Silent Knight 5200 series

Silent Knight 5200 series

Manufacturer	Silent Knight {"label": "Manufacturer", "field": "Silent Knight"}
Series	5000 {"label": "Series", "field": "5000"}
Color(s)	Red White {"label": "Color(s)", "field": " Red White "}
Introduced	1988 {"label": "Introduced", "field": "1988"}

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The Silent Knight 5200 series is a branch of Silent Knight's 5000 series, which is a family of various fire alarm devices. The 5200 series is a lineup of conventional fire alarm control panels.

History

The 5200 series control panels were introduced in 1988, starting with the Silent Knight Model 5207. The 5207 was advertised as "the first moderately priced Fire Control/Communicator that offers remote uploading and downloading over a telephone line." The 5207 was compatible with the 5230 annunciator, which was required for system programming, as the panel did not support programming from the internal keypad. The 5230 featured a compact design, was white with red keys, and it only had one LED which was a power indicator, although it also had a 32-character LCD. The design was based off of some of Silent Knight's security keypads that were manufactured at the time.

In 1992, Silent Knight made a smaller, 4 zone panel, known as the 5204. It made its first appearance in the NFPA Journal Volume 086 Issue 04 in 1992, with a large advertisement in the Volume 087 Issue 03 in 1993. The 5204 looked extremely similar to the 5207, but it was much smaller, had a transformer-based power supply (rather than a separate switching power supply board), and the motherboard used surface-mount components. Around this time, the 5206 was also released which was essentially a hybrid of the 5204 and 5207. It had the specifications of the 5204 but it used a separate power supply like the 5207 did. The 5204 also supported the 5230 annunciator, however it was not required for system programming. The 5204 supported step programming through its internal keypad, unlike the 5207.

*The Silent Knight Model 5206 is a very obscure fire panel, with little to no easily accessible documentation or information about it.

In 2000, Silent Knight introduced the 5208, which was the successor of and later the replacement for the 5207, although it was originally manufactured alongside the 5207. The 5208 added several new features and capabilities, such as an internal 32-character LCD screen, easier programming, built-in synchronization for specific AMSECO®, Gentex®, Faraday, System Sensor®, and Wheelock® notification appliances, and support for SKSS which is Silent Knight's computer programming software. The 5235 annunciator was also released for the 5208 as it did not support the older 5230. The 5235 layout was nearly identical to the 5208's internal keypad, only the annunciator had a full plastic housing. The new annunciator added condition LEDs for Alarm, Trouble, Supervisory, and Silence. The 5235 added a key switch that takes the same operator key as the 5208's internal keypad, but Silent Knight also offered a model that did not have a lock and only relied on a passcode for operation. If a user does not have a key, a passcode may also be entered on the numerical keypad.

The Silent Knight 5208 was discontinued in October 2022.

Models

Panels

SK 5200 Series Conventional Fire Alarm Control Panel Models

Model Number	Zones	NAC(s)	Voltage	Current Output	Power Output Type	Released	Discontinued	Replaced	Replaced By
5204	4 Zones	2	12V, 24V	3.0A	Filtered DC	1992	2006	N/A	SK-4224, SK-4
5206	4 Zones	--	12V, 24V	5.0A	Filtered DC	--	--	N/A	SK-4224, SK-4
5207	8 Zones (expandable to 16)	2	12V, 24V	5.0A	Filtered DC	1988	2007	N/A	Model 5208
5208	10 Zones (expandable to 30)	4	24V	6.0A	Filtered DC	2000	2022	5207	Fire-Lite MS-5UD, MS-10UD, ES-50X, IntelliKnight 6700
5209	10 Zones (expandable to 30)	4	24V	6.0A	Filtered DC	2003	2022		Fire-Lite MS-10UD Honeywell IFP-75

Annunciators

Annunciator Compatibility & Images

Annunciator	Compatible Panels	Image
Model 5230	Communicators: Silent Knight 5104, 5104B, 5128, 5129 Fire Panels: Silent Knight 5204, 5206, 5207
Model 5235	Fire Panels: Silent Knight 5208, Gamewell Flex 410

Gallery

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  Silent Knight Model 5208

• 

  Silent Knight 5204, from eBay

• 

  Silent Knight 5206, set up outside of its cabinet. This photo is from an eBay listing

• 

  Silent Knight 5207 Advertisement, circa 1989

Documentation

• Silent Knight Model 5204 Spec Sheet - https://cdn.thefirepanel.com/docs/silent-knight/Silent%20Knight%20-%205204spec.pdf
• Silent Knight Model 5207 Spec Sheet - https://cdn.thefirepanel.com/docs/silent-knight/Silent%20Knight%20-%205207spec.pdf
• Silent Knight Model 5208 Spec Sheet - https://prod-edam.honeywell.com/content/dam/honeywell-edam/hbt/en-us/documents/literature-and-specs/datasheets/350318.pdf?download=false
• Silent Knight Model 5230 Datasheet (New, Honeywell Edition) - https://prod-edam.honeywell.com/content/dam/honeywell-edam/hbt/en-us/documents/literature-and-specs/datasheets/350382.pdf
• Silent Knight Model 5235 Datasheet - https://prod-edam.honeywell.com/content/dam/honeywell-edam/hbt/en-us/documents/literature-and-specs/datasheets/350321.pdf

Rebrands

Gamewell-FCI

Gamewell introduced the Flex 410 in 2003 as a rebrand of the 5209, a modified 5208 specifically for Gamewell. Following the merger with Fire Control Instruments to form Gamewell-FCI, the models were given a "GW" prefix to distinguish them from FCI products. The Flex 410 was discontinued in 2022 along with the other Gamewell-FCI panels.

Gamewell-FCI model	Silent Knight model	Replaced	Replaced by
Flex 410	5209	Flex 8 FC-73	MS-10UD GWF-7075 + MMI-6SF
CZM-400	5217	ZDM-FC73	AMM-4F AMM-2IF AMM-4SF MMI-10F MMI-6SF
IOM-410	5280	RY4 RY8 FC-5280	ANN-RLY AOM-2RF MMO-6RF
RAN-400	5235	RA8 LCD-FC73	ANN-80 RA-1000