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FX6000 InstAllAtIon And oPerAtIon MAnuAl
25-14683-C December 2019 www.eaton.com
System overview
System overview
Simple user interface
The main element of the user interface is a large (120mm x 90mm visible area) touch
screen display, which provides comprehensive user information and also acts as a
multifunctional keypad .
Comprehensive context sensitive help information is provided throughout the menus
to assist unfamiliar users with system operation .
The touch screen display automatically reconfigures to suit the selected function,
for example, if the change device text menu option is selected, the touch screen is
automatically formatted as a full QWERTY keyboard to enable fast and
simple text entry .
The use of the touch screen display enables a wide range of user and engineering
facilities to be incorporated into the panel whilst still offering simple operation .
As well as a large format LCD display providing full system status information, the
panel incorporates 96 traditional zone indication LED’s to provide clear information
about the status and spread of a fire even to a user who is completely unfamiliar
with the operation of the system .
In addition there are a number of system status LED’s designed to give clear status
information to non technical users .
User configuration and maintenance facilities
The control panel has comprehensive facilities for on site system configuration,
whereby the user can add or remove simple devices or change device text directly
via the panel, without the need for a service engineer to visit site . For initial
configuration or major system changes special PC configuration software is available
enabling Eaton Service personnel to do this more efficiently than can be achieved
using the system screen . Existing configurations can be uploaded to the PC so that
changes can be made to the existing system rather than having to revert
to initial files .
Sophisticated sounder control facilities
The control panel has the ability to support highly complex ringing pattern
requirements . Multistage cause and effect programming is possible whereby each
addressable sounder or output interface can be programmed independently if
required and can be set to respond to specific addresses, specific detection zones,
specific panels on a networked system or standard global ringing .
The panel supports three separate sets of programming per sounder and each stage
can be triggered differently . For example, if a single sensor is triggered, the panel can
be programmed so that the sounder nearest to the sensor operates immediately and
continuously . The remaining sounders in the affected zone operate in pulsed mode,
and the other sounders delay for a selectable period . This allows the cause of the
alarm to be investigated before global ringing commences .
