3.3 Under a fire condition
When the panels report a “ fire” condition after receiving a signal from an automatic
sensor, break glass or interface unit, the following will occur:
• The Common Fire Indicator flashes
• The appropriate Zone LED flashes
• The panel buzzer sounds
• The LED on the activated device flashes
• The external sounders will operate
• The fire brigade call relay will operate
• The “ sounders-active” and “ remote alarm active” LEDs will illuminate
• Alarms and actions programmed for immediate operation will activate
• The display shows a message indicating a fire condition, indicating a text description for
the zone the triggering device is in. For example:
FIRE ALARM (Zones) Total: 01
01 Z005 First Floor Offices 12:57
=== FIRE ============================
For a fire condition, the top line indicates the type of alarm i.e. fire, the “ Total” number
indicates the total number of zones in alarm. For the second line, the Z005 indicates the zone
number i.e. zone 005 followed by the text description for the zone in alarm and the time of the
fire using a 24 hour clock. The third line is blank and the fourth line indicates that the fire
display is currently being viewed and is shown above the FIRE key.
Please note, for EN54 part 2 compliance the individual device text label is not automatically
displayed. The use of a zone label removes any confusion that may occur when a number of
detectors are triggered during a real fire condition.
The individual device text label can be viewed by pressing the VIEW POINTS key. For
example:
FIRE (Point) 1003 smoke
Purchasing Department
First Floor Offices
=== FIRE ============================
The top line indicates the type of alarm i.e. fire. The word “ Point” refers to a point device e.g.
an interface, smoke sensor, heat sensor or call point. The four digit number refers to the address
number of the device in alarm e.g. 1003 refers to loop 1 address 003. The word “ smoke” refers
to the type of point that triggered the fire. The individual device text label is displayed on the
second line followed by a repeat of the zone label on the third line. The fourth line indicates that
the fire display is currently being viewed and is shown above the FIRE key.
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