Ampac Firefinder User Manual

FIREFINDER

TM

INSTALLATION COMMISSIONING & OPERATION

9 LCD Screen Format

There are 3 events that can be reported and displayed by

Smart Terminal

. The types of event are;

1.

Fire

2.

Faults and

3.

Disables.

The types of events are only associated with sensors and detectors hence faults associated with modules, loops O/C

– S/C, power supplies and so forth are not reported on the LCD.

The

Smart Terminal

has front panel indicators for each type of event. When

Smart Terminal

is configured not to report a type of event and that event type is present (and the corresponding front panel indicator is illuminated on the

Smart Terminal

), then a standard information screen is displayed on the LCD stating the system is not normal and the operator should see the FACP.

Alarm

If configured the screen format for reporting loop / sensor / zone fire condition is:

LCD Line Number Information

1

2

3

4

Device descriptor (up to 33 characters) Type Descriptor (up to 6 characters)

Loop address and zone number(Lxx Syyy.zz Zwww) current device status

Date and Time of occurrence (DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM:SS)

Alarm sequence number ( Device Alarms nnn of nnn)

Fault

If configured the screen format for reporting loop / sensor / zone fault condition is:

LCD Line Number Information

1

2

3

4

Device descriptor (up to 33 characters) Type Descriptor (up to 6 characters)

Loop address and zone number(Lxx Syyy.zz Zwww) current device status

Blank

Fault sequence number ( Device Fault nnn of nnn)

Note: The fault types only relate to devices.

In the event of a loss of communications, for a period of greater than 15 seconds the

Smart Terminal

will default to the No Communications screen. The format for this screen is:

LCD Line Number Information

1

2

3

4

No Communications

Device Isolate / Disables

If configured the screen format for reporting loop / sensor / zone disable condition is:

LCD Line Number Information

1

2

3

4

Device descriptor (up to 33 characters) Type Descriptor (up to 6 characters)

Loop address and zone number(Lxx Syyy.zz Zwww) current device status

Blank

Isolate / Disable sequence number ( Device Fault nnn of nnn)

Pre-alarm

If configured the screen format for reporting loop / sensor / zone Pre-alarm condition is:

LCD Line Number Information

1

2

3

4

Loop address and zone number(Lxx Syyy.zz Zwww)

Pre-alarm descriptor (up to 15 characters)

Line is left blank

Pre-alarm sequence number ( Device Pre-alarms nnn of nnn)

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