Installation manual

Indicators, Controls and Operations
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Signal Silence Button
Activation of the Signal Silence button when the panel is in alarm deactivates any Silenceable Indicating Circuits.
Non-Silenceable Circuits are unaffected. Signals will resound upon any subsequent alarm. Subsequent operation of
signal silence resounds all Silenceable signals. This button does not function during any configured Signal Silence
Inhibit Timer period (see Configuration section). It also does not function if the Indicating Circuits are active as the
result of a Fire Drill.
Fire Drill Button
The Fire Drill button activates all Non-Disconnected (un-bypassed) Indicating Circuits, but does not transmit any
Alarms via the City Tie, Common Alarm Relay or Auxiliary Alarm Relay. Fire Drill activates the signals in the
evacuation code programmed. For example in the Temporal Code, the signals will be pulsed ON for 0.5 seconds,
OFF for 0.5 seconds in rounds of 3 and then pause for 1.5 seconds and repeat.
Fire Drill is cancelled by pressing the button again, or if the Panel goes into a real alarm.
Lamp Test Button
Activation of the Lamp Test button causes all front panel Indicators to steadily illuminate and turns the buzzer ON
steady. If Lamp Test is active for more than 10 seconds, Common Trouble is activated. The Lamp Test will also show
the panel type and software version on the LCD display if the button is held for at least 3 seconds.
Buzzer Silence Button
Activation of the Buzzer Silence button while the Buzzer is sounding silences the Buzzer. The Buzzer will resound if
there is a subsequent event. Pressing the button when the Buzzer is not sounding has no effect.
Common Relays
Common Alarm Relay
The Common Alarm Relay activates when a general alarm sequence is activated. Since all alarm conditions are
latched until system reset, the relay will remain ON until the alarm is cleared and the system is reset. The common
alarm can be disconnected by aux disconnect (use Command Menu #12, as switch) if programmed to do so (see
FA-300 Config/Features 5 and 7).
Common Supervisory Relay
The Common Supervisory Relay activates when the common supervisory sequence is activated as the result of an
alarm or any un-bypassed latching or non-latching supervisory circuit. The relay is turned OFF if all non-latching
supervisory circuits are restored and there are no latching supervisory circuits active. The relay can be disconnected
by aux disconnect (use Command Menu as switch) if programmed (see Configuration section). This Common
Supervisory Relay will function the same way as a Common Alarm relay if programmed to (see configuration menu/
FA-300 Config/Feature 12)).
Common Trouble Relay
The Common Trouble relay is activated when the common trouble sequence is activated as the result of the trouble
condition being detected on the system. It is turned off when all troubles are cleared.
Auxiliary Alarm Relay
The Auxiliary Alarm Relay functions the same way as the Common Alarm Relay in every respect except that it can
be disconnected by auxiliary disconnect (via Command Menu/Item 12 which acts like a switch) with or without
correlated relays if it is programmed to do so (see Configuration section). When configured (see Configuration
section), the relay can also be disconnected if signal silence is active and reconnected if signal silence is de-
activated.
Note: Some troubles are latching once they are detected they remain active until system reset. In this case
the common trouble indicator will also remain active until system reset. The common trouble is not
bypassed by the auxiliary disconnect function.