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indication circuits sound for one burst. If the second selected circuit is activated, the indication
circuits sound for two bursts, and so on. This means that if, for example, circuits 1, 3 and 5 are
selected for the walk test, the indicating circuits sound with one, two and three bursts
respectively. The burst interval is half a second ON and half a second OFF. After the sounding
pattern is sent to the indicating circuits, the initiating circuit is reset and tested again. If it is still
active (in alarm) the pattern is re-sent. Trouble on any initiating circuit selected for the walk test
activates the indicating circuits continuously for five seconds. Activation of a circuit also
causes the alarm count to increase while the trouble on the initiating circuit causes the trouble
count to increase.
Alarm Verification and Water flow Alarm Retard Operations are disabled on circuits being walk
tested. All circuits not selected for the walk test continue to function normally. If a circuit was
disconnected before the walk test mode was entered and is not selected for the walk test, it
remains disconnected while the walk test is active. Walk test operation is disabled if the Fire
Alarm Control Panel is in alarm or goes into alarm while the walk test is active.
11.11 I3 Loop Test (Command Menu)
The i
3
maintenance test is designed to test the devices on the i
3
zone. If there is noise on the
line or if the device is too far away from the panel, the devices may not respond to the panel
inquiries. An i
3
maintenance test can be invoked from the command menu. If the fire alarm has
just been powered up or reset, wait six minutes before selecting the i
3
loop test. If the i
3
loop
test is selected, the following message appears on the screen:
Figure 40 i
3
loop test confirmation
If you select “yes” by pressing “ENTER”, the display will ask you for which zone you want to
perform the i
3
test. Note that only one zone at a time can be in maintenance test. Select the
zone by pressing the “UP” and “DOWN” keys and then pressing the “RIGHT” key to select the
device. After the device is selected press “ENTER”.
Figure 41 i
3
test zones
Notes: If a UDACT is used with the system, all walk test events are reported to the
monitoring agency. The monitoring agency should be instructed to ignore
reported events during the walk test.
IF THERE IS NO ACTIVITY FOR ONE HOUR, THE SYSTEM RETURNS TO
NORMAL OPERATION.
Perform the i3
Loop test? Y
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