GENERAL USER OPERATION
(MESSAGES THAT MAY APPEAR ON THE PANEL’S DISPLAY AND WHAT THEY MEAN)
At access level 1, the panel’s display provides feedback on the system’s current status. Priority is always given
to the most important current event, i.e. fire conditions will override any fault conditions. This section
(pages 8 - 11) outlines the various messages that may be displayed, what they mean and what action is
required.
Normal conditions
In normal mode (when no fires or faults or are occurring), one of the following messages will be displayed
at the panel:
System status options
Normal is displayed when there are no fires or faults on the system and the panel’s day/night (building
occupied/unoccupied) facility HAS NOT been set up by the engineer.
Normal: occupied is displayed when there are no fires or faults on the system and the panel is in day
(building occupied) mode.
Normal: unoccupied is displayed when there are no fires or faults on the system and the panel is in
night (building unoccupied) mode.
Day/night (building occupied/unoccupied) settings are normally programmed by an engineer.
They allow the system to operate differently dependent on the time of day with, for example,
different detector sensitivity settings and lower sounder volumes.
Outputs delayed is displayed if one or more delays to outputs have been programmed by an engineer.
It indicates that certain outputs (which may include sounders, relays and/or output units) will not
trigger in the event of a fire alarm condition for a set period of time. Pressing the More Information
button in a fire alarm condition will give more information about delays.
Disablements active is displayed if one or more disablements have been programmed by an authorised
user or engineer. If required, you can view these disablements at access level 1. If you are an authorised
user, you can cancel them (or set additional disablements) at access level 2.
Zone tests active is displayed if one or more of the fire alarm system’s zones have been programmed
into test mode by an engineer. When a zone is in test mode, any fire alarm conditions raised on it WILL
NOT be reported to the panel in the normal way. As such, this message should only appear when an
engineer is working on the system. If required, you can view which zones are in test mode at access
levels 1 or 2. Zones can only be taken out of test mode by an engineer.
USER MANUAL & LOG BOOK • Approved Document No. DFU5020000 Rev 3 • Page 8 of 24
CAST XFP 16 & 32 ZONE ANALOGUE ADDRESSABLE FIRE ALARM PANEL
Time
Date
System status
Site specific text
10:59:34
24 Jun
: Normal
FREDCO WAREHOUSING
System status options
: Normal
: Normal: occupied
: Normal: unoccupied
: Outputs delayed
: Disablements active
: Zone tests active
