Fire-Lite MS-10UD Series FACP - Manual (Page 99)

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Alarm Operation Operating Instructions
4.5 Alarm Operation
Alarm operation is similar to trouble operation with the following differences:
• The piezo sounder produces a steady output as opposed to a pulsed output
• The Fire Alarm LED flashes 1 second On and 1 second Off
• The LCD displays Alarm along with the device name, type, adjective/noun, associated zones
and time/date
• Communicate the alarm to the Central Station
• Alarms latch and are not allowed to clear automatically
• Timers for Silence Inhibit, Autosilence and Trouble Reminder are started
• Alarms activate the alarm relay
• Silenced alarms are resounded
• The trouble relay is not activated
• Store event in history buffer
• Terminate upload or download communications
A typical alarm display would be as illustrated below:
Note that the device type, which in this example is PULL STATION, can be any other programma-
ble alarm type.
The information displayed in the above example provides the following information:
• First line in display:
– The type of event; in this example ALARM indicating an alarm condition
– Device type identifier; in this example, PULL STATION indicates a manual pull box. Other
device type identifiers which can be displayed include SMOKE for Smoke Detector, 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: Zone 10 indicates the zone programmed to this device which, in this
example, is Input Zone 10.
• Fourth line in display:
– Time; the current time in this example is 10:00A which represents 10:00 AM
– Date; the current month, day and year in this example is 10 for October, 09 for the 9th day of
the month and 13 for the year 2013
4.6 Supervisory Operation
Supervisory operation is similar to alarm operation but with the following differences:
• The piezo sounder pulses ½ second On and ½ second Off
• The Supervisory LED flashes ½ second On and ½ second Off
• The LCD displays the status label Active Supervisory along with the device name, type,
adjective/noun, associated zones and time/date
ALARM PULL STATION
<ADJ> <NOUN>
ZONE 10
10:00A 100913