Operating Instructions | Indicators |
4.2 Indicators
The eight indicators, which are located on the front panel, operate as follows:
AC Power
This is a green indicator which illuminates if AC power is applied to the FACP. A loss of AC power will turn off this indicator.
Fire Alarm
This red indicator flashes when one or more alarms occur. It illuminates steady when the Acknowledge/Step or Alarm Silence key is pressed. The Fire Alarm indicator turns off when the Reset key is pressed. The indicator will remain off if all alarms have been cleared.
Supervisory
This is a yellow indicator that flashes when one or more supervisory conditions occur, such as a sprinkler valve tamper condition. It illuminates steady when the Acknowledge/Step or Alarm Silence key is pressed. It turns off when the Reset key is pressed and remains off if all supervisory alarms have been cleared.
Trouble
This is a yellow indicator that flashes when one or more trouble conditions occur. It stays on steady when the Acknowledge/Step or Alarm Silence key is pressed. The indicator turns off when all trouble conditions are cleared. This indicator will also illuminate if the microprocessor watchdog circuit is activated.
Alarm Silenced
This is a yellow indicator that illuminates after the Alarm Silence key is pressed while an alarm condition exists. It turns off when the Drill or Reset key is pressed.
Discharge
This is a red indicator that illuminates steadily when the water releasing circuit is activated.
4.3 Normal Operation
With no alarms or troubles in the system, the display message is System All Normal along with the current time and date as shown below. To set the time and date, refer to the appropriate section in this manual.
SYSTEM ALL NORMAL
10:00A 031106
The FACP performs the following functions at regular intervals in Normal mode:
Monitors AC input voltage and battery voltage
Monitors and reports status option cards and control panel
Refreshes LCD display and updates time
Scans control panel keypad for key presses
Tests memory
Updates and reads all communications busses
i3 smoke detectors will be polled for maintenance and freeze conditions (temperature of 45oF 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
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