
USER MANUAL & LOG BOOK • Approved Document No. DFU5020000 Rev 3 • Page 2 of 24
CAST XFP 16 & 32 ZONE ANALOGUE ADDRESSABLE FIRE ALARM PANEL
CONTENTS
Important safety notes ....................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 4
Fire alarm systems - an overview .................................................................................................................... 4
The CAST XFP fire alarm control panel .......................................................................................................... 4
An overview of the panel’s access levels ........................................................................................................ 4
User responsibilities ............................................................................................................................ 5
Panel layout, indicators and controls ............................................................................................. 6-7
General user operation .................................................................................................................. 8-11
(Messages that may appear on the panel’s display and what they mean)
Normal conditions ............................................................................................................................................ 8
Fire conditions .................................................................................................................................................. 9
1st-stage fire conditions ................................................................................................................................ 10
Fault conditions .............................................................................................................................................. 11
Access level 1 (general user) controls and menu options ......................................................... 12-13
Displaying fire, fault, disablement and test events ............................................................................... 12-13
Testing the panel’s lamps .............................................................................................................................. 13
Displaying the panel’s alarm counter ........................................................................................................... 13
Access level 2 (authorised user) controls and menu options ................................................... 14-19
Silencing the alarm sounders ........................................................................................................................ 14
Resounding the alarm sounders ................................................................................................................... 14
Resetting the panel ........................................................................................................................................ 14
Displaying fire, fault, disablement and test events .................................................................................... 15
Testing the panel’s lamps .............................................................................................................................. 15
Displaying and clearing the panel’s alarm counter ..................................................................................... 15
Changing the panel’s time and date ............................................................................................................ 16
Event log functions ........................................................................................................................................ 16
Disabling or enabling parts of the system .............................................................................................. 17-18
Changing the access level 2 entry code ........................................................................................................ 19
Access level 1 and 2 menus structure .............................................................................................. 19
System set-up data chart .................................................................................................................. 20
Fire alarm log book ...................................................................................................................... 21-24