Instruction manual

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Chapter 5 - Operational Procedures
Section 5-1 - Operator Instructions
The SAFEPATH
®
Panel provides an operator console for manually activating the panel. The
operator console includes a microphone, a green “NORMAL” LED, a yellow “TROUBLE” LED, a
“RESET” push button, a “TROUBLE ACKNOWLEDGE” push-button switch, a
“MANUAL/AUTOMATIC” switch, an “ALL-CALL” switch, “ZONE 1”, and “ZONE 2” switches. The
operator interface allows the operator to manually override automatically playing pre-recorded
messages with live announcements or an evacuation tone, to silence internal and external trouble
audibles, and to ascertain if the panel has detected a trouble condition. The operator console
instructions located on the dead front panel and are shown in Figure 5-1 on Page 5-3.
The “TROUBLE” and “NORMAL” LEDs identify to the operator the condition of the SAFEPATH
®
Panel. The yellow “TROUBLE” LED will be illuminated whenever there is a trouble detected by
the Panel. If no troubles are detected, the green “NORMAL” LED will be illuminated.
The “TROUBLE ACKNOWLEDGE” push-button allows the operator to silence the trouble
audibles, both internal and external. When a trouble condition is detected, both the internal and
external trouble audibles are sounded. When the “ACKNOWLEDGE” push-button is depressed,
the internal and external trouble audibles will be silenced. The trouble audibles will resound for
subsequent trouble conditions. The Form “C” trouble output contact will remain in the trouble
condition and the “TROUBLE” LED will remain illuminated until all trouble conditions have been
corrected.
The “MANUAL/AUTOMATIC” switch has two positions, manual (down) and automatic (up).
When the “MANUAL/AUTOMATIC” toggle switch is in the automatic position, pre-recorded
messages may be selected to play on individual circuits via dry contact inputs. When the
“MANUAL/AUTOMATIC” switch is in the manual position, pre-recorded messages will not play,
the visual notification appliances are energized, and the evacuation tone sounds on all circuits.
NOTE: When a dry contact closure occurs on any programmed input (IN1 through IN8), the
“ALL CALL”, “ZONE 1”, and “ZONE 2” switches have no control over the output
unless the live microphone is used. Live microphone is the highest priority,
messaging source and overrides dry contact inputs.
The “ALL-CALL” switch overrides “ZONE 1” and “ZONE 2” switch positions allowing
audible signals to be heard regardless of the position of these switches.
The “ZONE 1” and “ZONE 2” on/off switches are used to select zones for live audible from
the microphone. When a zone is switched “ON” the respective strobe circuit is also
energized.