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Introduction
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About the FleX-Net™ FX-4000 Intelligent Fire Detection and Voice
Evacuation System
Mircom’s FleX-Net™ FX-4000 Intelligent Fire Detection and Voice Evacuation System offers
modular components for network systems providing a wide variety of applications. Designed
for peer to peer network communications, using industrial standard ARCnet protocol. FleX-
Net™ allows for a maximum of 63 nodes (a node can be a control center or a floor panel) while
providing reliability and flexibility.
Each base panel consists of one intelligent analog loop or signalling line circuit (SLC) capable
of supporting 240 MGC MIX-4000 Series addressable devices. The base panel also consists
of 4 Class A or B Indicating Circuits or notification appliance circuit (NACs) rated at 1.7
amperes each. A large 4 x 20 back-lit alphanumeric 8- line LCD display and a 24 line graphical
display are available. Additional SLC loops are available with MGC Protocol Quad Loop Adder
module ALCN-960MISO for expanding addressable loops (SLC) by 2; together with daughter
board ALCN-960D expanding addressable loops by a total of 4. Also available is the Quad
Loop Adder module ALCN-4792MISO for expanding addressable loops (SLC) by 2; with
daughter board ALCN-792D expanding addressable loops by a total of 4.
The configuration allows the FleX-Net™ Fire Alarm Control Panels to be connected to a
Mircom network which provides additional input circuits, visual zones, programmable
notification appliance circuits and relays. In addition, a FleX-Net™ Integrated Fire and Audio
panel can be used to provide a fully distributed audio and/or integrated telephone system.
The FleX-Net™ FX-4000 provides zoned emergency multi-channel audio providing
emergency paging and fire evacuation, and an optional firefighters’ telephone communication
to and from CACF (Central Alarm and Control Facilities) location to all remote telephone
handsets. The system consists of an Integrated Fire and Audio Network Panel or FX-MNS
nodes. Each Integrated Fire and Audio Network Panel or FX-MNS contains an audio portion
which consists of a QMB-5000N motherboard and card cage which holds an ANC-4000 Audio
Network Card, a TNC-5000 Telephone Network Card and up to 4 amplifiers, a fire alarm
portion FX-4000MNS Main Chassis, a PS-2040 power supply and batteries. The QBB-
5001(R) expansion audio cabinet (connected to a Integrated Fire and Audio Network Panel or
FX-MNS node) contains a card cage motherboard which holds up to 7 amplifiers, has an audio
power supply, battery charger and batteries all housed in an audio backbox enclosure.
For communication and annunciation there is a microphone for paging, a paging selector
panel, a firefighters’ telephone and associated selector panels. The master paging and
telephone modules are intended for installation in a CACF. Note that the paging microphone
and firefighters’ telephone may be used together or independently, connected to a FleX-Net™
Network Central Alarm and Control Facility (CACF).
1.2
Overall Features
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Large System Capacity and Modular Design.
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Provides peer-to-peer network communications
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Supports up to 63 nodes (including lobby panel).
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Supports copper and/or fiber optic network cable.
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Supports a request, grant, or deny system with all controls disabled on node
annunciators (ancillary displays only) as per ULC 527-11.
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Supports a degraded mode of operation (more than one operating node) and a
standalone mode of operation (only one operating node) as per ULC 527-11.
