First Alert FA147C - General Description

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General Information

The FA147C is a control that supports up to 36 zones, using basic hard-wired, wired expansion,

and/or wireless, plus remote keypads.

Basic Hardwired Zones

Provides 6 basic hardwired zones having the following characteristics:

¥ Zones 1Ð6 response time is 300Ð500 milliseconds.

¥ Zone 3 Ð programmable for fast response time (10 milliseconds).

¥ EOLR supervision supporting N.O. or N.C. sensors

¥ Zones 1Ð6 can be programmed for fire and will support as many 4-wire smoke or heat

detectors as can be powered from the control.

¥ Zones, 95, 96 and 99 Ð keypad Panics.

¥ Zone 8 Ð Duress.

¥ Zone 9 Ð Expansion Module Failure/Trouble.

Optional Expansion Zones (up to 30 total, wired and wireless zones)

Wired Expansion:

¥ Supports up to 8 additional wired zones using a 4219 expansion module or 4229

expansion/relay module. Zones will have the following characteristics:

¥ EOLR supervision supporting N.O. or N.C. sensors

¥ 300Ð500 msec normal response with an option for fast (10Ð15 msec) response on loop A (first

expansion zone).

Wireless Expansion:

¥ Supports up to 30 wireless zones (less, if using wired expansion zones).

¥ Requires the use of a 5881 (5882 in Canada) type RF Receiver (with 5800 series wireless

transmitters), as shown below.

Receiver Model No. of Zones Transmitter Type

5881L /5882L* Up to 8 5800

5881M Up to 16 5800

5881H/5882H* Up to 30 5800

* Only 5882L or 5882H available for use in Canada.

Remote Keypads

Up to 4 of any of the following keypads may be used:

Fixed-Word Keypads: FA210KP, FA245KP, and FA250KP (Fixed-word displays).

Alpha Keypad: FA550KP (2-line alphanumeric display).

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