ASENWARE Addressable Fire Alarm Control Panel, User Manual

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2.3.2.1 Action to Fire Alarm Event
When a fire incident occurs, the operator must take action to respond to fire alarm :
Silence the Panel sounder : By pressing the soft key Panel Buzzer Silence , the local sounder
will silence and the Fire Alarm LED will change from flashing to steady. By pressing this, panel
will acknowledge the signal to panel screen, history buffer, printer and annunciator, if installed.
Silence any activated outputs devices that are programmed as silenceable : By pressing the
soft key Remote Sounder Silence , remote sounder will silence and the Remote Silence LED will
become steady. This silenced message will be send to history buffer, printer and annunciator, if
installed.
Delay Action : If the fire zone was programmed for delaying the output devices, more actions
need to me
takes by operator/user e.g. if it’s a false alarm, operator can
abort any actions to
output devices and if user wants to override the delay for actual fire. ( More is explained in the
later section of this manual).
Correct the condition which causes the alarm.
Reset the Panel to normal condition : Once the alarm condition is corrected, to return the
System to normal condition press RESET soft key on the panel.
2.3.3 Fault Event
Any troubles in electrical or mechanical part of the panel, device, connection or whole system is
considered as fault. Panel will take action accordingly and following actions will take place :
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Produce sound at the panel
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Activates the System Fault relay for fault routing device
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Flashes General Fault LED
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Displays the fault condition on the screen in Fault Window with the type of fault,
description of the location and complete address of the device , if the fault is in the
devices or in the circuits (loop).
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If the the fault is from system e.g. CPU fault , programming fault or memory fault , it will
make System Fault LED flash along with General Fault LED.
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Sends fault message to history buffer, printer and repeater (annunciator panel), if
installed