Handling Abnormal Conditions - Simplex 4100 Operator's Manual

Page 4 SIMPLEX 4100 FIRE INDICATOR PANEL
OPERATOR MANUAL
When a monitor zone or device senses an Alarm condition (heat, smoke, manual call
point), this is relayed to 4100 FIP and displayed on the Operator Interface Panel by
the SYSTEM ALARM LED flashing, tone-alert sounding, and zone alarm LED
turning on. In addition, depending on the nature of the alarm condition, the fire trip
relays will be activated, brigade call relay will turn ON and various programmed
events will occur.
When the 4100 FIP senses a malfunction within the system (loss of power, hardware
failure, zone fault, etc.) a FAULT condition is annunciated, the tone-alert turns on
steady, the fault LED will flash .
All abnormal conditions must be acknowledged by pressing the <ACK> key under
the appropriate flashing LED.
The system has "re-sound" capability. If, after silencing the tone-alert, the system
detects another abnormal condition, the zone with the abnormal condition will be
indicated on the panel's alphanumeric display, the appropriate indicator will again
flash and the tone-alert will sound.
To provide maximum efficiency in performing primary fire alarm functions, the
front panel access door covers all keys except those required for indication and
interaction for emergency situations.

2.0.1 Handling Abnormal Conditions

If an abnormal condition occurs, at least one of the LEDs (alarm, isolate or fault) will
start flashing, and the tone-alert will sound. The panel will display the total number
of abnormal conditions present in the system. At a glance, the user knows how
serious the situation might be by reading the number of abnormal conditions
displayed, such as the one alarm shown below.
***ALARM*** Press ACK to review
ALARMS = 1 ISOLATED = 0 FAULT = 0
The system also creates a "List" when abnormal conditions exist. The list contains
the number of abnormal conditions present in the system. The user pushes the
<ACK> keys to view the abnormal condition list, reviews each condition, silences the
alarms, views the alarm list, restores affected devices, and resets the panel, if
required.
Document No.: 4100-M001 28 March 2006 Issue 1.2