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Is the panel in "PC Communications" mode?
Is PC3K in the "Panel Communications" dialog?
Do you have a PCI connected between the panel and PC?
Is the PCI connector properly plugged in to J2 on the CP3? (It should cover all pins, and the ribbon cable should be flowing downwards.)
Is the PCI connected to the serial port on your PC matching your selection in the Options dialog? (i.e. if you selected COM1 in the Options dialog, are you connected to COM1?)
Is your communications port disabled? Sometimes a mouse or modem will disable your standard communication ports. Refer to your computer, mouse, and modem manuals for info.

I'd like to read data from an existing installation and save it to disk for archiving ... How do I do that?

Connect a PCI between the panel and PC.
Put the panel in "PC Communications" mode (go to programming mode, and then select item 8).
Go to the Panel Communications dialog in PC3K.
Wait for the "Offline" indicator to change to "Online".
Click the "Read From Panel" button in the "Point Data" frame, and wait for the transfer to be 100% complete.
Click the "Read From Panel" button in the "Group Data" frame, and wait for the transfer to be 100% complete.
Click the "Read From Panel" button in the "System Data" frame, and wait for the transfer to be 100% complete.
Click "OK", then click "Save As" on the main window toolbar (or select "Save As..." from the "File" menu), and select the desired filename.
As an extra bit on insurance, create an ASCII data file. Go to the Import/Export dialog, select a filename, and click the "Export" button.
Save the two data files (e.g. PANEL001.DAT and PANEL001.TXT) to disk, and store the disk in a safe place. If you ever need to reload the data into the panel, or modify the programming, simply restore the files to the PC3K directory, and load either into PC3K, then modify it and/or transfer its data to the panel.

Output Group 99 is the "Alarm" group. The output devices assigned to this group will be activated whenever a sensor (ion, photo, or heat) or input device (input module, I/O module, FZA, TZB, or DIO) which been configured as an alarm input or manual pull is activated.

This operation is automatic, and cannot be changed. It occurs in addition to whatever explicit mapping is programmed.

As an example, let's assume that an input module at 1:001 is configured as an alarm input, and is mapped to output group 1. When that input module is activated, it will activate output group 1 (the explicit mapping), as well as output group 99 (the alarm group).

Output Group 98 is the "Trouble" group. The output devices assigned to this group will be activated whenever any trouble occurs on the panel.

Output Group 97 is the "Supervisory" group. The output devices assigned to this group will be activated whenever an input device (input module, I/O module, FZA, TZB, or DIO) which as been configured as a supervisory input is activated.

This operation is automatic, and cannot be changed. It occurs in addition to whatever explicit mapping is programmed.

As an example, let's assume that an input module at 1:002 is configured as a supervisory input, and is mapped to output group 2. When that input module is activated, it will activate output group 2 (the explicit mapping), as well as output group 97 (the supervisory group).

Output Group 96 is the "Waterflow" group. The output devices assigned to this group will be activated whenever an input device (input module, I/O module, FZA, TZB, or DIO) which as been configured as a waterflow input is activated.

This operation is automatic, and cannot be changed. It occurs in addition to whatever explicit mapping is programmed.

As an example, let's assume that an input module at 1:003 is configured as a waterflow input, and is mapped to output group 3. When that input module is activated, it will activate output group 3 (the explicit mapping), as well as output group 96 (the waterflow group).

If more than one output group is on the same floor, they are essentially "ganged" together.

For example, if you'd like an input to control output groups 63 and 64, map the input to output group 63, then set output group 63's floor number to some arbitrary number (let's say "99"). Next, set output group 64's floor number to the same number (99).

Now, whenever output group 63 is activated, group output group 64 will be activated as well, and vice versa.

Note: You'll need to map at least one input to output group 64, otherwise you'll get a point validation trouble.