Kidde FX-64

Chapter 2: Front panel programming
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To address this requirement, FX-64 and FX-1000 systems provide 25 high priority correlation
groups per loop that can activate all sounders simultaneously. These are:
• For panels with one loop only, the fast correlation groups are Groups 001 to 025
• For panels with more than one loop, the fast correlation group options per loop are:
Loop 1: groups 001 to 025
Loop 2: groups 001 to 025 or 101 to 125 (user configurable).
Loop 3: groups 001 to 025 or 126 to 150 (user configurable).
Loop 4: groups 001 to 025 or 151 to 175 (user configurable).
In multiple loop systems, you can combine devices from loop 1, 2, 3, and 4 in correlation
groups 001 to 025, or you can separate them and use groups 101 to 125 for loop 2, 126 to 150
for loop 3 and groups 151 to 175 for loop 4. See “Changing loop configuration options” on
page 79.
For best performance use the fast correlation groups for bulk activations, such as entire floors
and save the slower correlation groups for small sets of activations such as individual suites or
hotel rooms.
Note: Be sure the Follow option for devices to be added is None, Alarm, Alarm and Verify, or
Alarm and Prealarm. Be sure the Follow option is not set to Head or Riser. If you need to run a
report to check the Follow option, see “Device Details report” on page 165. If you need to
change the Follow option, see “Adding and removing devices from programmed systems” on
page 74.
To add sounder base detectors to a fast group:
1. Press the Menu button and choose Programming.
2. Choose Advanced Program and enter the level 2 password.
3. Choose Correlation Groups and enter the correlation group number to be programmed.
Enter a value from:
• For panels with one loop only, the fast correlation groups are Groups 001 to 025
• For panels with multiple loops, the fast correlation groups are
Loop 1: groups 001 to 025
Loop 2: groups 001 to 025 or 101 to 125 (user configurable).
Loop 3: groups 001 to 025 or 126 to 150 (user configurable).
Loop 4: groups 001 to 025 or 151 to 175 (user configurable).
See “Programming fast groups for sounder bases” on page 85.
4. Choose Add/Remove Device.
5. Enter the loop number (if the panel has multiple loops).
6. Enter the device number.