Kidde SA-USB — option card that adds a USB printer port and a USB computer port to a Kidde FX or VS Series fire alarm control panel.
It mounts inside the panel cabinet and does two jobs the panel cannot do alone: printing system events to a supported printer, and moving panel configuration, history and current status to and from a PC running the configuration utility. Kidde lists the panel RS-232 connection as SA-232 or SA-USB, so the two cards are alternatives rather than additions.
- 24 VDC; 14 mA standby and alarm, 20 mA maximum
- One USB Type A host port (J3) for the printer, one USB Type B device port (J4) for the utility
- Supported printer PT-1S+, communication speed 9600 baud
- 32 to 120 °F (0 to 49 °C), 0 to 93% RH non-condensing
- In both the FX and VS ordering tables with no panel restriction: FX-64, FX-1000, VS1 and VS4
Not SA-232, which does the same two jobs over an RS-232 serial link with cable 260097, and not SA-CLA, the Class A NAC adapter Kidde restricts to FX-64 and VS1 only. SA-ETH and SA-DACT2 are the Ethernet and dialer cards; the PT-1S+ printer is a separate catalogue number.
