3rd Party OPC Fire

This section provides reference and background information about integrating 3^rd party fire devices into Desigo CC via OPC.

For related procedures, see the step-by-step section.

OPC Library for 3rd Party Fire Integration

The OPC library for 3^rd party fire integration is a partially preconfigured library for integrating 3rd party fire systems via OPC.

To use the library, the Danger Management > Fire 3rd Party extension module must be installed and included in the active project.

3rd party OPC Fire Library Components

The OPC library for 3^rd party fire integration is installed in:

Project > System Settings > Libraries > Headquarter > Fire > Device > OPC.

The library contains the following sections:

A list of available objects to represent the 3^rd party fire system (Object Model):

Automatic Fire Detector: fire detector for automatic alarm detection
Automatic Fire Zone: zone relating to automatic fire detection
Generic Detector: fire detector different from the standard automatic fire detector
Generic Object 1: general-purpose object
Generic Object 2: general-purpose object
Input: input element which handles different information types coming from detection devices, such as technical alarms
Manual Call Point: push-button for manual alarm activation
Manual Fire Zone: zone related to manual alarm call points
Output: output element to control external devices
Technical Zone: zone related to technical alarms

A list of functions to link to the OPC Network data points (Functions).
A list of text groups (Texts) for assigning a text label and icon to each of the input values and output values needed to integrate the 3^rd party fire system.

Input value: a state condition that the management platform reads from the OPC server.
Output value: a command that the management platform sends to the OPC server.

Objects (except for the three generic ones) are linked to one or more functions, while text groups (except for the three generic ones) are associated to functions. See the following table:

Relation Among Objects, Functions, and Texts
Object	Function	Text Group¹⁾
Automatic Fire Detector	Automatic Detector	Automatic Fire Detector
Automatic Fire Zone	Automatic Zone	Automatic Fire Zone
(All objects)	(All functions)	Command²⁾
Generic Detector	-	Generic Detector
Generic Object 1	-	Generic Object 1
Generic Object 2	-	Generic Object 2
Input	Input	Input
Input	Power Supply (power supply module)	Power Supply
Manual Call Point	Manual Call Point	Manual Call Point
Manual Fire Zone	Manual Zone	Manual Fire Zone
Output	Output	Output
	Remote Transmission (generic remote transmission output)	Remote Transmission
	Sounders (sounder output channel)	Sounders
Technical Zone	Technical Zone	Technical Zone

¹⁾	The Acknowledge State text group is not used.
²⁾	The Command text group is available for all objects to have a separate list of command-specific values.

The OPC Library for 3rd Party Fire Integration

3rd party OPC Fire License Counting

Each data point of the 3^rd party fire system counts as 1 fire data point. This means that no SCADA point counting is applied.