Instruction manual

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Devicetypesandconfiguration-continued
GasDetection
WhenaddingEDL GasDetectionthreedialogue
boxeswillappear.Sensorrange,Pre-Alarmlimit
and Alarmlimit.Whenchoosingthesensorrange
ensurethesensoriscapableofoperatingcorrectly
withinthatrange.Pre-Alarmand Alarmlimitsare
thevaluethatthegassensorhastoreachbefore
thealarmisgiven.Bothalarmandpre-alarmcan
besetbetween10%and80%ofthesensorsrange
(fullscalevalue)in10%steps.
Group AddressedSoundersandBeacons
Some ApolloSoundersandBeaconsareavailablewithasecondsetofdipswitchesusedforgroup
addressing.,theaddressmustbeintherangeof112-126. Thisfeatureisusefulwhenoperatingseveral
soundersfromasinglecauseandeffectorwhenaddingtoanexistingsystemwithouttheneedtoconnecttoa
PC.Groupaddressingshouldbesetupasfollows:
1. AddaSounderorBeaconwithitsindividualaddressintherange112-126usingFireConfig
setupsoftware.EnsurethisdeviceisNOT groupaddressenabledbysettingthegroupaddressdip
switchesto“0000”.
2. Addacauseandeffectentrytooperatethedeviceand/ortickthe“alwaysoperateintheeventof
alarm”checkbox.
3. AlladditionalSounders/Beaconstobeincludedinthisgroupshouldbeaddedwiththeirindividual
addressesintherange1-126andthegroupaddressdipswitchshouldbesettotheaddress
chosenin1above. Additionalsounders/beaconscanbeaddedeitherbyusingtheFireConfigsoftware
orusingthe“searchfornewdevices”functionfromthemainpaneloranyrepeater.
4.Groupaddressingcanonlyoperateonthesameloop.
5.Pleasesee Apollodatasheetsformoreinformation.
Master/SlaveSoundersandBeacons
Some ApolloSoundersandBeaconsareavailablewithanadditionaldipswitchforselecting“Master”or“Slave”
mode. Thefeatureishassimilarbenefitstousinggroupaddressingbutshouldnotbeconfusedwithgroup
addressingasthesetupisdifferent.Master/Slavesoundersshouldbesetupasfollows:
1. AddaSounderorBeaconwithitsindividualaddressintherange1-126usingFireConfig
setupsoftware.Ensurethisdeviceissetas“master”usingtheappropriatedipswitch.
2. Addacauseandeffectentrytooperatethedeviceand/ortickthe“alwaysoperateintheeventof
alarm”checkbox.
3. AdditionalSoundersorBeaconscanbeaddedusingthesameindividualaddressasabovebutthe
unitsshouldallbesetas“Slave”ontheappropriatedipswitch.
4.Groupaddressingcanonlyoperateonthesameloop.
5.Pleasesee Apollodatasheetsformoreinformation.
ED816A AddressableFireandgasdetectionInstallationmanual8-9-08Rev-a