APPLICATION GUIDE
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Programming Issues
Once Autolearned, the panel will work as a basic fire alarm provided there is no cause and effect required on the site.
The panel, however, can transfer this learned information to the Site Installer program on a laptop, where full zone and
address text can be programmed together with different relay outputs, sounder settings etc. and any Input
programming to fulfil any customer requirements.
NOTE: Programming, when completed must be in conjunction with total numbers and settings laid down in the
previous sections of this guide.
Once programmed, this information can then be returned to the panel.
A number of issues have been identified:
1. If the program will not go back into the panel, this is likely to be corrupted or incorrectly set up or the display
micro (CDR) is corrupt. Power down the panel and remove the loop driver cards. Power the panel again and
carry out an Autolearn (this effectively clears the CDR). Power down again and install the loop driver(s), re-
power and try to reload the program. If this will still not download then check the program or replace the micro.
2. If after successful download the panel goes into random fires – this is almost always due to an incorrect
program. (or the wrong program for the site).
3. If after successful download, and during testing various sounders do not operate. This could be due to too
many zones being programmed for each sounder stage (max allowed is 16).
4. If after successful download, and during testing sounder begin to stop operating. This could be due to the
sounders being set to too high a volume and hence taking too much load. Check sounder settings and turn
down the volume if necessary. If this is not the case check the hardware Revision number on the reverse of the
Loop driver, ECN818 is the latest version that delivers better load performance than the previous(ECN651).
5. If after successful download the panel display no faults, but the front screen says ‘System Healthy 0 Zones
Active’, this is associated with a networked system. Following a download the panel address and number of
panels in the network can sometimes be returned to 1. Go into the commissioning menu and set up the
network address and total number of panels in the network.
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