User guide

Guidelines When Expanding
to Distributed System
Commissioning Handbook, AutroSafe Interactive Fire Alarm System, Release 3, P-ASAFE/EE Rev. E, 2005-02-16,
Autronica Fire and Security AS
Page 43
9. Guidelines When Expanding
to Distributed System
If you have a standalone AutroSafe system, you can easily upgrade
and expand your system to a distributed system. The following
guidelines apply:
Step Action To Take Remarks
1
Mount the required LON Interface Board EAU-310 onto
the EAC-300 Board inside the Fire Alarm Control Panel
BS-310
You will now actually have a BS-320 panel.
2
Do the necessary cabling:
- external AUTROLON cables
- internal AUTROLON cables
- 24V DC to all system units connected to the
AUTROLON
Refer to the Installation Handbooks and the
Commissioning Handbook.
3
In the AutroSafe Configuration Tool, open the existing ac-
file (or mdb-file).
The mbd-file is the original configuration file
where you have the existing configuration.
4
Add new Controllers BC-320 and Fire Alarm Control
Panels BS-320 panels to Domain Network in System
View.
Note that the Export / Import functionality in
the AutroSafe Configuration Tool allows you
to merge several standalone configurations
into one distributed system. Refer to Help
System.
5
Add the new Operator Panels BS-330, Repeater Panels
BU-320, Information Panels BV-320 to BS-320 in System
View.
6
Add all other system hardware in System View.
Loop Driver Modules, Closed Loops, Loop
Units, I/O Modules, etc.
7
Reconfigure where necessary according to customer
specifications.
Add new Detection Zones and Alarm Zones.
Connect Loop Units to Detection Zones.
Connect Fire Alarm Devices to Alarm Zones.
Connect Detection Zones to Alarm Zones.
Connect Fire Protection Equipment (FPE) to
Points/Detection Zones.
Also configure Fault Warning Routing
Equipment (FWRE) and Fire Alarm Routing
Equipment (FARE).
8
Connect all new system units to the Operation Zone(s) in
Operation Zones View.
The Repeater Panel BU-320 and the
Information Panel BV-320 are automatically
allocated to the same Operation Zone as the
BS-320 or BC-320 they are connected to in
System View.
9
Define the Booting Panel.
The Booting Panel must be a Fire Alarm
Control Panel BS-320.
Refer to the Commissioning Handbook.
10
Address the system units.
Refer to the Commissioning Handbook.
11
Generate new configuration files, and download the
appropriate files to the different system units.
Refer to the Commissioning Handbook.
12
Press the reset button on the Display Board BSR-310 to
prepare each system unit for booting.
As the Controller does not have the BSR-310
board, use the reset button on the Processor
Board EAC-300.
13
As the last system unit, press the reset button on the
booting panel (BS-320), then press digit 1 (Start
AUTROLON).
The Fire Alarm Control Panel will then be
ready for the initialization of the distributed
system.
14
Press digit 1 (Initialize AutroSafe) to start the initialization
of the entire distributed system.