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Initialsetup-continued
Whenchoosingsomedevicesadditionalcheckboxes/dropdownmenusmayappear,eg.Discovery
sensitivity.SeeDEVICE TYPES ANDCONFIGURATION(page14)forfurtherdetails.
7. Repeatsteps2-6untilallloopsareconfigured.
9. Click“ ”andchoosethetextthatappearsinthetoprighthandsideofthedisplayforboth
mainpanelandrepeaters.
10. Click“ ”andchecktheappropriateboxes.Ifnotcheckedthesystemwillnotgivefault
warningsforthatparticularsupply.
11. Click“ ”,ifused,andchoosewhetherthezoneistobeusedforHazardousorsafe
Areas.If“IntrinsicallySafeDevices”arechosenthezonewiringmustbeconnectedthroughan
ElectronicDeviceszenerbarriertypeZBD7+locatedintheSafe Area.Seeconnectiondiagramand
alsoensure ATEXregulationsaremetfully.
12. Click“ ”tosavetheconfigurationtoyoucomputersharddriveordatastick.
13. Click“ ”tosavetheconfigurationto.csvformatwhichcanbereadandprintedusingmostspread
sheetprogramse.g.Microsoftexceloropenoffice(freewareavailablefromwww.openoffice.org).
14. Click“ ”toselectwhichcommsportyourserialcableisattachedto.Clicktesttocheckboththe
portandsystemareworkingcorrectly.
15. Click“ ”ifthesystemhaspreviouslybeenconfiguredandnowrequires
changing. Thiswilltakeseveralminutesandwill informationheldinmemory.
16. Click“ ”toclearthehistorystoredinthesystemsmemory.
17. Click“ ”tosendthedataintothesystem. Thiscantakeseveralminutes.Oncecompleteturn
thesystemoffforoneortwosecondsbeforeturningbackon.Monitorthesystemcloselyforthenext
severalminutes,checkingforanyfaultstobereported.Mostfaultswillbereportedwithin2minutes,
howeverinternalmemoryandprogramerrorscantakeupto1hourtobereported.
Ifdownloadingisinterrupted(powerfailure,pcfailureetc.)turnoffthesystemspowerandthenaftera
fewseconds,re-powerthesystemand,whenready,startthedownloadagain.
TheCauseandEffectmatrixdoesnothavetobeusedforsimpleapplications.Howeverfortheneedsoflarger
andmorecomplicatedsystemsapowerfulcauseandeffectmatrixisprovided.
Itisimportanttonotethatintheeventofpanelfailureorcommunicationsfailurethecauseandeffectmatrixwill
notfunction.SNDR1isthededicatedfire/gasalarmwhichisoperatedinfailsafemodeandalsoviathe
HardWareFireDetectioncircuit. TheHWFDcircuitwillcontinuetogivealarmsfromDiscoverydetectorsand
EDL gasdetectorsintheeventofcommunicationfailurebetweenpanelandloopdevices,providedtheloop
voltageisstillcorrect. ThereforeSNDR1shouldbethefirstchoiceandshouldalwaysbeusedwithatleast
onesounderlocatedinamannedarea.Seepage30.
Nomorethan50causeandeffectsshouldbeused. Tohelpreducethenumberofcauseandeffectsthe
followingmethodsshouldbeused:
1. Allsounders,beacons,soundercontrolunitsetc.,thataretooperatefromthemainfire/gas Alarm
should havethe“alwaysoperateintheeventofalarm”checkboxtickedontheloopconfigurationpage.
Ifthisisdonenocauseandeffectentriesarenecessary.
2. AllI/OcontrollersandSwitchmonitorI/Omoduleswithinputsonlybeingusedtooperatethemain
fire/gas Alarm,shouldhavetheappropriate“alarmonbit0,1or2”boxescheckedontheloop
configurationpage.If thisisdonenocauseandeffectentriesarenecessary.
3. Iflargenumbersoflooppoweredsounders/beaconsaretooperatefromanycauseotherthanthe
mainfire/gasalarm(e.g.Pre-alarm),groupaddressingand/ormaster-slavesounders/beacons
should beusedsothatonlyminimalcauseandeffectentriesarerequired.
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Section5-CauseandEffectMatrix
ED816A AddressableFireandgasdetectionInstallationmanual8-9-08Rev-a