INFINITY 8 USER MANUAL, MAINTENANCE GUIDE & LOG BOOK
Approved Document No: GLT-201-7-2
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Issue: 1.2 Authorised: Date: 27/3/2012
Contents
1. FIRE ALARM CONTROL PANEL SAFETY ISSUES ........................................................................ 2
2. THE PURPOSE OF A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM ................................................................................. 2
3. USER RESPONSIBILITIES & MAINTAINENCE OF THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, INCLUDING
THE FACP & ITS INTEGRAL PSE ........................................................................................................ 3
4. PANEL INDICATIONS & CONTROLS .............................................................................................. 4
4.1 GENERAL CONTROLS .............................................................................................................. 4
4.2 ACCESSED CONTROL (AVAILABLE TO AUTHORISED USERS ONLY) ................................ 4
4.3 SUMMARY OF LED COMBINATIONS AND THEIR MEANING ................................................. 5
4.4 CHECKING THE PANELS INDICATION LEDS.......................................................................... 5
5. THE FIRE CONDITION ..................................................................................................................... 6
5.1 HOW THE
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8 INDICATES AN ALARM ........................................................................ 6
5.2 TO TURN OFF THE ALARM SOUNDERS ................................................................................. 6
5.3 A SECOND ALARM SIGNAL FROM A NEW DETECTION ZONE ............................................ 6
5.4 TURNING ON THE ALARM SOUNDERS FROM THE FACP (I.E. TO EVACUATE THE
BUILDING). ....................................................................................................................................... 6
5.5 RESETTING THE PANEL ........................................................................................................... 6
6. THE FAULT CONDITION .................................................................................................................. 7
6.1 DIFFERENT TYPES OF FAULT ................................................................................................. 7
6.2 WHAT TO DO IF A FAULT CONDITION OCCURS ................................................................... 8
7. DISABLEMENTS ............................................................................................................................... 9
7.1 REASONS FOR DISABLING CERTAIN PARTS OF A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM. ....................... 9
7.2 TO DISABLE A ZONE AND/OR EXTERNAL SOUNDERS. ....................................................... 9
7.3 TO ENABLE A ZONE AND/OR EXTERNAL SOUNDERS. ........................................................ 9
8. USING SOUNDER DELAYS ........................................................................................................... 10
8.1 WHAT IS A SOUNDER DELAY ................................................................................................ 10
8.2 SOUNDER DELAY SETTING ................................................................................................... 10
8.3 HOW THE PANEL INDICATES SOUNDER DELAY ................................................................ 10
8.4 A FIRE ALARM CONDITION ON A DELAYED PANEL ........................................................... 10
8.5 OVERRIDING A DELAY IN THE EVENT OF A GENUINE FIRE ALARM ................................ 10
8.6 RESET THE SYSTEM IN THE EVENT OF A FALSE ALARM ................................................. 10
8.7 TO TURN OFF THE SOUNDER DELAY .................................................................................. 10
9 ZONE TEST ...................................................................................................................................... 11
9.1 Why use Zone Test ................................................................................................................... 11
9.2 TO PROGRAMME ZONE IN TEST .......................................................................................... 11
9.3 NOTES ON TEST MODE.......................................................................................................... 11
10. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................................. 12
11. FIRE ALARM LOG BOOK ............................................................................................................. 13
12 COMMISSIONING THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING P.S.E. ................................................................ 17
12.1 DESIGN, INSTALLATION & COMMISSIONING CERTIFICATES ......................................... 17
