Silent Knight 5660 Silent Knight Software Suite

SKSS Software 5660 and Manual 151240 Rev H 151240 H ECN 16 0073 KEY mcLd2z3628863345 Key is not case sensitive should not be any spaces in between letters numbers in CD Key to SKSS 1 1 This Manual 1 Requirements 1 Versus Keyboard 1 Help 1 Up Your Data 1 Support 2 2 SKSS 2 SKSS 2 Password Protection 3 Up Communications with the Panel 4 File Types and Naming Conventions 6 Menu 6 8 for IntelliKnight Panels 8 for the SK 5208 9 for the 5000 Series 10 Jobs 10 Communications Queue 10 Jobs from the Queue 11 Status 11 and Uploading 13 with Event History Data 15 Event History Files Append History 16 Status Data 16 Error Messages 17 Communication Problems 18 Silent Knight Software Suite to SKSS 151240 Silent Knight Software Suite SKSS is a tool for communicating with IntelliKnight addressable fire SK 5208 fire panel and 5000 Series entry systems This software makes it is easy to program from a remote location like the central station service center or locally when directly connected to panel SKSS allows you to upload receive data from a panel to a PC For example you can upload history from a panel so that the history can be sorted and viewed on screen or printed as a report can also upload programming changes that have been made at the installation site to a PC Compatible with IntelliKnight 5820XL EVS 5808 5700 5104B UL 9th Edition and SK 5208 fire panels 5000 Series entry systems Easily program panels from a remote location or on site Upload panel account information to your PC Quick access to panel event history Upload detector status from IntelliKnight fire panels Forward and backward compatible with panel software Reduce the time it takes to reprogram an upgraded panel with the built in Translate option Free software upgrades downloadable from the Silent Knight web site www silentknight com This Manual manual will help you get started using SKSS and is future reference for operations that you don perform The menus and screens in the software are your main source of information for the more performed operations You can also get help from the software comprehensive online help by pressing the F1 key at any time For information on general concepts such as mapping and that appear in SKSS programming views refer to the panel Installation and Operations Manual Requirements operate SKSS software you must have a PC with the following minimum requirements Windows 98 2000 7 8.1 10 ME NT XP or Vista 64 megabytes RAM 32 megabytes of free hard disk space VGA color or compatible monitor A Bell 212A 103 Hayes compatible Plug and Play modem to connect to remote panels You can also directly to all compatible FACPs using a 9 pin serial cable or connect directly to 5820XL EVS and using an AB male USB cable Versus Keyboard is designed to be used with a mouse Using a mouse is the fastest and easiest way to operate the However a mouse is not a requirement all operations can be performed from the keyboard See Windows documentation for information on navigating in a Windows environment Help can press the F1 key when you have SKSS running to bring up the online help system not available beta testing The help screens describe each data entry area on the view and explain how to select Up Your Data your valuable data by frequently backing up files using the backup tool of your choice Files with Type Account Panel Type History and Panel Type Detector contain your data For a file with the extension 5820Account contains the account information on a 5820XL EVS panel Silent Knight Software Suite 151240 a file with the extension 5808History contains the history information from a 5808 panel Back up these whenever you make changes See Table 1 on page 6 for more information about types of files and Support Knight provides 7 24 technical support from our Web site at www silentknight com Print installation operations manuals get answers to frequently asked questions download the latest software revisions questions to technical support are just a few of the things you can do on our Web site Silent Knight offers free technical support to Reach Us site support Friday 8 00 AM to 5 00 PM CST walks you through the installation process and can be installed and configured to work with Silent control panels in less than ten minutes SKSS you are a new user of Silent Knight software go to the installation procedure below If you have a version Silent Knight SK Analog Fire System Editor installed on your PC the new software will not overwrite the or accounts you already set up Once you installed SKSS upload information from each to populate the software with your existing accounts The files created in SK Analog Fire System are not compatible with SKSS For assistance with SK Analog Fire System Editor files call Silent Technical Support install SKSS Go to Silent Knight website www silentknight com Click on downloads Download the SKSS software The CD Key is located on the inside of this manual the front cover Follow the instructions on the screen to continue installation an error occurs during installation make sure you have sufficient memory and disk space on your PC page 1 If you have sufficient system resources and the software still will not install or run Silent Knight Technical Support at 800 446 6444 SKSS start SKSS From Start select Programs Silent Knight and then click on Silent Knight Software Suite The login box appears When logging on for the first time select Master from the User Name dropdown list Press Tab to move to the Password text box and enter pass Click OK The SKSS window appears Silent Knight Software Suite If you used the SK Analog Fire System Editor note that the Communications Queue is no a separate application The Communications Queue is integrated into SKSS as shown below on the panel the PC will here Password Protection the password system you can make sure that only qualified users have access to SKSS Or if you you can disable password protection so that anyone in your facility can have acces