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FX6000 InstAllAtIon And oPerAtIon MAnuAl
25-14683-C December 2019 www.eaton.com
Installation
Installation
The panel should be installed in a clean, dry, reasonably well ventilated place, and
not in direct sunlight . Temperatures in excess of 40°C and below 5°C should
be avoided, if in doubt consult Eaton Service . The panel should be located away
from any potential hazard, in a position where it is readily accessible to authorised
staff, and the fire services, ideally on the perimeter of a building near a permanent
entrance . Mount the panel to the wall using dimensions provided on page 45 .
Do not drill through the panel to the wall as dust will contaminate the circuitry .
Installation guide
I. Never carry out insulation tests on cables connected to
electronic equipment
II. DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN TERMINAL CONNECTOR SCREWS
III. Always use the correct type of cables specifically designed for the
operation of fire detection and alarm circuits
IV. Always adhere to volt drop limitation when sizing cables
V. Always observe polarity throughout.
Non colour coded conductors should be permanently identified
VI. Screen continuity must be maintained throughout the entire loop
circuit including at each junction point and at each device, terminals are
provided on each device to facilitate this
VII. The screen should be earthed at the connection point provided at the
panel and not at any other point. Both the loop start and the loop end
must be connected to the appropriate earthing points. Care must be
taken to avoid connecting the screen to the earthed body of any metal
devices, enclosures,cable containment or building earth. The screen or
drain wire of the loop cables should not be considered as safety earth
and therefore should not be connected to terminals marked with the
earth symbol, except at the panel, and should not be insulated with green
and yellow sleeving
VIII. The panel utilises intelligent soft addressing technology to greatly
simplify the installation and commissioning processes. Once the system
has been installed and the autolearn menu selected, the control panel
will automatically scan the detection loops and allocate each device with
an address number corresponding with its position on the loop, this
avoids the traditional need for manual addressing of the system devices
which is time consuming and provides a potential for error
IX. It is of vital importance that accurate details are kept of the exact wiring
route in order to determine which address has been allocated
to each device
