Alarm Acknowledgement Facility; Disable Routing Equipment By Door Switch; Alarm Reset Method - Panasonic Firetracker FT1020G3 CIE Technical And Programming Manual

21.1.3.2

Alarm Acknowledgement Facility

Note: Used in conjunction with the Brooks Alarm Acknowledgement Module AAM.
See also chapter "Alert Annunciation Applications
Alarm Acknowledgement Facility (AAF)", page 115.
Investigation period (IP) time: 3 min.
3 is default. 1-3 is possible.
Acknowledge period (AP) time: 60 sec.
60 is default. 10-60 is possible.
21.1.3.3

Disable routing equipment by door switch

Valid for the following Control Unit outputs for routing equipment:
Fire alarm (for Fire brigade TX)
Fault condition (for Fault TX)


all C.U's.

In the display (or via menu H4/U1) is shown (xx = C.U. number):
Fire alarm routing disabled (by open door in CU xx)
Note: Disable routing equipment via cabinet door must not be used in Australia. The
routing equipment can be disabled (isolated) from the ASE.
21.1.3.4

Alarm reset method

One of the following alternatives can be selected.

pressing the "Reset" button once (on the CIE front). This option must be
selected.

the middle of the Control Unit display will be reset by pressing the "Reset" button
once. Any other fire alarm has to be reset individually, one by one.
This function is a violation to the AS7240.2 standard and should not be used.

Disablement function (see below) as well.
This function is a violation to the AS7240.2 standard and should not be used.
Disablement function: If an alarm point or zone is reset while it is still in alarm state (e.g.
smoke in a smoke detector or a manual call point with a broken glass) this unit will be
In software version ≥ V2.2.0, the alarm acknowledgement facility is called local alarm acknowledgement and used in
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conjunction with Panasonic LAU instead of Brooks AAM however, the function is typical in both applications.
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Disable routing equipment via the door open is not permitted in the AU or NZ conventions. Disabling the routing equipment
must be done via the ASE.
None (default): Door open in a C.U. will not disable these outputs.
Any Control Unit door: Door open in any C.U. will disable these outputs in
Any door: Door open in any C.U. will disable these outputs in all C.U's.
All (default): All fire alarms in the system will be reset simultaneously by
Single: One fire alarm in the system, i.e. the fire alarm shown in the field in
Single with Automatic Disablement: Same as "Single" reset but with the
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