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Optima

 USER MANUAL, MAINTENANCE GUIDE & LOG BOOK 

Approved Document No: GLT.MAN-110 

 

 

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Issue: 1.1      Authorised: GH         Date: 15/03/2004 

 
CONTENTS 
 

 

1. FIRE ALARM CONTROL PANEL SAFETY ISSUES………………………………………   

 

 

How to use this Fire Alarm Panel safely 

 
 

 

2. THE PURPOSE OF A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM………………………………………………  

 

 

Introduction to fire alarms 

 
 

3. USER RESPONSIBILITIES & MAINTAINENCE OF THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE 
FACP & ITS INTEGRAL PSE ……………………………………………………………………   

 

 

What the end users responsibility is, including daily, weekly, 

 

 

quarterly & annual checks 

 
 

 

4. PANEL INDICATIONS & CONTROLS  …………………………..…………………………..  

 

 

A list of indicator LEDs & Control Buttons on the Optima Fire Alarm Panel  

4.1 GENERAL 

CONTROLS 

4.2 

ACCESSED CONTROL (AVAILABLE TO AUTHORISED USERS ONLY) 

4.3 

SUMMARY OF LED COMBINATIONS AND THEIR MEANING 

4.4 

CHECKING THE PANELS INDICATION LEDS

 

 

 

 

 

5. THE FIRE CONDITION …………………………………………………………………………  

5.1 

HOW THE OPTIMA INDICATES AN ALARM 

5.2 

TO TURN OFF THE ALARM SOUNDERS 

5.3 

A SECOND ALARM SIGNAL FROM A NEW DETECTION ZONE 

5.4 

TURNING ON THE ALARM SOUNDERS FROM THE FACP (I.E.  EVACUATE ). 

5.5 

RESETTING THE PANEL

 

 

 

6. THE FAULT CONDITIONS  ………………………………………………………………….   

6.1 

DIFFERENT TYPES OF FAULT 

6.2 

WHAT TO DO IF A FAULT CONDITION OCCURS

 

 

7. DISABLEMENTS  …………………………………..……………………………………… 

 

10 

7.1 

REASONS FOR DISABLING CERTAIN PARTS OF A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM 

7.2 

TO DISABLE A ZONE AND/OR EXTERNAL SOUNDER 

7.3 

TO ENABLE A ZONE AND/OR EXTERNAL SOUNDER 

 

 
 

8. USING SOUNDER DELAYS………………………………………………………………….   

11 

8.1 

WHAT IS A SOUNDER DELAY 

8.2 

SOUNDER DELAY SETTING 

8.3 

HOW THE PANEL INDICATES SOUNDER DELAY 

8.4 

A FIRE ALARM CONDITION ON A DELAYED PANEL 

8.5 

OVERRIDING A DELAY IN THE EVENT OF A GENUINE FIRE ALARM  

8.6 

RESET THE SYSTEM IN THE EVENT OF A FALSE ALARM 

8.7 

TO TURN OFF THE SOUNDER DELAY 

 

 

9. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION  ………………………………………………………….………...   

12 

 

 

Lists system comments 

 
 

 

10. FIRE ALARM LOG BOOK…………………………………………………………………..   

13 

 

 

A place for you to record details of events such as fires, false alarms, call 

  outs, 

etc. 

 
 

11   COMMISSIONING THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING P.S.E

.

…………………………………  

17 

 

 

 

 

11.1 DESIGN, INSTALLATION & COMMISSIONING CERTIFICATES ……………………   

18 

 
 
 

Summary of Contents for OPT1/4

Page 1: ... USER MANUAL MAINTENANCE GUIDE LOG BOOK FIRE ALARM CONTROL PANEL COMPLIES WITH EN54 part 2 part 4 MEETS THE FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT OF BS EN 5839 part 1 ...

Page 2: ...O TURN OFF THE ALARM SOUNDERS 5 3 A SECOND ALARM SIGNAL FROM A NEW DETECTION ZONE 5 4 TURNING ON THE ALARM SOUNDERS FROM THE FACP I E EVACUATE 5 5 RESETTING THE PANEL 6 THE FAULT CONDITIONS 8 6 1 DIFFERENT TYPES OF FAULT 6 2 WHAT TO DO IF A FAULT CONDITION OCCURS 7 DISABLEMENTS 10 7 1 REASONS FOR DISABLING CERTAIN PARTS OF A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM 7 2 TO DISABLE A ZONE AND OR EXTERNAL SOUNDER 7 3 TO EN...

Page 3: ...ing the alarm or fault During an alarm the panel will start its sounders and indicate which zone has the fire It will also activate its auxiliary relay Fault Monitoring All circuits must be checked for line integrity If a part of the system has a problem which may affect its operation a fault warning must be given by the fire alarm panel LED buzzer indication The fault relay will also activate Dis...

Page 4: ...ll point elements held on site 47 2 j 1 2 11 In the event of a prealarm determine the cause take appropriate action predetermined fire routine if the cause is the start of a fire arrange maintenance if the cause is a contaminated detector head 47 3 With the Optima Range of Fire Alarm Panels we recommend the following tests are carried out Daily Inspection Check that the green Power LED is lit If t...

Page 5: ...m tima FIRE ALARM CONTROL PANEL COMPLIES WITH EN54 part 2 part 4 MEETS THE FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT OF BS EN 5839 part 1 CONTROLS STOP START SOUNDERS SILENCE BUZZER RESET DELAY OVERRIDE ENGINEER LED TEST SCROLL Two levels of control are available to the User s of this Fire Alarm Panel 4 1 GENERAL CONTROLS When the Panel is in its Normal state the indicator lights on the front of the enclosure give a...

Page 6: ...TYELLOW CONSTANTYELLOW A processor fault has occurred To reset turn keyswitch on then back off If problem persists consult your dealer GEN FIRE ONLY CONSTANTRED A manual evacuation has occurred The sounders will be active GEN FIRE ZONE FIRE CONSTANTRED CONSTANTRED A fire has occurred in the zone indicated The sounders will be active GEN FIRE ZONE FIRE GEN DISABLE DEL CONSTANTRED CONSTANTRED CONSTA...

Page 7: ... Alarm Sounders will cease to sound but the light s for the Zone s in Alarm and the red General Fire light will stay lit The Auxiliary Fire relay will remain active The Panels internal buzzer can also be silenced by pressing the Silence int flt button button 2 5 3 A SECOND ALARM SIGNAL FROM A NEW DETECTION ZONE If another detection Zone is activated after the Alarm Sounders have been silenced the ...

Page 8: ...for the display to clear Power Supply Fault The Power supply Fault light flashes when the Mains supply has failed or the standby batteries or its charger is faulty If the mains supply fails the panel will only operate for the standby period dictated by the size of the batteries fitted If the batteries or charger fails at the same time as the Mains the Panel will be inoperative System Fault The Sys...

Page 9: ...ectified the indicator light for that Fault is automatically turned off If all Faults are cleared the General Fault light will go out and the Panel s Internal Sounder will be silent if not already muted Earth Fault The Earth Fault light flashes when the panel detects an earth fault short circuit to earth on the wiring to any part of the control panel Sounder Fault The Sounder status light flashes ...

Page 10: ...n and this will cause Zone 1 Disablement LED to light steady 5 Pressing scroll No 4 switch will cause the zone disablement LED to toggle to zone 2 and so on FIRE ZONES ZONE FAULT DISABLEMENT TEST 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 POWER GEN FIRE GEN FAULT SYS FLT FLT SUPPLY FLT GEN S C DEL FLT GEN TEST GEN DISABLEMENT 6 Select zone to be disabled For example if Zone 3 is selected and with Zone 3 disa...

Page 11: ...ire in the usual way but the sounders will not be active until the delay period has expired To override this delay press Delay Override Switch which will cause the external sounders to energise If there is no delay programmed the Delay Override Switch has no function 8 4 A FIRE ALARM CONDITION ON A DELAYED PANEL When an alarm occurs on a Delayed Panel the panel will Light its General Fire and appr...

Page 12: ...r Circuits OUTPUT ROUTING INFORMATION TYPE OF OUTPUT CONNECTED WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ACTIVATED Auxiliary Output Yes No Fault Output Yes No ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Any additional information the User needs to know about should be inserted into this box including details of the routing of any additional outputs details of inputs utilised etc THE INFORMATION ABOVE WAS COMPLETED BY NAME ___________________...

Page 13: ...ng work or panel conditions This LOG BOOK must be available for inspection at all times You can photocopy this log book to provide extra pages for when this book is full BS5839 part 1 recommends that fire alarm events should be subdivided recorded on separate sheets in the log book The event categories are Maintenance work False alarms Where the sounders have activated with no signs of a fire Any ...

Page 14: ...UAL MAINTENANCE GUIDE LOG BOOK Approved Document No GLT MAN 110 PAGE 14 Issue 1 1 Authorised GH Date 15 03 2004 MAINTENANCE WORK DATE TIME ZONE LOCATION REASON FOR WORK WORK CARRIED OUT ADDITIONAL WORK REQUIRED SIGNED ...

Page 15: ...ocument No GLT MAN 110 PAGE 15 Issue 1 1 Authorised GH Date 15 03 2004 FALSE ALARMS DATE TIME ZONE LOCATION CAUSE IF KNOWN OR ACTIVITIES IN ALARM AREA MAINTENANCE VISIT NEEDED YES NO MAINTENANCE FINDINGS CATEGORY OF FALSE ALARM FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED SIGNED ...

Page 16: ...OK Approved Document No GLT MAN 110 PAGE 16 Issue 1 1 Authorised GH Date 15 03 2004 ALL EVENTS OTHER THAN MAINTENANCE WORK OR FALSE ALARMS DATE TIME ZONE LOCATION DETAILS OF EVENT INCLUDING CAUSE IF KNOWN ACTION REQUIRED DATE COMPLETED INITIALS ...

Page 17: ...all points detectors can signal an alarm condition and indicate the correct zone and text message on the fire alarm panel The Sound pressure level throughout the building should be checked for compliance with the recommendations of BS5839 Pt1 2002 clause 16 2 Any deviations from BS5839 Pt1 clause 7 2 should be listed in the Certificate of Installation Commissioning The Certificate of Installation ...

Page 18: ...tions of section 2 of BS 5839 1 2002 for the system category described below except for the variations if any stated in this certificate Name in block letters Position Signature Date For and on behalf of Address Postcode The extent of liability of the signatory is limited to the system described below Variations from the recommendations of section 2 of BS 5839 1 2002 see Clause 7 Brief description...

Page 19: ...n provided to the user to enable limitation of false alarms Other measures as follows INSTALLATION COMMISSIONING RECOMMENDATIONS It is strongly recommended that installation and commissioning be undertaken in accordance with the recommendations of section 4 and section 5 of BS 5839 1 2002 respectively In accordance with the recommendations of clause 35 2 6 of BS 5839 1 2002 it is recommended that ...

Page 20: ...certificate Name in block letters Position Signature Date For and on behalf of Address Postcode The extent of liability of the signatory is limited to the system described below Extent of the installation work covered by this certificate Specification against which the system was installed Variations from the specification and or section 4 of BS 5839 1 2002 see clause 7 The wiring has been tested ...

Page 21: ...ire Alarm System installed at Address Installation work is as far as can be reasonably ascertained of an acceptable standard The entire system has been inspected and tested in accordance with the recommendations of 39 2 c of BS 5839 1 2002 The system performs as required by the specifications prepared by Taking into account the guidance contained in section 3 of BS 5839 1 2002 I we have not identi...

Page 22: ...ed at Address The following work is required before the system can be accepted All installation work appears to be satisfactory The system is capable of giving a fire alarm signal The facility for remote transmission of alarms to an alarm receiving centre operates correctly Delete if not applicable The following documents have been provided to the purchaser or user As fitted drawings Operating and...

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