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Siemens Industry, Inc
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Building Technologies Division
Installation Instructions
Model ABHW-4BZ
Intelligent Audible Base
Introduction
The Model ABHW-4BZ audible b
ase
from Siemens Industry,
Inc. consists of a standard base combined with an audible
device.
It is an intelligent supervised audible base which
provides 6 selectable tone patterns, 2 volume levels and 2
different power types for alarm (loop power or external
power)
by using system configuration tool when ABHW-4BZ used with
the FD-UL compatible detectors (refer to “Compatible
fire
alarm control panels”, “Compatible detector ”,“Detector
Placement” and “Tone and Volume Selection”). The ABHW-
4BZ audible bases in the same device loop are fully
synchronized with FD-UL detectors and also support RL-HC,
RL-HW remote lamp. The ABHW-4BZ provides Steady,
Temporal 3, Temporal 4, Temporal 4 low power, March time
120 and Canadian March time 30.
ABHW-4BZ is fully compatible with all Siemens addressable
detectors (see Compatible detectors section) and recognizes
the detector type automatically.
Application
note
The ABHW-4BZ is a UL268 & ULC-S529 listed smoke detector
supplementary device which combines detector base and
audible device functions. It meets or exceeds 85dB at 10 foot
audibility requirement as specified in UL268. When used in
conjunction with listed, compatible Siemens equipment, the
ABHW-4BZ may be used in lieu of single/multiple station smoke
alarms to achieve enhanced, system-level functionality.
The ABHW-4BZ can also meet requirement specified in UL464,
UL2075 and ULC-525 except 520Hz requirements for “Sleeping
Area”.