Simplex 4100ES Operator's Manual page 59

W alk Test™ Overview
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O verview
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I mportant Notes
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WalkTest allows the function of the system's initiating devices and signals to be tested by a single
person. Conducting a WalkTest requires you to perform the following steps.
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Step 1. Create WalkTest Groups. The FACP supports up to eight Walk Test™ groups.
This allows the building to be divided into small portions for the Walk Test™, and allows the
rest of the building to be protected by the fire alarm panel. Each group has a list of monitor
points (initiating devices) and a list of the signal circuits that activate when one of the group's
control points activates.
Refer to Chapter 9 of the ES Panel Programmer's Manual (574-849) for information on
adding monitor points (initiating devices) and signals/relays to a WalkTest group.
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Step 2. Enable WalkTest Options from Front Panel. These options include the
following. Refer to the "Setting WalkTest Options" later in this section for information on
setting these options.
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Which WalkTest Group is enabled.
Whether the group's signals turn on when a monitor point in the same group activates.
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Turn this option on (along with the WalkTest logging option) to perform a silent
WalkTest on the system.
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Whether logging of WalkTest information is enabled or not. (Enable this option to
perform a silent WalkTest.)
Step 3. Manually Activate Initiating Devices in Each Group and Interpret Signals.
Individually activate each initiating device in the group, using a magnet or canned smoke.
Make sure to proceed in a logical manner (i.e., start with the lowest IDNet or MAPNET
address and work toward the highest). Each time you activate an initiating device, the
system's signals pulse a code that allows you to verify exactly which initiating device
triggered the signals. For hardwired monitor zones, the signal code corresponds to the
number of the zone. (For example, if the zone number is eight, the signals pulse eight times
to indicate zone eight.) For IDNet and MAPNET devices, the first set of pulses from the
signals correspond to the channel. The signals then pauses momentarily and the second set of
pulses correspond to the number of the device on the channel. For example, if you activate an
IDNet smoke detector with an address of M1-25, the signals would sound once to indicate
channel one, pause for a short duration, and then sound 2 times pause, and then sound 5 times
to indicate device 25.
In some cases, immediately after verifying the function of an initiating device, you may also
want to verify its ability to generate a trouble condition. To do this, cause a trouble on the
device (i.e., remove the sensor from a TrueAlarm device), and then listen to the signals. The
signals sound steady for 4 seconds to indicate trouble conditions, and then reset.
Signals and initiating devices (with the exception of pull stations) automatically acknowledge and automatically
reset, allowing for one-man testing without the need for someone at the main control panel to acknowledge and
reset the system each time an initiating device and its associated signals activate.
A silent Walk Test™ may be performed (no signals will sound) and logging of events may be selected. Refer to
"Setting WalkTest Options" below for additional information.
If an alarm condition is detected from a zone that is not in the present active Walk Test™ group, the system will
operate as a fire alarm panel and the active Walk Test™ groups are aborted.
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