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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page No.
1 About This Manual ............................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 Advantages for the Engineer: ..................................................................................... 1
1.3 Advantages for the Installer: ....................................................................................... 1
1.4 Advantages for the Owner: ......................................................................................... 1
2 Range of Products................................................................................................................ 2
3 Features of ORBIS ................................................................................................................ 2
3.1 ORBIS Features ......................................................................................................... 2
4 Chossing a Detector: Questions and Answers ................................................................... 3
5 Where to use optical smoke detectors ................................................................................ 5
5.1 Orbis optical smoke detector ...................................................................................... 5
5.2 How does the orbis optical detector work? .................................................................. 5
5.3 Environmental performance ........................................................................................ 5
5.4 Technical Data ........................................................................................................... 6
6 Where to use multisensor smoke detectors ....................................................................... 7
6.1 Orbis MultiSensor smoke detector .............................................................................. 7
6.2 How does the orbis multisensor detector work? .......................................................... 7
6.3 Environmental performance ........................................................................................ 7
6.4 Technical Data ........................................................................................................... 8
7 Where to use Heat Detectors ............................................................................................... 9
7.1 Orbis heat detector ..................................................................................................... 9
7.2 Choosing the correct class of heat detector ................................................................ 9
7.3 How do orbis heat detectors work? ............................................................................. 9
7.4 Environmental performance ........................................................................................ 9
7.5 Technical data .......................................................................................................... 10
8 Orbis Detector Bases ......................................................................................................... 11
8.1 Installing Orbis ......................................................................................................... 12
8.2 Unlocking the detector .............................................................................................. 13
8.3 Non Locking Base Conversion .................................................................................. 13
8.4 Fitting Orbis detector heads ...................................................................................... 14
8.5 Relay Base............................................................................................................... 14
9 Orbis Features: LED status ................................................................................................ 15
10 Commissioning made easy ................................................................................................ 16
10.1 StartUp..................................................................................................................... 16
10.2 What StartUp indicates ............................................................................................. 16
10.3 FasTest® ................................................................................................................. 16
10.4 Smoke or Heat Testing ............................................................................................. 16
10.5 Maintenance and testing .......................................................................................... 17
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DirtAlert™ ........................................................................................................................... 17
12 Item Numbers & Description .............................................................................................. 18