Wiring Devices To Zones 1-5 - First Alert FA2000C Installation And Setup Manual

supplied. Do not connect to telephone company lines, which provide ground start service.
DO NOT connect both outputs to the same telephone line. A secondary phone line is required in case of primary
phone line failure.
To prevent the risk of shock disconnect the telephone lines at the Telco jack prior to servicing this control.
If the control is connected to a PBX telephone line, make sure that the PBX system has a backup power supply that
can support it for at least 24 hours (central station usage) or 60 hours (remote station usage). Many PBX systems
DO NOT have power backup and will cause communication failures when power is lost.
Enabling the Dialer Outputs
To enable the dialer outputs, entries must be made in field 79. Enter 1 in the first entry space to enable main dialer.
Enter 1 in the second entry space to enable backup dialer.
Telephone Line Supervision
The supervision circuits on both the main and backup dialer outputs will indicate a fault when the tip/ring voltage falls
below 2 volts, provided that their supervisory zones are enabled (zones 11 and 12, respectively). Enable these zones in
field 56 and assign a response type of 19 (24-hr. trouble).
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In fire installations, both outputs must be configured for line fault supervision.
Dialer Operation
When only the main dialer is enabled (1, 0 in field 79), the FA2000C will attempt to route all calls over the main
output. When both main and back-up dialers are enabled (1,1 in field 79), the FA2000C will attempt to route all calls
over the main output unless a fault is detected, at which time it will attempt to use the back-up output. Line faults will
light the line fault indicator and, if a keypad is installed, will result in a zone 11 main dialer fault or zone 12 back-up
dialer fault display.
The control will make up to ten attempts to transmit a report. (Ten attempts will be made to primary number when only
this number is programmed. Otherwise, five attempts will be made to the primary number followed by five attempts to
the secondary number when both numbers are programmed.)
After the tenth attempt, if the message is not transmitted successfully, the control will hang-up and will light the built-
in Comm Fail indicator. A Comm Fail message is also displayed at the keypads (if installed).
The system will not switch to the backup dialer unless it detects a fault (less than 2 volts) on the main telephone
line. This means that if a report does not go through on the main phone line due to a programming error, the
backup dialer will not be activated.
The FA2000C will transmit reports in the following order: alarms (fire, emergency), fire supervisories and troubles, then
the remaining types of messages.
Reporting Formats
The system supports ADEMCO Low Speed 3+1; 4+1; 4+2; Sescoa/Radionics 3+1; 4+1; 4+2; ADEMCO 4+2 Express;
ADEMCO Contact ID formats.

Wiring Devices to Zones 1-5

The maximum zone resistance is 300 ohms for zones 1-4, and 100 ohms for zone 5 (excluding the 2K EOL
resistor).
When used as a slave DACT for a listed FACP, wire the FACP's alarm, supervisory and trouble contacts to the
FA2000C's hardwired zones (terminals 9-16). Fire alarm initiating devices such as smoke detectors should be wired to
the FACP and not the FA2000C. When used as a stand alone control, wire alarm initiating devices to the FA2000C's
hardwired zones. See the summary of connections diagram.
Section 2 – Installing the Control
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