Basic System Description; Overview - Simplex 4010ES Operator's Manual

Basic System Description

Overview

The Simplex 4010ES Fire Alarm Control Panel (FACP) has three general functions.
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The 4010ES operator interface, shown in Figure 1-1, allows a system operator to control and monitor
the facility-specific components connected to the 4010ES FACP.
Facility-Specific
Control Keys
and LEDs
It monitors fire alarm initiating points (for example, smoke detectors, heat detectors, and pull
stations).
It activates fire alarm notification appliances (horns, strobes, audio evacuation messages) when
an initiating point activates.
It monitors and controls auxiliary building equipment (fan dampers, relays, security devices).
The term "point" is used extensively throughout this manual. It is a generic term used to refer
to an individual component of the system, such as a single smoke detector, a single pull
station, etc.). Some devices may take up multiple points in a system.
Table 1-1. Components of the Operator Interface
LED/Key
ALARMS Keys and
LEDs
ALARM SILENCED
LED/ALARM SILENCE
Key
Figure 1-1. Operator Interface
Description
The ALARMS LEDs - FIRE and
PRORITY2 - indicate the presence of
an unacknowledged alarm condition.
Other components of the system,
such as the horns and strobes, also
activate to indicate the presence of
an alarm. The FIRE ALARM ACK
and PRIORITY2 ACK keys allow an
operator to acknowledge the
presence of an alarm.
Pressing the ALARM SILENCE key
provides a means of silencing the
building's audible notification
appliances (horns). The LED
indicates when this key has been
used.
1-2
Entry
Keypad
Refer To
Chapter 2
Chapter 2
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