System Design; Equipment Guarantee; Cast Zfp Key Features; En54 Compliance Statement - C-TEC CAST ZFP Installation, Maintenance & Operating Manual

CAST ZFP Analogue Addressable Fire Alarm Panel
1.4

System Design

Fire alarm system design is beyond the scope of this document. A basic understanding of general fire alarm
system components and their use is assumed.
Contact the Fire Officer concerned with the property at an early stage in case he has any special requirements.
We strongly recommend that a suitably qualified and competent person is consulted in connection with the
design of the fire alarm system.
The equipment must be installed, operated and maintained in accordance with these instructions and the
appropriate national, regional or local regulations. If in doubt please consult your distributor.
We recommend you read BS 5839-1, Fire detection and alarm systems for buildings: Code of practice for system
design, installation and maintenance, available at your local reference library or from the BSI. Other national
standards of installation should be referenced where applicable.
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Equipment Guarantee

This equipment is not guaranteed unless the complete installation is installed and commissioned in accordance
with the laid down national, regional or local standards (in the UK BS 5839 Part 1) by an approved and
competent person or organisation.

2 CAST ZFP KEY FEATURES

2.1

EN54 Compliance Statement

The 'out-of-the-box' fire alarm panel is fully compliant with the requirements of EN54-2 (Fire detection and fire
alarm systems, control and indicating equipment) and EN54-4 (Fire detection and fire alarm systems, power supply
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equipment) and is 3 party certified as meeting these standards.
Please note, some of the Key Features listed below, go beyond the scope of EN54-2, i.e. Non-EN54-2
approved. DO NOT affix the EN54 approval label (supplied) to the front of the panel if it has been
configured to operate in a way that would make it non-compliant with the requirements of EN54-2.
Dependant on the model purchased, the CAST ZFP fire alarm control panel includes the following features:
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Certification by the LPCB to EN54 parts 2 and 4
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Full compatibility with C-TEC's CAST® (C-TEC Addressable System Technology) - a powerful,
proprietary communication protocol
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Short-circuit protected loop driver (rated at 450mA, 40V), capable of supporting up to 255 addressable
CAST detectors and CAST call points per loop, with a maximum of 512 detectors / call points per panel.
Each CAST loop device is fitted with a short-circuit isolator
 Three cabinet sizes are available:
Standard – 1 chassis c/w 2 modules (1, 2 or 4 addressable loops)
Medium – 2 chassis c/w 4 modules (1, 2, 4, 6 or 8 addressable loops). Non-EN54-2 approved
Large – 3 chassis c/w 6 modules (1, 2, 4, 6 or 8 addressable loops). Non-EN54-2 approved
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Modular construction
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5A EN 54-4/A2 PSU and battery charger included in all panels
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Up to 17Ah batteries in a standard cabinet, up to 38Ah in the medium and larger cabinets
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4.3 inch, 480 x 272 pixel, 24 Bit, 16M colour LCD touchscreen
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Separate distinct LEDs for mandatory EN 54 indications plus programmable LEDs
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One RS232 port - for ancillary devices, e.g. pagers / DECT telephone systems / Graphics Interface
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Two RS485 ports – one for A-Bus (connects peripheral PCBs), one for Graphics Interface / Diagnostics
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Integrated 'galvanically - isolated' USB connection to a PC running programming tools
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Two independently programmable 1A conventional sounder circuits – monitored
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