Hex Character Breakdown of FCI Terminal Output

Here is a breakdown of the terminal output of panel messages from FCI E3 and S3 Panels. Local: Pull Station FIRST ALARM AMM_Pull_Stat L1M001 00:14:52 01/01/11 0x0d 0x0a 0x4c 0x6f 0x63 0x61 0x6c 0x3a 0x20 0x50 0x75 0x6c 0x6c 0x20 0x53 0x74 0x61 0x74 0x69 0x6f 0x6e 0x0d...

Notifier AFP-200 / AFP-400 Terminal Commands

Here are the terminal commands for the older Notifier panels (AFP-200, AFP-400). If I remember right I even got these to work on the NFS-3030 and NFS-640. They will not work on the newer NFS2 panels. AFP-200 / AFP-400 Serial Terminal Commands:...

FCI E3 and S3 Terminal Commands

Here are all the commands for communicating / controlling the FCI E3 and S3 fire alarm control panels. Note: When sending the commands make sure you’re using plain text and set your terminal app to ONLY APPEND A SINGLE CR CHARACTER. The carriage return part is...

Hacking Gamewell/FCI E3 and S3 Passwords

Over the years I managed to learn a little bit about programming the FCI E3 and S3 panels. Using Camworks has always been a bittersweet experience and sometimes made me want to throw my laptop into the trashcan along with the fire panel I was working on….So far...