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VESDA

®

LaserCOMPACT Product Manual

Version 1.0

9

Figure 5   Front View of LaserCOMPACT

Figure 6  Location of Components in the Main Enclosure (Front Cover Removed)

Anti Tamper Screw

Termination
Card

Programming Socket
15 pin for 

VN

 model

9 pin for 

RO

 model

Air Filter
Cartridge

Air Inlet Port

Cable Entry Ports

Aspirator

Fuse 1.5A

Air Exhaust Port

Filter Screw

Wire Terminal
Strips

VESDAnet
number

Reset/Isolate
Push Button
Switch

LED Indicators

Summary of Contents for lasercompact VLC-500

Page 1: ...SDA V VE ES SD DA A LaserCOMPACT PRODUCT MANUAL VLC 500 Relays Only Model VLC 505 VESDAnet Model March 2000 Version 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...nce will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorientate or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to a power outlet which is on a different ...

Page 3: ...LEDs 10 3 3 Termination Card 10 3 4 Cable Entry Ports 10 3 5 Air Inlet Port 10 3 6 Air Filter Cartridge 10 3 7 Aspirator 11 3 8 Air Exhaust Port 11 3 9 Laser Detection Chamber 11 3 10 Processor Card 11 4 Termination Card Details 12 4 1 Wire Terminal Location for RO Model 12 4 2 Wire Terminal Location for VN Model 12 4 3 Power Terminals 13 4 4 VESDAnet Terminals VN Model only 13 4 5 Relay Terminals...

Page 4: ...sent The LaserCOMPACT can be programmed to have 2 or 3 alarm thresholds which can be set across its wide sensitivity range to provide both very early warning of a potential fire situation and allow the initiation of further control procedures should the smoke level increase All pipe network designs for the LaserCOMPACT should be supported by the ASPIRE Pipe Modelling program results VESDA products...

Page 5: ...ew of LaserCOMPACT Figure 1 Front View of LaserCOMPACT Model 2 2 Product Model Approvals and Standards Label A label similar to that shown in Figure 2 is located at the bottom of the LaserCOMPACT enclosure and displays the detector model approvals and standards Figure 2 Label Details ...

Page 6: ...n OK This Green LED stays lit during normal operation showing the unit is healthy This LED flashes twice repeatedly during air flow normalisation and or three times repeatedly during AutoLearn Reset Isolate This Yellow LED is lit when the unit is Isolated During this condition the Pre Alarm and or Fire relay is de energised unlatched if the relays have previously been energised latched The default...

Page 7: ...Part No VLC 500 This model is used as a single stand alone smoke detector and is not connected into VESDAnet The model is identified by the part number VLC 500 which is located on a label at the bottom of the enclosure See Figure 2 Programming this detector is by connecting a PC with a RS232 communication cable to the 9 pin programming socket on the termination card located inside the detector Run...

Page 8: ...efer to the table below for the conditions for these relays to change states Note The Fault relay is set to the energised latched state on power up and is de energised unlatched when a fault or Alert condition is present Connection is made between the NO and C terminals when the relay is energised RELAY CONDITIONS FOR RELAYS TO CHANGE STATES Fire Fire alarm smoke threshold level is initiated Relay...

Page 9: ...ates when 5 VDC is applied to this terminal and Reset when the voltage drops 2 VDC Mains OK The detector monitors the state of the external power supply and responds to the following conditions Mains OK 5 VDC is at this terminal Mains Fail 2 VDC is at this terminal Standby The detector Isolates and the aspirator turns OFF when 5 VDC is at this terminal Note The input states are not defined for any...

Page 10: ...following components 5 LEDs to indicate Fire Pre Alarm Fault OK and Reset Isolate states Reset Isolate Push Button Switch b The Main Enclosure The main enclosure Refer to Figure 4 and 6 houses the following components Termination Card Refer to Section 3 3 Cable Entry Ports Refer to Section 3 4 Air Inlet Port Refer to Section 3 5 Air Filter Cartridge Refer to Section 3 6 Aspirator Refer to Section ...

Page 11: ...the Main Enclosure Front Cover Removed Anti Tamper Screw Termination Card Programming Socket 15 pin for VN model 9 pin for RO model Air Filter Cartridge Air Inlet Port Cable Entry Ports Aspirator Fuse 1 5A Air Exhaust Port Filter Screw Wire Terminal Strips VESDAnet number Reset Isolate Push Button Switch LED Indicators ...

Page 12: ...right hand side and one on the rear of the enclosure The size of the cable entry port is 25 mm 1in and has push out hole plugs covering these ports Any of these cable entry ports may be used to run the cables into the enclosure To remove the hole plugs use your thumb to push out the plugs from inside the enclosure 3 5 Air Inlet Port There is one air inlet port located on the top of the enclosure t...

Page 13: ...5mm 1in and is able to fit a pipe up to this size A plug covers the air exhaust port and must be removed during installation The air from this port can be piped back to the fire zone via pipes connected to this outlet if required Any pipe connection made to the exhaust port must NOT be glued 3 9 Laser Detection Chamber The Laser detection chamber is located in the rear of the enclosure behind the ...

Page 14: ...N Model Terminal A Terminal B 1 Bias GND 1 Shield 2 Reset 2 VESDAnet A 3 Reset 3 VESDAnet A 4 Bias 4 Shield 5 LED GND 5 VESDAnet B 6 LED 6 VESDAnet B 7 FIRE NO 7 Power 8 FIRE C 8 Power 9 PRE ALARM NO 9 Power 10 PRE ALARM C 10 Power 11 FAULT NO 12 FAULT C 13 FAULT NC A B Pin 1 Pin 1 Terminal A Terminal B 1 FIRE NO 1 Bias GND 2 FIRE C 2 Reset 3 PRE ALARM NO 3 Reset 4 PRE ALARM C 4 Bias 5 FAULT NO 5 ...

Page 15: ...2 The terminals enable the VESDAnet wires to be brought into the detector and looped out to another device Data communication between detectors is bidirectional and the A or B channel set of terminals may be used to terminate the incoming or outgoing wires Refer to Figure 10 for cabling details The polarity of the data wires must be maintained throughout the network and all Shield wires must be te...

Page 16: ...A pins 7 to 13 There are three terminals for the Fault relay Fault NO Fault NC Fault C and two terminals each for the Pre Alarm Pre Alarm NO Pre Alarm C and Fire Fire NO Fire C relays The default relay states are non energised non latched except the Fault relay which is set to the energised latched state on power up The relays can be programmed to any state Note NC Normally Close NO Normally Open ...

Page 17: ...net programming socket OR Use a PC with a VESDA PC Link HLI device and the appropriate data cables to connect to the 15 pin VESDAnet programming socket 4 7 Auxiliary Terminals There are three pairs of auxiliary terminals on both models designated as a Bias b Reset c LED 4 7 1 Bias Terminals The Bias output terminal provides a 10V supply via a 1K resistor to power the Reset terminals via a Reset Is...

Page 18: ...tput of the external device or use the Bias outputs and wire up as per Figure 13 The detector must be programmed to one of the above function which is located under the Miscellaneous menu in the programming device The voltage input to this terminal is isolated from the system by an opto coupler device 4 7 3 Remote LED Terminals This output terminal pair provides a 5V 15mA DC supply via a 220ohm re...

Page 19: ...re Alarm Alert Fault Maintenance and Isolate Programmable 0 60 sec time delay for each relay IP Rating IP30 Cable Access 4 x 25mm 1in cable entries Cable Termination Screw terminal blocks 0 2 2 5sq mm 30 12 AWG Sensitivity Range 0 005 to 20 00 obs m 0 0015 to 6 25 obs ft Threshold Setting Range Alert 0 005 1 990 obs m 0 0015 0 6218 obs ft Pre Alarm 0 010 1 995 obs m 0 0031 0 6234 obs ft Fire 0 015...

Page 20: ... Alert Threshold 0 08 obs m 0 025 obs ft Adm AutoLearn 14 days 0 Hours 0 Minutes Adm Adm Adm Button Lockout Buttons Enabled Adm Communications Open ended loop Preferred Port Network Delay Health Check None A 15 seconds 45 seconds Adm Dst Dst Dst Delay Times Simultaneous Cumulative Adm Device ID Name Location Adm Event Log to View Smoke Level Alarms Faults User Action Adm Adm Adm Adm Faults Latched...

Page 21: ...ricting maximum Threshold Set Adm Units SI Adm Zone Name Location Blank Adm Zone Number 0 Adm 7 Alarm Threshold Settings Alarm Threshold Settings Default UL Alarm Threshold Settings obs m obs ft obs m obs ft Alert min 0 005 0 0015 0 005 0 0015 Alert max 1 990 0 6218 1 990 0 6218 Pre Alarm min 0 010 0 0031 0 010 0 0031 Pre Alarm max 1 995 0 6234 1 995 0 6234 Fire min 0 015 0 0046 0 015 0 0046 Fire ...

Page 22: ...20 Version 1 0 8 Physical Dimensions Figure 14 Dimensions in mm inches for LaserCOMPACT with mounting Bracket Rear View E Cable Entry Point on Rear of Enclosure E 112 5 4 43 Mounting Bracket 205 8 07 225 8 86 225 8 86 112 5 4 43 95 3 74 ...

Page 23: ...21 Figure 15 Dimensions in mm inches for LaserCOMPACT 70 5 2 78 85 3 35 225 8 86 225 8 86 60 2 36 33 1 30 Right Hand Side View Bottom View 31 1 22 45 1 77 28 1 10 Air Inlet Port 17 8 0 68 26 1 02 Air Exhaust Port Cable Entry E E Cable Entry Point E ...

Page 24: ...A 22 Version 1 0 9 Parts Replacement A Air Filter Cartridge B Termination Card Screws 4 C Termination Card D Main Enclosure E Aspirator F Sample Air Hose G Front Cover H Aspirator Cable Loom J Manifold Outlet Flange A C D E F G B H J ...

Page 25: ...ad filter screw B 3 Lift out the air filter cartridge Assembly 1 Insert a new air filter cartridge A 2 Tighten filter screw B 3 Reset the filter counter by connecting a LCD programmer or a PC with VConfig Pro or VConfig Basic software to the programming socket 4 Using a LCD programmer VN version only a Enter your user level and PIN number to Log ON to the detector b Initiate the New Filter command...

Page 26: ... exhaust port as the pivot point 9 Push aspirator upward G and remove Assembly 1 Check the new aspirator has a gasket on the inlet flange and three attached screws 2 Wipe manifold outlet flange surface J if dirty See Figure 16 3 Do the reverse of disassembly 4 Secure aspirator with three screws E 5 Connect removed air hose to pipe on aspirator Ensure a tight fit over the pipe 6 Insert Termination ...

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