Programming Apollo Devices into Morley Panels via PC

Morley addressable panels can be configured at the front panel, but on anything bigger than a four-zone install the engineering software via PC is the only sensible choice. This section walks through using the Morley engineering tool to programme Apollo devices into the panel and build the cause-and-effect.

Connecting and reading the panel

The lessons cover the USB / serial cable used, the Morley engineering software install, the read-from-panel workflow that snapshots the live config, and the offline-edit-then-write-back model that makes large changes safe. Engineer-mode access on the panel itself is explained alongside.

Building the configuration

You will work through device labelling (the descriptive text the customer sees on the LCD when an event happens), zone allocation, sensitivity grouping, day/night thresholds, and the cause-and-effect matrix that defines which inputs drive which outputs. Apollo-specific quirks — sub-addresses on multi-criterion detectors, beam sender-receiver pairs counted as one address — are covered with examples.

Where this fits in the curriculum

This is the practical commissioning step; troubleshooting is covered separately, networking between Morley panels is its own section, and the device-side wiring rules are in the Apollo wiring module. The complete Morley engineering pathway, with the latest software-version notes, is the Morley engineering software course on bhcourses.com.