11-1S E C T I O N 1 1History Log• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •In This Section© About the History Log© Installing the Printer Interface Unit© Displaying and Printing the History Log• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •About the History LogThe history log:• Is used to log each event that is detected by the FOCUS 200 PLUS system.• Stores up to 512 events, including the time and date of occurrence.• Serves as a means of verifying events occurring in the system such as openings and closings,alarms, troubles, etc.• May be displayed at an operating panel or printed on a local printer.You must install a printer interface unit if you want to use a local printer.Types of History Log EntriesThe types of events the FOCUS 200 PLUS system will enter into the history log include:• Openings and closings of BA group(s), name and number of the group(s), and name of the person(s)involved.• Changes to any schedule along with the name of the person(s) involved.• Alarms and troubles, name of the point and point number, and restoral of the point.• Bypass and unbypass of points, name of the point and point number, and name of the person(s)doing the bypass and unbypass.• The name of the person commanding the printout of data.• The results of BA sensor walk tests and other tests.Installing the Printer Interface UnitA 471715 (7187-119) Printer Interface Unit is required for interfacing a printer with the control unit.Up to 8 units can be used, 1 (master) and 7 (slaves); however, only the master unit will be supervised.It comes with fixed baud rates for operation on the RS-485 bus (9600 baud) and for operation with theprinter (1200 baud). If you are using one printer, no further conditioning is required. The printerrequired for this system is part of the 471958(7187-058) Printer Kit. An 18' cable is supplied.Supervision of the Printer Interface UnitsOnly the first printer (unit No. 0, master) is supervised. Additional printers are slave units and are notsupervised, so make sure they have sufficient paper to operate until they are either stopped by theoperator or stopped automatically upon stoppage of the first printer.
