SIMPLICITY PLUS INSTALLATION MANUAL
Approved Document No: GLT.MAN-107
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Issue 3.16 Author: NRPJ Date: 21/09/2017
3.2 PANEL DESCRIPTION & DESIGN CONCEPT
The Simplicity Plus is a one or two loop analogue addressable fire alarm control panel designed to EN54 part 2 & 4. It is
available in three versions. Simplicity 64 allows 64 devices to be connected to one loop, and divided into 4 zones.
Simplicity Plus 126 allows 126 devices to be connected to one loop, and divided into 8 zones. Simplicity Plus 252 allows
252 devices to be connected as 2 loops of 126 devices, and divided into 8 zones.
The Simplicity has been designed to only use addressable sounders (so that all devices sit on the same wiring loop). By
default all sounders on a Simplicity panel will activate on any alarm.
It has been designed to give the advantages of an addressable system, with the simplicity of a conventional system. To
help achieve this, the Simplicity Plus uses default values to cut out many of the programming steps normally associated
with addressable panels. It also uses its LEDs as the primary source of zone event information. The screen information is
supplementary, to help identify loop device alarm or fault locations, and to help in configuring the panel.
3.3 ADVANTAGES OF AN ADDRESSABLE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
The table below lists the main advantages of addressable systems, and how our panels use them.
FEATURE
PREMIER QUATRO
SIMPLICITY
UNIQUE ALARM
IDENTIFICATION
PANEL, LOOP & ADDRESS
LOOP & ADDRESS
DEVICE LABEL
20 CHARACTERS for device, PLUS 20
Characters for the ZONE
20 CHARACTERS
PREALARM
PRESET @ 45
PRESET @ 45
DETECTOR SENSITIVITY
PRESET @ 55
PRESET @ 55
ZONE ALLOCATION
PROGRAMMABLE
SET BY DEVICE ADDRESS
PROGRAMMING
FULL PROGRAMMABILITY
COMMON OR ZONAL OPERATION ONLY
EVENT LOG
YES (4096 EVENTS)
YES (2048 EVENTS)
While all options are programmable on our Premier AL system, the Simplicity uses pre-configured settings for most
options.
Device sensitivity and pre-alarm levels are preset.
To simplify configuration, there is no zone allocation programming. Instead each loop is split into 8 zones, and each device
is assigned to a zone by the address set with its 8 way dip switch. The Default setting is:-
PANEL
ZONE 1
ZONE 2
ZONE 3
ZONE 4
ZONE 5
ZONE 6
ZONE 7
ZONE 8
Simplicity
Plus 64
Address
1 - 16
Address
17 - 32
Address
33 - 48
Address
49 - 64
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Simplicity
Plus 126
Address
1 - 16
Address
17 - 32
Address
33 - 48
Address
49 - 64
Address
65 - 80
Address
81 - 96
Address
97 - 112
Address
113 - 126
Simplicity
Plus 252
Address
1:1 – 1:32
Address
1:33 – 1:64
Address
1:65 – 1:96
Address
1:97 – 1:126
Address
2:1 – 2:32
Address
2:33 – 2:64
Address
2:65 – 2:96
Address
2:97 – 2:126
On the Latest Revision of Simplicity Plus panel the zone boundaries can now be altered, to accommodate zones with
larger or smaller device capacities. (See CHANGING A ZONE BOUNDARY in section 12.7)
The loop sounder operation is common by default. But can be altered to zonal operation if required (see CHANGING THE
ALARM RESPONSE – SOUNDERS in section 12.8)
This leaves only the device label to be programmed by the installer. This is done with the built in keyboard.
