Starting Time To Investigate; Triggering Alarm Manually - Bosch MPC-xxxx-C Series User Manual

48 en | Fire alarm
If a real fire alarm is detected during the on-site inspection, the alarm must be forwarded to
the fire department; see Triggering alarm manually, page 48. Alternatively, a manual call point
can be triggered at the location.
If it is a false alarm, the triggering detector can be reset or bypassed; see resetting alarm
message or bypassing detectors.
Caution!
Alarm messages from bypassed detectors are no longer displayed; only faults in these
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detectors are displayed.
10.6.2

Starting time to investigate

Caution!
If another alarm is triggered during the verification time (external alarm), the verification time
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is suspended until the queued fire alarms are reset.
If there is the possibility of testing, the following time spans are displayed. The counters count
to zero:
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Caution!
If the time to acknowledge or the time to investigate is exceeded, the alarm is immediately
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forwarded to external stations.
To initiate alarm verification, select Acknowledge within the time shown to confirm the alarm.
Caution!
If the alarm is not confirmed within this time, it will be forwarded to external stations.
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The time to investigate will be displayed. The alarm verification is initiated.
Test the fire alarm onsite within the specified time.
Caution!
If a second alarm is triggered during the alarm verification, all alarm messages are
automatically forwarded to external stations.
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If, after conclusion of the alarm verification, a second alarm comes in — assuming alarm
verification is also possible for this alarm — then a time to investigate is initiated automatically
again.
10.6.3

Triggering alarm manually

Caution!
If, during the check, a real fire alarm is detected, then this alarm to the panel must be
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manually forwarded to external stations such as the fire department. Alternatively, a manual
call point can be triggered at the location.
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Time to acknowledge The alarm must be confirmed within the specified time span.
Time to investigate The alarm must be verified within the specified time span. This time
can be specified differently for each logical zone or detector.
Reset possible in : Time span after which the detector can be reset. For information on
resetting, see Resetting alarm message, page 49.
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