No rules or instructions beyond those necessary for the operation of the control panel are given in this
User Manual. You have to analyze the site-specific dangers and gain the corresponding measures in
case of emergency yourself, or you delegate this responsibility to a skilled person.
The fire alarm condition is indicated on the control panel as follows:
The red summary display 'ALARM' in the info-field is illuminated.
The internal buzzer is activated intermittently.
You can silence the internal buzzer by using the button 'Silence buzzer'. The buzzer is reactivated by
every received alarm and can be reset in the same way.
The menu automatically jumps to the menu point [Alarms] immediately after the first alarm, and
with all other alarms 30 seconds after the last button was pressed.
The first line of the LC-display shows the first alarm, the fourth line displays the last alarm re-
ceived. The second and third line display the programmed zone and the element-specific text for the
alarm displayed in the first line. The alarms are numbered in the order they are received on the con-
trol panel.
1.ALARM 0003/029
<zone text1>
<element text>
1.ALARM 0003/029
1.ALARM 0003/029
<zone text1>
<element text>
6.ALARM 0015/123
Figure 16: Display of a fire alarm condition of the control panel
Left figure: Just one alarm (Nr. 1, detector zone 3, detector Nr. 29) is present. This alarm is displayed
as the first as well as the last alarm.
Right figure: Six alarms are present. The last received alarm, Nr. 6, is displayed in the fourth line of
the LC-display. The displayed texts always refer to the alarm displayed in the first line!
Has no element text been programmed, the second zone text (if available) is displayed instead.
Provided that the parameters of the primary transmitting device have been set in a way that the
cause of the current alarm is a reason for automatic transmission of the alarm to a designated alarm
respondent (e.g., the fire brigade), the red light-emitting diode 'Activated' in the field TRANSM.
DEVICE 1 is illuminated.
Is the alarm delay procedure activated (the yellow light-emitting diode 'Alarm delay' in the field
TRANSM. DEVICE 1 flashes during exploration time), the transmitting device is 'Activated' only after
the lapse of the exploration time or at the reception of a further alarm or of a fault. (See from page 32
in Chapter 4.2.4: "Alarm delay procedure of the primary transmitting device").
Have the parameters of the transmitting device been set for a two-zone dependency, the activation
of the transmitting device takes place only after at least two zones of this two-zone dependency are
in the condition of alarm. (See from page 39 in Chapter 4.7.7: "Displaying and operating detector
zones - menu point [Zone:]").
Provided that the parameters of the alarming device have been set for the current cause of the alarm,
the red light-emitting diode 'Activated' located in the field ALARM. DEVICE 1 is illuminated to in-
dicate, that the alarming devices connected to the primary alarming device have been activated.
Have the parameters of the alarming device been set for a two-zone dependency, the activation of
the alarming device takes place only after at least two zones of this two-zone dependency are in the
condition of alarm. (See from page 39 in Chapter 4.7.7: "Displaying and operating detector zones -
menu point [Zone:]").
Provided that the parameters of actuations have been set for the current cause of the alarm, the red
light-emitting diode 'Actuation activated' is illuminated to indicate that the actuations have been ac-
tivated.
Have the parameters of the actuation been set for a two-zone dependency, the activation of the ac-
tuation takes place only after at least two zones of this two-zone dependency are in the condition of
alarm. (See from page 39 in Chapter 4.7.7: "Displaying and operating detector zones - menu point
[Zone:]").
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