoints. Enter the device addresses shown in the highlighted column in the Configuration section of the New Mass Device Endpoint screen. The address range is from 0-15.
The second number in the endpoint address corresponds to the relay number on the IIM relay card.
Building
Mass Device Endpoint
Endpoint Address
Relay Card Dry Contact
Cafeteria
Cafeteria
INFP,0,1
D1
Security
Security
INFP,0,2
D2
Office Tower 1
Office Tower 1
INFP,0,3
D3
Office Tower 2
Office T ower 2
INFP,0,4
D4
Physical Plant
Physical Plant
INFP,0,5
D5
If the device name for the Cafeteria is "Cafeteria", and the device address is INFP,0,1, then an operator can target "Cafeteria" in an alert. When the alert is sent, the dry contact D1 on the relay card is closed. Closing the dry contact activates the relay for the fire panel in the Cafeteria.
To configure mass device accounts, complete the following steps for each fire panel:
  1. Log in to the BlackBerry AtHoc management system with operator privileges.
  2. In the navigation bar, click The Settings icon.
  3. In the 
    Devices
     section, click 
    Mass Device Endpoints
    .
  4. On the 
    Mass Device Endpoints
    , click 
    New
    , and then select the fire panel.
  5. On the 
    New Mass Device Endpoint
     screen, in the 
    General
     section, enter the 
    Endpoint Name
     and 
    Common Name
     for the device. For example: 
    Cafeteria
    .
  6. In the 
    Configuration
     section, enter the device address. For example: 
    INFP,0,1
  7. Click 
    Save
    .