Back Exit VEGA LT INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING MANUAL TM0081 PROPRIETARY RIGHTS NOTICE The information contained in this manual is the property of Kidde Fire Protection Services Limited and may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, nor stored in any retrieval system of any nature without the express written authority of Kidde Fire Protection Services Limited.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2. 3. 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5.1 3.5.2 3.5.3 3.5.4 3.5.6 3.5.7 3.5.8 4. 4.1 5. 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 6. 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.4.1 6.4.2 6.4.3 7. 8. 9. 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 10. 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.5.1 10.5.2 10.5.3 10.6 11. 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.5.1 11.5.2 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................4 DESCRIPTION .................................................
11.6 11.6.1 11.6.2 11.6.3 11.6.4 11.6.5 11.6.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 11.10 11.11 11.12 12 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 13 13.1 13.2 14. 15. 16. 17. SET ACTIVATIONS ..................................................................................................................................35 Common Alarm Installations .....................................................................................................................35 Zone by Zone Alarm Installations .............................................
1. INTRODUCTION This manual covers the Vega LT2000 and LT2001 Control Panel. The Vega LT fire control panel provides analogue addressable detection of fire and is compatible with devices manufactured by Apollo and Hochiki. Designed to comply with EN54: parts 2 & 4, the Vega LT provides a single detection loop and can cover 16 zones.
1.2 ABOUT THIS MANUAL This installation manual details how to install and commission the Vega LT fire control panel and range of optional equipment. It has been carefully checked for accuracy and is presumed to be correct. The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for inaccuracies and reserves the right to modify the contents without notice. 1.
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3. INSTALLATION Installation of the fire detection and alarm system must comply with the current editions of: ! ! ! The IEE wiring regulations. The British Standard for Fire Detection and Alarm Systems for buildings BS 5839: part 1 Local country legislation if outside of the United Kingdom. Take care not to install the cables in the proximity of high voltage cables or in areas likely to induce electrical interference.
3.2 APPROVED CABLES To comply with EMC (Electro Magnetic Compatibility) regulations and to reduce the risk of electrical interference in the system wiring, it is recommended that screened cables be used throughout the installation.
Care must be taken to ensure metal filings or swarf does not fall onto the printed circuit boards. An adequate number of pre-formed knockouts have been provided on the top of the enclosure so there should be no requirement to drill any additional holes. Ensure that if a knockout is removed and unused, that the hole is filled with a good quality cable gland that is securely blanked off. 3.
3.5 3.5.1 EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS Mains Wiring The Vega LT control panel receives power from either a 230V, 50Hz or 120V, 60Hz power supply. The mains supply cable must take the shortest route possible from entering the enclosure to the mains supply terminals. Refer figure 5. The cable must maintain an air gap of 50mm minimum between it and any other conductors. The mains supply requirement for the fire alarm panel is fixed wiring, using three core cable (no less than 0.75mm² and no more than 2.
The detection loop connections are made on the Loop card terminals marked LOOP. The loop card has built in isolators so it is not required to fit additional isolators directly on the loop output. Additional short circuit isolators should be fitted at the boundaries of each fire zone. Reference should be made to the detector manufacturer’s data sheets and installation guides supplied with the detector or module for information on terminal connection etc.
3.5.3 Sounder Circuit Wiring Two programmable conventional sounder circuits are available on the control panel. Each circuit is rated at 1amp however it is recommended that the maximum total load shared between both circuits should not exceed 1amp. Each sounder circuit is monitored for open and short circuits. An end of line (EOL) 10 KΩ resistor 0.5W minimum should be fitted after the last sounder attached to the circuit to allow the wiring to be monitored.
Auxiliary Fault output A single voltage free changeover contact is provided and operates on any panel fault condition. This output is failsafe and is normally energised. When a fault occurs, the output turns off to ensure failsafe operation, or should the system suffer a failure to all power supplies. Refer to Figure 11. Figure 11: Typical Auxiliary Fault Output Wiring External cables connected to the auxiliary contacts should be secured to the enclosure using metal compression glands as shown in figure7.
3.5.7 Battery Installation To provide an emergency battery back up facility in the event of mains failure for the system, two new fully charged 12 volt sealed lead acid batteries are required. The batteries should be connected in series using the battery leads connected to the power supply unit and should be located in the bottom left hand corner of the control panel enclosure. The enclosure has space for 2x 12 Ah SLA batteries.
4. ACCESS CONTROL LEVELS The Vega LT has four levels of system control. Refer to Table 1. The control panel will indicate the true status condition of the installation during all four levels using the membrane display panels. Pass codes are entered on the numeric keypad. Each operation of the keypad operates an internal buzzer and updates the liquid crystal display to confirm entry.
5. CONTROLS AND INDICATION 5.1 PANEL DISPLAY The Vega LT front panel display is divided into four discrete sections containing the control buttons, zone windows, status windows and liquid crystal display (LCD). Refer to Figure 14. Figure 14: Front Panel Display 5.2 CONTROL BUTTON FUNCTIONS The control buttons located on the panel front perform a number of operations. Refer to Table 3.
5.3 STATUS WINDOW INDICATION The status windows located on the front of the control panel provide the user with system indications. Refer to Table 4. Indicator Fire Colour Red Fire Output Red Common Fault Test System Fault Disablement Yellow Yellow Yellow Yellow Fire Output Yellow Power On Green Function Pulses when the panel detects a new fire condition, continuous when the user has silenced the alarms.
6. OPERATION 6.1 STATUS NORMAL Under normal operation conditions, the green POWER ON light is on. The remaining status and zone window lights are off and the LCD status is as shown below. Figure 16: Display – Status Normal Condition 6.2 GAINING ACCESS TO LEVEL 2 OR 3 To gain access to level 2 or 3 control buttons or menus from Status Normal condition, press any numeric button. The display will them update as shown in Figure 17.
Figure 19: Fire Condition – Zone information ! ! To view additional device information, press enter (↵) button. The display updates providing additional device specific information, device loop, zone and address numbers, total number of active devices within the zone, device type and 24 characters of device specific location text. Refer to Figure 20.
6.3 RESETTING THE SYSTEM AFTER A FIRE CONDITION To silence and reset the system after a genuine fire condition within the building and to switch off the internal audible buzzer: ! Press the SILENCE BUZZER button (the audible buzzer stops, the zone light(s) and ALARM light continue flashing. The audible alarm circuits continue to sound unless programmed off) When the fire condition has been rectified, to reset the system: ! ! ! ! Enter access level 2 using the appropriate pass code – default 7179.
Figure 23: System Fault ! ! To review additional system fault information, press enter (↵) button. The display updates providing additional system fault specific information. Refer to Figure 24. Figure 24: System fault – Power Supply Fault Should additional system faults be detected, then the total number of faults counter will increase. The total number of active system faults will also increase. To view the new system fault information, press the enter (↵) button followed by the scroll button.
! ! To review additional zone fault information, press enter (↵) button. The display updates providing additional zone fault specific information. Refer to Figure 27. Figure 27: Zone Fault Condition – Zone & Device information 6.4.3 Group Fault Conditions Group faults relate to detection loop output modules such as sounder circuit controllers, loop powered sounders and the output channel of the input \ output modules.
7. PRIORITY ALARM STRUCTURE The Vega control panel has 10 priority alarm queues which will determine how the panel will respond to an alarm condition.
9.2 ISOLATE \ DE-ISOLATE MENU The isolate menu list Table 6 provides the user dependent upon Access level with the following options.
9.3 LIST MENU The List menu Table 7 provides the user dependent upon Access level with the following options. When the event printer is installed within the control panel, the user will also have the option to view or print the requested listing. Sub-Menu 1 Sub- Menu 2 Zones All Zones Zone Information LIST – Menu Functions Access Access Function Level 2 Level 3 View text message allocated to each fire zone.
9.4 SET MENU The Set menu Table 8 provides the user dependent upon Access level with the following options.
9.5 TEST MENU The Test menu Table 9 provides the user dependent upon Access level with the following options. Sub-Menu 1 Panel Test Access Level 2 " Access Level 3 " Device Test - " Output group test - " Alarm simulation - " Key test - " Test mode - " Function Press enter (↵) button to initiate a panel LED, LCD display & Buzzer test and MCP software version installed. Enter the device parameters to be tested and press enter (↵) button to confirm.
10. COMMISSIONING The total system should be tested in accordance with the commissioning requirements of the relevant standards or national codes. Commissioning is to be carried out only after successfully completing the installation of the systems as per the installation instructions. 10.1 SYSTEM CHECKS Check that the system has been installed to the project requirements as defined by the “As Fitted Drawings” and if appropriate, instruct the installer to carry out changes to the system.
10.3 POWERING DOWN To switch the control panel off always disconnect the batteries first followed by the mains ac supply. 10.4 CONNECTING THE DETECTION LOOP With the control panel switched off to prevent accidental damage. Use an Ohmmeter to re-check the external detection loop wiring to the control panel. ! ! Check for continuity of the feed and return of the +ve and -ve legs of each detection loop.
10.5.2 Processor Restart Where detector bases have been installed without the detector head and the detection loop wiring integrity is maintained, a processor restart can be applied to add or remove devices from the system. This procedure negates the requirement to power down the control panel and can also be used when changing device types. The control panel will display appropriate fault conditions as the devices are added or removed from the detection loop wiring.
11. PROGRAMMING STANDARD & CUSTOM FEATURES Site specific information can be configured on the control panel using two methods, directly through the panel menu options using the key buttons or using a computer running the upload download software application, VIPER. Information within the control panel is stored in a number of modules, which have been designed to help programming of the panel.
MBLC input 7 MBLC input 8 Mb-01 to Mb-16 This input can be programmed to perform one of the following functions:! Remote alarm (default) – operates output groups that are programmed to respond to manual evacuate. ! Day Mode – initiates day mode without using panel menu structure. ! Isolate Group Range – isolates specified output groups. This is a panel only selectable option and is not available from VIPER.
Note: not all parameters apply to each type of input or output type device. The following Table 12 details the options available: Option Device type Text message Zone number Normal sensitivity Day mode sensitivity Group number Priority level Latching alarm Program by Custom text Flash LED BGU flag STANDARD FEATURES – LOOP DEVICE INFORMATION Function Determines the type of device logged onto the panel for the specified loop address.
11.4 PANEL FUNCTIONS (STANDARD OR BLC OUTPUTS) The panel functions option defines parameters for the basic loop controller BLC sounder and relay outputs. Panel functions can be programmed from the following locations: ! ! Using the panel menu, BLC outputs is located at Set → Standard features → BLC Outputs → followed by the required output to be programmed.
BGU Override T3 Set to ‘Yes’ to enable activation of a break glass unit to override any T3 timer. BGU Override T4 Set to ‘Yes’ to enable activation of a break glass unit to override any T4 timer. Table 14: Standard Features – Output Group Information 11.5.1 Fire Output Output Group 512 is reserved for signalling to Fire Output routing equipment.
11.6.2 Zone by Zone Alarm Installations To create a geographical zone evacuation & shutdown cause / effect strategy, Using Loop Device Information, Table 12 and Panel Functions, Table 13 assign all sounder circuits located in zone 1, panel or loop, to Output Group 1. Assign Zone 2 sounders to Output Group 2 Repeat until all sounders are allocated to a separate Output Group. Using Loop Device Information set the Group 1 attributes as follows: ! ! ! ! Enter appropriate text Action Manual Sound Clear = e.
11.6.3 Activation Styles Activation styles are used to determine how the output groups respond during an alarm condition. There are eight different activation styles to select from when programming zones to output groups as shown in Table 15. Activation Style Evacuate – Outputs operate in constant mode & timers are overridden. Alert – Outputs operate in pulsed (alert) mode and include any T3 & T4 settings.
The various timers when used in conjunction with the fire zones and output groups can create a number of different cause & effect strategies.
11.7 REPEATER INFORMATION The Repeater information option defines parameters for the active style repeater panels attached to the system. The active style repeaters are fully monitored by the main control panel and have a unique address switch. The repeater panel has an integral power supply unit, a monitored sounder circuit output and a voltage free relay contact output.
11.11 PLANT ALARM INFORMATION The system can accommodate up to 64 non fire related Plant Alarm zones with each zone containing one or more loop input type devices. The plant alarm information options allow the user to define the zone specific text descriptor and are available from the following locations: ! ! Using the panel menu, Plant alarm info is located at Set → Custom features → Plant alarm info followed by the required zone number.
12 PLUG IN OPTIONS – INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING 12.1 VEGA LOOP CARD - Part Number 44782-K074 Installation 1. 2. Ensure that the control panel is powered down. Disconnect the stand-by battery and mains supply. Install the 44782-K074 card into the next available fixing plug located on the BLC motherboard card as shown in Figure 34. Figure 34: Loop Card Installation 3. 4. 5. 6. Secure the card to the earth retaining bar using the single M3 fixing screw.
12.2 REPEATER CARD - Part Number 44782-K076 Installation 1. 2. Ensure that the control panel is powered down. Disconnect the stand-by battery and then the mains supply. Install the 44782-K076 card into the plug located on the motherboard card as shown in Figure 35. Figure 35: Repeater Card Installation 3. 4. 5. Secure the card to the earth retaining bar using the single M3 fixing screw. Ensure the repeater card plug is fully inserted into the motherboard socket.
Set-up 1. 2. 3. 4. Using the panel menu structure, locate the option Install repeater. This can be found from the top-level menu under: Set → Standard features → Panel setup. Refer table 10. Change the option to ‘Yes‘. The main panel monitors active repeater panels attached to the system. The number of active repeater panels has to be defined in the panel setup and is specified using the panel menu structure. Locate the option Active repeaters.
Paper Replacement 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Open the panel outer door to gain access to the printer assembly. Remove the paper pivot bar by unscrewing the knurled thumbscrew and withdrawing the paper pivot bar. Remove any old paper and the cardboard roller from the paper pivot bar and discard. Locate the paper roll in the paper holder and insert the first 20-mm (approx.) of paper by hand in the slot provided in the back of the printer assembly.
Figure 40: VegaNET Network External Wiring 6. Set the panel address switches, SW 1 & SW 2 located on the network card as shown on Table 18. SW1,SW2 Panel 1 1,0 Panel 2 2,0 Panel 3 3,0 Panel 32 0,2 Table 18: Panel Address Settings 7. 8. Ensure that the following software EPROMS are installed in the MCP and Network cards: ! 44782-K071 IC 9 = P28185-1xx ! 29-020527-001 IC 9 = P01180-1xx Power up the system. Apply mains supply first followed by the stand-by battery. Set-up 1. 2.
12.5 CZN NETWORK CARD - Part Number VN2108 Installation 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Ensure that the control panel is powered down. Disconnect the stand-by battery and mains then the supply. Install the 29-020527-001 card using the fixings supplied above the MBLC motherboard card as shown in Figure 39. Using the 10-way ribbon cable supplied with the network card, connect PLG 2 to the MBLC card PLG 9.
13 MAINTENANCE Maintenance of equipment external to the control panel will be detailed in the appropriate manufacturer’s literature. At weekly intervals a different fire detector or manual call point of the system should be tested to ensure that the system is capable of operating under alarm conditions. Operation of the alarm sounders should be checked, which also provides a regular reminder to those occupying the premises that there is a fire alarm system with a particular sound.
14. PANEL AND LOOP DEVICE FAULT CODES Fault codes Table 20 are used to provide engineer’s with additional information regarding the type of fault generated by the control panel and are indicated on the LCD display in the bottom right hand corner. Refer to Figure 42.
15. FAULT DIAGNOSIS Message Fail Safe Alarm Logon fault Config fault BLC * re-init, Repeater * re-init, Repeater * comms failure Repeater Sounder fault Alarm during autolearn re-learn loop Interrupt Fault – Apollo only Sync fault – Apollo only TM0081 Main Panel Messages Possible Cause Action Reset the system. The MBLC card has detected a fire alarm If problem persists contact Technical Help condition but is unable to transmit the alarm data to the MCP card.
Bad loop Count Device Unregistered Loop fault Double Address fault The quantity of loop cards located within the control panel is different to that specified within the panel set up option. Faulty BLC or Loop card. OR BLC Communications failure. OR New BLC recently installed. A device has been reported by the MBLC card, which does not appear in the panel memory. Device added to system without power down or auto-learn. Faulty device – possible device answering to address that is not connected to the loop.
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