Programming manual
The basic concepts of control panel programming
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Chapter 7
The basic concepts of control panel programming
7.1
Overview
The the SmartLoop control can:
• Trigger “events” which indicate its own status and that of its peripheral fire-detection devices. The events
are signaled on the LEDs and display and then saved to the events log.
• Control, by means of the loop-device outputs and NAC outputs, its peripheral devices (e.g. bells,
pressure valves, remote LEDs, etc.).
The first task - “monitoring” - involves dealing with fault conditions and the status changes of the system
devices. Analogue devices activate when their values exceed their Early warning and/or Alarm thresholds;
whereas, digital devices activate when they switch On/Off.
Each activation can be “controlled” by means of the programming options which generate the various event
types: Alarm, Pre-alarm, Monitor, Supervisory, Early Warning or Generic activation. Faults, however, always
generate fault events (unless you choose to program the system to ignore specific fault conditions). All
events are saved to the events log (which can be viewed via computer or control panel) and are signaled
on the control panel display and LEDs (refer to paragraph
7.2 - The events
).
Each event influences the 16 device statuses (e.g. Alarm, Pre-alarm, Evacuation, etc., refer to paragraph
7.3 - The signals
) and modifies the respective values. The second task “control” is based on the 16 statuses
and is managed by the zones (which represent different groups of strategically positioned devices)
.
In this
way, each zone is independent and operates autonomously on each separate output. In order to allow this,
it is necessary to configure each input device accurately.
• For each input device configure:
- which of the 16 signals it will activate
- the “cause/effect” actions it will activate (maximum three)
- the direct actions on the control panel and on specific zones
• For each zone:
- the delays which will determine the zone Alarm and Evacuate signals
- the “cause/effect” actions it will activate (maximum three)
In this way, the zone determines which type of control algorithm to apply.
• For each NAC output on the control panel and for each device on the loop:
- which signals activate the output, whether received from the control panel, zones, other devices or
from the device itself and or the “cause/effect” actions (maximum three)
7.2
The events
Each event provides the following details:
• name of the device
• zone it belongs to
• date and time of its occurrence
These details are saved to the log and can be viewed via computer or control panel, and are also indicated
on the display and/or LEDs (refer to
Chapter 5 - How to view the events
).
A device will generate a “fault” event if a fault condition occurs, and an Early Warning event when its
analogue value exceeds its Early Warning threshold.
If its value exceeds its alarm threshold (this is a programmed value for analogue devices and an On/Off
switching signal for digital devices), it will generate an Alarm, Pre-alarm, Monitor, Supervisory or Generic
activation event in accordance with its “
Activation type”
(as defined during the device programming
phase).
