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FAP54 Programming 9
1.5 ZONE
The zone is an abstract entity composed of a set of detectors.
Each detector, regardless of the circuit it is connected to, can be associated with any zone. The only limitation is that
a detector can be associated with only one zone. Therefore, different zones cannot share detectors.
In theory, all the devices (not output modules) of the system can be associated simultaneously to the same zone.
Nevertheless, it is good practice to associate no more than 32 devices per zone,
otherwise the system would not
be compliant with the standard EN 54-2 .
FAP54 control panel provides the user with 480 zones .
The zone 480, in theory fully usable as the other zones, in practice covers the role of temporary storage area for the
devices just acquired by the panel at the end of an initialization procedure.
Therefore, it is necessary to move the devices just acquired by the panel from the zone 480 to other zones which the
user intends to use. For each of these zones the limit of 32 devices must not be violated.
If devices are left in zone 480, upon returning to scanning, the control panel will report a field fault.
It is possible to associate output modules with zones, these modules will be activated when the zone goes into alarm
condition (the zone goes into alarm condition when one or more detectors belonging to the zone detect an alarm).
Up to 50 output modules can be associated with each zone and each module can be associated with more than one
zone at the same time.
Each zone can be configured with either one of these operating modes:

fire alarm

technological
Each operating mode leads to a certain number of modes of activation of the alarm condition, the outputs and the
relays; it is possible to assign a 32 characters name to each zone.
1.6 GROUP OF DEVICES
The group of devices is an abstract entity composed of a set of detectors.
Each detector, regardless of the line it is connected to, can be associated with each group of devices, without any
limitation. Each detector can be associated with as many groups of devices as the user wants at the same time.
Therefore, different groups can share detectors.
FAP54 control panel provides the user with 240 groups of devices.
It is possible to associate up to 50 detectors with each group of devices.
Moreover, up to 50 output modules can be associated with each group of devices, and each module can be
associated with more than one group at the same time.
Each group of devices can be configured with either one of these operating modes:

fire alarm

technological
Each operating mode leads to a certain number of modes of activation of the alarm condition; it is possible to assign a
32 characters name to each group of devices.