Introduction
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Introduction
Mircom's FA-300 Series Fire Alarm Control Panel
is a Digital Signal Processor (DSP)-based fire panel. The FA-
300 provides six supervised Class B or A (Style B or D) Initiating circuits, and four supervised Class B or A (Style Y
or Z) indicating circuits. All circuits are supervised for opens and ground faults, and indicating circuits are supervised
for shorts. Optional modules include Relay, Polarity Reversal and City Tie and Class A Converters for initiating and
indicating circuits. Semi-flush or surface mountable enclosures can be used for retrofits and on new installations.
Overall Features
• Basic unit has six Class B (Style B) initiating circuits, which may be configured as Class A (Style D) using input
Class A converter adder modules. Each initiating circuit can be configured as Alarm, Verified Alarm, Water flow
Alarm, Sprinkler Alarm, Latching or Non-Latching Supervisory, Monitor or Trouble-Only circuit. There are two
LEDs per circuit, one for Trouble (amber), and one dual color (amber/red) LED for Supervisory (amber) and
Alarm (red).
• Basic unit has four Power Limited Class B (Style Y) indicating circuits with individual trouble indicators. Each
indicating circuit may be configured as Class A (Style Z) using output Class A converter adder module. Each
indicating circuit may be configured as Silenceable signal, non Silenceable signal, Silenceable strobe, non
Silenceable strobe. The audible signal may be Steady, Temporal Code, California Code, or March Time.
• A pushbutton associated with each initiating and indicating circuit can individually disconnect the circuit.
• Configurable Signal Silence Inhibit, Auto Signal Silence, and One-Man Walk Test.
• Subsequent Alarm, Supervisory, and Trouble operation
• Four-wire resettable smoke power supply 300mA maximum
• Relay Contacts for Common Alarm, Common Supervisory and Common Trouble all non-disconnectable and
Auxiliary Alarm Relay (disconnectable).
• RS-485 Interface for LCD Annunciators, RA-1000 Series Remote Multiplex Annunciators and Smart relay
adder.
• Optional Modules for additional Relay Circuits, City Tie and Polarity Reversal Signaling.
• Extensive transient protection
• With or without built-in UDACT (Digital Alarm Communicator Transmitter)
• Easy configuration of the panel and built-in UDACT using LCD service tool (CFG-300)
• Remote dial up (with built-in UDACT version) for event log checking and/or configuration changing
• Laptop programmer for direct configuration changing and log checking
Note:
Installation of the FA-300 series fire alarm control panel should be in accordance with Canadian
Electrical Code Part 1, ULC-S524 installation of Fire Alarm System, National Electrical Code NFPA
70 and NFPA 72. Final acceptance subject to the Local Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ). Testing
and maintenance as per ULC-S536