Instruction Manual
FAC20
Rev 0
2
1
Introduction
Read and retain carefully for as long as the product is being used. It contains vital information
on the operation and installation of your controller FAC20. The leaflet should be regarded as
part of the product.
If you are just installing the unit, the manual MUST be given to the homeowner and to any
subsequent user.
1.1
Features
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Remote test, locate and silence hardwired interconnected smoke/heat/CO Alarms
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Microprocessor based unit.
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Requires only 3 wires: Active, Neutral and interconnect utilising the standard easi-fit
base supplied with the mains power Alarms.
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Flush or surface mount.
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Supervised opto-isolated input, triggered by voltage free contact to externally drive
the sounders of the interconnected Alarms.
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Connected in a centralised location to any Alarm in the system, not required to be
installed as the first device in the interconnected circuit.
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Fully concealed printed circuit board, only plug-in terminals are accessible.
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Conforms to AS/NZS 62368.1:2018.
1.2
Product Description
Smoke Alarms are designed to detect smoke particles in the air and may cause false alarms.
However, other airborne particles, i.e. steam, cooking fumes, dust, etc. can also cause
smoke Alarms to generate false alarms. With interconnected smoke/heat/CO Alarms, when
one Alarm senses smoke / heat /CO, all Alarms will sound. The FAC20 is a three button
Alarm Controller intended to provide the occupant with a full control over a hardwired
interconnected Alarm system.
Alarm Controller buttons functions:
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Locate
: silences all Alarms in a hardwired interconnected system except the Alarm
sensing smoke, heat or CO.
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Silence
: when the source of the active Alarm is located,
pressing the “Silence”
button will silence active Alarm(s) in the system for 10 minutes same as the HUSH
feature in the Smoke Alarm. New alarm from non-active Alarms will activate all
Alarms including the one in silence mode.
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Test
: provides an easy method to test all hardwired interconnected Alarms.
The FAC20 also provides an isolated supervised input to trigger the sounders in all
interconnected Alarms from an external N/O contact e.g. sprinkler flow switch input, panic
input, etc. The input circuit supervises for open circuit fault condition whilst short circuit will
behave as a triggered condition and activate all the interconnected Alarms.
The FAC20 is not a battery backed device. It is not functional without mains voltage supply.
Up to 2 x FAC20 can be connected in the same interconnected Alarm circuit, provided all the
Alarms are of EIB3000 series. For EIB140RC series and EIB160e series, only one controller
can be used for each interconnected circuit.
