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  ESP FIREbeam – Installation Manual 

 2011 Hochiki Europe (UK) Ltd 

2-3-0-1340/ISS2/DEC11 

    

 

3.3  Individual Menu Items 

 

 

3.3.1 Language 

The language is factory set to English as default.  If this is okay press 

enter

 to continue to commissioning or 

up

 to return to the home screen.  

To change the language use the 

right

 and 

left

 keys to change to 

your preferred language and press 

enter

 to confirm your choice – you 

will then continue in the language of your choice.  Languages currently 
available are: English, Dutch, Italian, French, Spanish, Czechoslovakian 
and German. 

 

3.3.2 Commissioning 

 

Press 

enter

 to go into the ‘Commissioning’ menu and access the sub 

menus. 

In Commission Speed, pressing 

right

 or 

left

 changes between 

normal and fast.  It is recommended in most cases to use fast mode (in 
normal mode the system uses 3.5mA, in fast mode it uses 17mA).  If you 
are commissioning more than one beam at a time and the system cannot 
support the extra draw it may be necessary to use normal mode to prevent 
excessive current draw.  Fast mode allows four times faster motor 
response and it may be quicker to commission each beam in turn.  Once 
commissioning is complete the ESP FIREbeam will automatically revert to 
normal low power mode - (3.5mA). 

Press 

enter

 here to start pre-alignment.  In pre-alignment you should 

ALWAYS COVER THE REFLECTOR.  Starting at 10% power and 10% 
receiver sensitivity, the receiver sensitivity will automatically increase to a 
maximum of 100% then the output power will increase.  These settings will 
automatically stop when a received signal strength reaches 6% - this 
received signal is the returned strength of the output signal without a 
reflector (if no return signal is received the beam will reach full power and 
the screen will say Pre-Align - complete).  If you don’t receive high enough 
output power and receiver sensitivity readings this will usually be because 
you are receiving a reflection from an object nearby - use the left, right, up 
and down keys to avoid the obstruction. When happy with your readings 
press enter and confirm by pressing the right button, this will take you to 
manual alignment - if you wish to abort Pre-Align press the left button. 

Press 

enter

 to go into manual alignment - NOW THE REFLECTOR 

CAN BE PLACED OR THE COVER CAN BE REMOVED.  You should see 
a large jump in signal strength.  If no jump is seen use the X and Y keys to 
locate the reflector (the better the single strength the better the beam is 
aligned) try to achieve a figure of around 100% or over for optimum auto 
alignment times - you must achieve signal strength over 40% to start auto 
alignment.  Press 

enter

 to okay this and go to auto alignment. 

Press 

enter

 to start auto-alignment.  The beam will calibrate its power 

and search for the edges of the reflector – adjusting its power as it aligns 
itself onto the reflector.  Once it has found all four edges twice it will then 
centre itself on the middle of the reflector and the screen will say 

align 

complete

.  Press enter to return to the home screen.  If you see 

align 

aborted

 this means something has crossed the beam path of the 

received signal and the signal has dropped out.  Press 

back

 / 

left

 to 

return to auto alignment. 

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Summary of Contents for ESP FIREbeam

Page 1: ...esp FIREbeam INSTALLATION MANUAL www acornfiresecurity com www acornfiresecurity com...

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Page 3: ...2 Step 2 Programming the Analogue Address 6 2 3 Step 3 Mounting the Controller 7 2 4 Wiring Configuration 7 2 5 Step 4 Commissioning 8 2 5 1 Stage One Language and Commissioning Speed 8 2 5 2 Stage T...

Page 4: ...ESP FIREbeam comes boxed with the head unit low level controller one reflector 3mm allen key and quick start installation guide this should be used for distances over 5m and up to 40m 1 1 2 40 to 80 m...

Page 5: ...40m from the floor The maximum protected area either side of the beam can be extended by 1 for every degree of roof pitch see the example below NOTE Careful design consideration should be made when p...

Page 6: ...the front edge of the box Wire to low level controller using bottom colour coded terminals Screw in through holes provided outside of the rubber seal 2 2 Step 2 Programming the Analogue Address The F...

Page 7: ...this connection can be checked by reading the resistance across the black and grey terminals they will read 110 ohm if OK or 220 ohm if not connected properly 2 4 Wiring Configuration The output curre...

Page 8: ...in normal mode the system uses 3 5mA in fast mode it uses 17mA if you are commissioning more than one beam at a time and the system cannot support the extra draw it may be necessary to use normal mod...

Page 9: ...ng noticeably less read on below These figures are approximate but if you are receiving noticeably less than these figures you may be receiving a reflection from an object nearby and not the far wall...

Page 10: ...higher the AQ the quicker it will auto align This is done by manually moving the x and y motors to obtain a received signal from the reflector In the example below we can see that the reflector is bel...

Page 11: ...low 100 Now proceed to Step 4 Testing the final stage of commissioning 2 6 Step 5 Testing 2 6 1 Fault Test This is done to confirm that the returned signal is from the reflector Cover the entire refle...

Page 12: ...it will reset to normal automatically FAULT The beam path has been fully blocked within 1 second used when fault testing in commissioning ERROR No communication with the controller This could be that...

Page 13: ...ress down to go through the main menu options Select this option to change system language Select this option to commission the ESP FIREbeam Select this option to make all changes and adjustments to t...

Page 14: ...automatically stop when a received signal strength reaches 6 this received signal is the returned strength of the output signal without a reflector if no return signal is received the beam will reach...

Page 15: ...ved signal raises above the fire threshold hysteresis This can be set to latching if your system requires this Change by using the right and left keys Press enter to return to Mode Change or down to g...

Page 16: ...enter to return to Mode Change or down to go to Hysteresis Hysteresis Changing the hysteresis will change the delay in returning from a fire state back to a normal state For example the beam is facto...

Page 17: ...to Beam Maintenance or down to go to Alarm Fault Event Counts Alarm Fault Event Counts Here we can see how many times the beam has gone into fire or fault since the beam was commissioned or since the...

Page 18: ...t and left keys Press enter to return to Diagnostics or down to go to RX Sensitivity RX Sensitivity This screen shows the receiver sensitivity and can be changed by using the right and left keys Press...

Page 19: ...larm Condition adjustable 2 to 30 seconds in 1 second increments default 10 seconds Alarm Indication Controller Status FIRE Controller Red Flashing LED Head Red Flashing LED Alarm Relay Change Over CO...

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