Description
SWIFT® Wireless System can be applied in many situations that are problematic for traditional wired devices. In cases where areas of a building are difficult or impossible to wire, visually sensitive, or have restricted access, SWIFT wireless sensors provide an efficient, reliable solution.
SWIFT wireless devices communicate via a proprietary wireless mesh protocol to communicate with a Honeywell Triga Series fire alarm system by means of a SWIFT Wireless Gateway (TRW-GI). The SWIFT Gateway connects to the SLC loop of the IFP-75, IFP-300, IFP-300ECS, TR-2100R/B or TR-2100ECSR/B panels using IDP protocol.
Wireless devices in a SWIFT network develop “parent-child” communication links with other devices in the mesh, so that a message originating from a remote device “hops” to the closest parent device, and then to successive parent devices until the message reaches gateway. Alternate paths are also identified and supervised by the SWIFT protocol providing approved Class A wireless communication. If a device does not have an established communication path with adequate signal strength, an additional device such as a wireless module may be installed in between so that it will act as a repeater.
The TRW-WGI supports up to 50 devices: 1 SWIFT Gateway and up to 49 wireless detectors and monitor modules. The Gateway assumes one SLC address (module), each wireless device assumes one module or detector address, and the display driver assumes one SLC address. The maximum number of gateways on a system is limited by the number of available SLC addresses on the FACP, or a maximum of 4 gateways within common wireless range.
TRW-WGI Wireless System Gateway
The SWIFT system can be installed using only hand tools. However, the SWIFT Tools PC utility provides many benefits to a site evaluation (Site Survey), installing a system (Mesh Configuration), and extracting detailed information from the system (Diagnostics).
The utility runs on a laptop with Windows®, and uses a USB radio antenna (W-USB) to communicate with wireless devices within range of the PC. Once the devices have formed a mesh, SWIFT Tools can provide current information on all devices in the mesh as long as the PC is within range of the SWIFT Gateway.
