Chapter 5

Installing the Tracer MP581 programmable controller

Installation guidelines

Guidelines for installing a Tracer MP581 include:

A Tracer MP581 that monitors the fire alarm control panel for consistency (FACP) must be installed in the same room as the FACP. It must be installed within 20 feet of the FACP. Cables between the FACP and the Tracer MP581 must be in conduit.

A Tracer MP581 that monitors and controls the fire smoke control system (FSCS) must be installed in the same room as the FSCS. It must be installed within 20 feet of the FSCS. Cables between the FACP and Tracer MP581 must be in conduit.

IMPORTANT

Wiring between the Tracer MP581 and the FACP and between the Tracer MP581 and the FSCS (point wiring) must be in conduit. The conduit requirement is necessary, since the binary inputs to the Tracer MP581 are not supervised.

Wiring from a Tracer MP581 to field sensors and relays is not supervised. Installation of this wiring must conform to more stringent requirements when a Tracer MP581 is part of a smoke control system than when it is part of a standard mechanical system control.

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