Maple Armor FW106 - Manual Station Response; Drift Compensation; Alarm Verification

InstallationandOperationManual 
43

 GeneralTrouble
 SensingError
 Contamination
PleaserefertotheTroubleConditionssectionformoredetailoneacheventtype.
ManualStationResponse
Addressablemanualstationsmaybeintermixedonthecircuitwithproperresponseprogrammedintothe
controlpanel.
DriftCompensation
TheDriftCompensationisbuiltintoacompatibledetectorandisnotperformedbythepanel.Drift
compensationautomatica llyadjustsforgraduallyincreasingeffectsofdustandotheraccumulationsofdirtin
thedetectors.Itwilladjustthethresholdstocompensateforadetectorgoingdi rtyaccordingtothegradual
change
inthenormalcleanairvaluereceived.Whenitcannolongercompensateforanincreasinglydirty
detector,adirtydetectortrouble(Contaminationtrouble)isindicatedforthatdevice.
AlarmVerification
TheAlarmVerificationfunctionissupportedbythispanel.Onetypicalalarmverificationphasecanbedivided
into2periods.ThefirstperiodisaretardperiodinwhichnoalarmreportsontheFireAlarmControlPanel
(FACP).Thesecondperiodisaconfirmationperiodinwhichalarmreportson
theFireAlarmControlPanelifa
deviceisinalarmstatus.ThedetailalarmverificationphaseisillustratedinFigure32.


Figure32AlarmVerification

A‐Smokedetectorgoesintoalarm.(LEDondeviceturnstosteadyon)
AB‐RetardPeriod:FireAlarmControlPanelsensesdetectorin
alarmanddelaysalarmsignalfor50s.During
thisperiod,noalarmeventreportsontheFireAlarmControlPanel.
BC‐ConfirmationPeriod:DetectorisoperationalforalarmatpointB.IfthedetectorisstillinalarmatpointB,
theFireAlarmControlPanelwillreportanalarm.
Ifthedetectorisnotinalarm,thesystemreturnstostandby.
Ifthe detectorre‐alarmsatanytime duringtheconfirmationperiod theFireAlarmControlPanelwillalarm.
Theperiodlengthis60s.
CD–Restartnextalarmverificationperiodifnewalarmoccurs.