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Vanguard V5 - OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS; Normal Operating Conditions; Fire Alarm Condition; Silencing Alarm Bells and Sounders

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O&M-V5-FAP-AVF-LCD R0
Operator’s Manual (Fire Alarm Panel c/w AVF & LCD)
Pg 6 of 21
2.2 Fire Alarm Condition
The panel / system shall enter into an alarm condition when an input device (such as
smoke/heat detector, call point; or pressure/flow switch) is activated.
Under Fire Alarm conditions:
a) Twin “FIRE” LEDs (Red) of the alarm zone lighted
b) General, “FIRE “ LED (Red) lighted
c) A “Fire sent” LED (Red) lighted (If Alarm Monitoring Station is connected)
d) Panel Alarm Buzzer sound
e) External alarm bells/sounders activated
f) Signal sent to alarm monitoring station (If Alarm Monitoring Station is connected)
g) Auxiliary functions activated (eg: Lift homing, AHU shutdowns)
h) LCD display shown as (Individual Fire event – latched and recorded)
(001EC: Current Event Counter “001”, Fire)
(01: 1
st
event of 001EC, M00Z002: “Main” panel address “000” Zone “002” Fire, at 14:49: 2:49PM)
i) For multiple fire events, it shall be displayed by manual action (Up / Down key)
2.2.1 Silencing the Alarm Bells / Sounders
It is a requirement under the Singapore standard Code of Practice CP 10: 2005 that the
first alarm can only be silenced after 3 minutes of continuous operation and any
subsequent alarms may be silenced immediately. Any attempts to silence the first alarm
during the initial 3 minutes of operation will have no effect on the system.
The Sounder Silence LED will flash when the 3 minutes is lapsed; to indicate alarm
silencing is permit-able. To silence the alarm upon expiry of the initial 3 minutes and any
subsequent alarm, carry out the following procedure:
a) Press “SOUNDER SILENCE” Switch (Amber) (2)
b) Sounder Silence LED becomes steady
c) External alarm bells/sounders silence
d) To silence Alarm Buzzer, press “BUZZER SILENCE” Switch (Black) (1)
e) Panel remains in fire state until reset
001EC FIRE
01 M00Z002 14:49