Potter PFC-9000 Series - Manual (Page 72)

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PFC-9000 • 5403535 • REV G • 9/08
Hochiki Ion, AIS - Ionization Smoke Sensor
Hochiki Photo, APS - Photoelectric Smoke Sensor
Hochiki Heat, AHD - 135º Fixed Temperature Heat Sensor
Hochiki Duct, ADSD - Duct Smoke Sensor with or without relay
FRCM-2, FRCM-4 (IPT Mod) - Single Address Input Module
DRM, Dual Relay Mod - Output Module with Dual Form C Relays
SOM, Supv Output Mod - Output Module with End of Line Supervision
The Process refers to how the panel will process the signal from a particular device. Listed below are the types of processes and a
description of what they do.
Initiating (Detection) Circuit Types:
Non-Verified Alarm This is a “Normal” type of Alarm which may have Pull-Stations, Smoke Sensors or Heat
Sensors attached. Any activation of these devices will immediately result in an Alarm
condition in the Fire Alarm Control Panel. An Alarm condition causes any associated Zone
Status LED and the Common Alarm LED to illuminate Red.
Verified Alarm These Alarms are verified by a reset and timing procedure, and may have Pull-Stations,
Smoke Sensors or Heat Sensors attached. Any activation of Pull-Stations or Heat Sensors will
result in an Alarm condition in the Fire Alarm Control Panel within 4 seconds. Smoke Sensors
will be verified for a real Alarm within 60 seconds depending upon the start-up time of the
Smoke Sensors being used. If 4 seconds is too long a response time for Pull-Stations, then
they should be wired separately on a Non-Verified Alarm Circuit. An Alarm condition causes
any associated Zone Status LED and the Common Alarm LED to illuminate Red.
Water-Flow Alarm Water-flow Alarms are for FRCM’s monitoring waterflow switches on sprinkler systems.
When this type of alarm is selected a 15-second delay, (Retard), is automatically introduced
to that circuit. The circuit is sampled once a second, if an alarm condition exists on the circuit
for 10 samples in a fifteen second period an alarm signal is sent. An alarm condition causes
any associated Zone Status LED and the common Alarm LED to illuminate as well as any
NAC or relays correlated to that address. The 15 second retard time cannot be changed or
disabled. If it is desired to not have a retard time associated with a waterflow device simply
select Non-Verified Alarm as the circuit type.
General Alarm To provide Remote General Alarm, such as for remote key-switches. In a Single Stage
System, these inputs act the same as Non-Verified Alarms, but if Correlations are enabled,
General Alarm Notification Circuits are correlated to ALL Notification Circuits.
Non-Latching Supervisory Supervisory devices that are not required to have the system reset may be configured as non-
latching. An activation on these circuits will cause any associated Zone Status LED and the
Common Supervisory LED to illuminate Amber. The buzzer will sound continuously. If the
circuit activation is removed, the Supervisory condition will clear (so long as there are no
other Supervisory conditions in the system) and the Zone Status LED will extinguish.
Latching Supervisory Supervisory devices that are required to latch on the control panel must be configured as
latching. Activation on these circuits will cause any associated Zone Status LED and the
Common Supervisory LED to illuminate Amber. The buzzer will sound continuously. If the
circuit activation is removed, the Supervisory condition will NOT clear until the panel is reset.
Monitor This is a supervised general purpose non-latching input used mainly for correlating to a Relay
Circuit. No other system condition occurs as a result of its activation (short-circuit), although
it is supervised for Trouble (open-circuit).
Trouble-Only This is for monitoring a Trouble Condition from an external device. Both open and short
circuits generate a non-latching Trouble condition.