4 trouble operation, Trouble operation – System Sensor PDRP-2001 User Manual

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PDRP-2001 Series Manual — P/N 53043:E1 2/28/2011

Operating Instructions

Trouble Operation

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smoke detectors will be polled for maintenance and freeze conditions (temperature of

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F or less) on initial entry into Normal mode. Thereafter, each device will be polled every

hour for freeze and every four hours for maintenance conditions

4.4 Trouble Operation

With no alarms in the system, the detection of a trouble will cause the following:

The piezo to pulse 1 second On and 1 second Off

The system Trouble indicator to flash one second On and one second Off

The output circuits programmed as Trouble Bell NAC to activate

The trouble relay to activate

TROUBL with device type, adjective/noun, address and trouble description will appear on the
LCD display

The same message, along with the time and date, is sent to the optional printer and the history
buffer.

Note that specific troubles will initiate additional actions; for example, loss of AC power will turn
off the AC Power indicator, etc.

Input Zone

For Input Zones, the following is a typical message that could appear on the LCD display for a
device trouble:

The information displayed in the above example provides the following information:

First line in display:

The type of event; in this example OPEN indicating a circuit trouble

Device type identifier; in this example, PULL STATION indicates a manual device. Other
device type identifiers which can be displayed include 2-WIRE SMOKE for Smoke
Detector, 2-WIRE HEAT for Heat Detector, etc.

Second line in display:

<ADJ>; refers to the user programmed adjective descriptor from library list resident in the
control panel or custom entry via PC.

<NOUN>; refers to the user programmed noun descriptor from library list resident in the
control panel or custom entry via PC.

Third line in display indicates Zone and the fault condition. Other possible troubles include:
OPEN - indicating an open circuit
DIRTY - maintenance alert indicating that a detector is near but below the allowed alarm

limit and is in need of maintenance before the performance is compromised

NOTE: To ensure that the system is functioning properly, the FACP will perform a freeze check
within minutes after the panel is reset, followed by a maintenance check. If there is no freeze or

maintenance condition, the panel will continue to monitor for freeze conditions every hour and
maintenance conditions every four hours.

TROUBL PULL STATION
<ADJ> <NOUN>
ZONE 1 OPEN FAULT
10:00A 030806

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