Zone Tasks
¨
There can be up to 128 Zones of which the first 64 are for standalone system and remaining zones are for
network use. The number of Zones for standalone system can be re-configured via the commissioning tool
¨
a Zone is a collection of devices, sharing a common label
¨
a device can only be assigned to one Zone
¨
a Zone task may be used to control the display of fire
messages, to provide:
•
Common zone label only (this is the default).
•
label of first device in fire
•
or all individual device labels.
¨
a Zone can provide 3-level sensing:
•
Prefires
•
Fires
•
Superfires.
¨
sensors can be configured to provide coincidence operation
using a combination of all 3 levels if required
¨
up to 8 permutations of fire detection (Zone tasks) may be
configured per zone
¨
a Zone task can be made to trigger a command build or a range
of Command builds, (this is done in the zone set up menu)
¨
the same Command build can be triggered by different tasks
within a Zone
¨
disabling a Zone will disable the sensors within that Zone
¨
disabling a Zone via a Time block disables the tasks performed
by the Zone
¨
all devices default to Zone 1.
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Appendix C - Guidelines for standalone system commands
Sensor
Alarm
MCP
INTERFACE
DEVICES IN ONE
ZONE ONLY
ALL DEVICES THAT GO INTO FIRE
WILL TAKE THIS ROUTE
DEVICES ASSIGNED
TO ZONE 'A'
DEVICES ASSIGNED
TO ZONE ‘A'
LOOP 1
switch Sensor / All device
via TEST/ENG menu
TOTAL OF 128
ZONES
PER PANEL
ZONE
'A'
DEFAULT
DISPLAY ALL
INDIVIDUAL
DEVICE LABELS
DISPLAY
FIRST
DEVICE LABEL
DISPLAY
COMMON ZONE
LABELS ONLY
TO ALL REPEATS
ON LOCAL PANEL
TASK NUMBER 1
w SENSOR x PRE FIRE y FIRE z SUPER FIRE
TIME
BLOCK
OUTPUT TRIGGER
TO COMMAND BUILD 'X'
OUTPUT TRIGGER
TO COMMAND BUILD 'X'
OUTPUT TRIGGER
TO COMMAND BUILD 'X'
OUTPUT TRIGGER
TO COMMAND BUILD 'X'
OUTPUT TRIGGER
TO COMMAND BUILD 'X'
OUTPUT TRIGGER
TO COMMAND BUILD 'X'
OUTPUT TRIGGER
TO COMMAND BUILD 'X'
OUTPUT TRIGGER
TO COMMAND BUILD 'X'
NOTE: EACH OUTPUT CAN TRIGGER ONE COMMAND BUILD
TASK NUMBER 2
w SENSOR x PRE FIRE y FIRE z SUPER FIRE
TASK NUMBER 3
w SENSOR x PRE FIRE y FIRE z SUPER FIRE
TASK NUMBER 4
w SENSOR x PRE FIRE y FIRE z SUPER FIRE
TASK NUMBER 5
w SENSOR x PRE FIRE y FIRE z SUPER FIRE
TASK NUMBER 6
w SENSOR x PRE FIRE y FIRE z SUPER FIRE
TASK NUMBER 7
w SENSOR x PRE FIRE y FIRE z SUPER FIRE
TASK NUMBER 8
w SENSOR x PRE FIRE y FIRE z SUPER FIRE
LOOP 2
OHS
H
MCP
INTERFACE
Sensor
Alarm