FireClass FC503 Installation Manual page 6

Delay to Alarm
If a zone generates an alarm during Day Mode, the control
panel starts the Delay to Alarm Time. The Delay to Alarm
status signals are:
•Control panel buzzer; 0.5 seconds of sound at 880 Hz
and then pause for 0.5 seconds.
•Blinking on the Delay to Alarm LED for the first eight
zones only.
•Message ALARM+DLYTIME on the LCD display.
•Activation of respective outputs, if the user enables the
Delay to Alarm option.
Note: If the control panel detects alarm conditions during
Night Mode or from a callpoint, the control panel generates
an instant alarm.
Take the following actions during the Delay to Alarm
status; see Access to signaling and commands.
•Access Level L1: to activate an Evacuation Alarm,
press and hold the Evacuate Key.
•Access Level L2: to stop the Silence disable outputs and
interrupt the Delay to Alarm Time, press the Silence key.
When the Silence LED is on during Silence status, press
the Silence key to release the Silenceable outputs, or
press the Reset key to restore standby status.
If the control panel operates in Night Mode, the control
panel exits from Silence status automatically when the
programmed Silence time expires.
Alarm
When the Delay to Alarm time expires, the control panel
generates an alarm. The Alarm status signals are:
•Control panel buzzer; 0.2 seconds of sound at 3300 Hz
and then 0.2 seconds of pause.
•Alarm LED is on.
•An alarm message on the LCD display.
•Activation of the Fire and SC1 outputs.
•Activation of other outputs including SC2, OC1, or OC2 if
programmed.
During the Alarm status, the following can occur:
•At Access Level 2 you can stop the Silenceable outputs
by pressing the Silence key.
•At Access Level 2 you can press the Reset key and
Silence Buzzer.
Note: Refer to Access to signaling and commands
further information.
During the Silence status when the Silence LED is on, use
the Silence key to release the Silenceable outputs. The
Reset key restores the standby status.
When the programmed Night Mode Silence time expires,
the control panels exits Silence status.
Day and night mode
The control panel can operate in Day or Night Mode. See
the relevant section in the "PC Programming" chapter.
If you silence the system in Day Mode, the Silence status
remains until you unmute the system, provided that no
other alarm incidents occur. If you silence the system
during Night Mode, the Silence status remains until the
Night Mode Silence time expires.
At default, the system is set to Day Mode. During Day
Mode, silenced alarms are not unmuted automatically.
Fault
This control panel can detect and signal the faults shown
in Table
•Control panel buzzer; 1 second of sound at 660 Hz and
pause for 1 second.
•The Fault LED and relative Fault LED is on.
•A Fault message on the LCD display.
•Activation of the Fault output.
•Activation of other outputs including SC2, OC1 or OC2 if
programmed.
The Fault output and any additional programmed fault
outputs automatically restore to standby when fault
conditions clear.
Under certain circumstances, fault conditions may clear
spontaneously. If this occurs, the memory stores the event
until you reset the control panel. Blinking on the Fault LED
signals stored fault events.
Silence
This control panel provides a Silence key that can restore
the Silenceable outputs to Standby status.
When the Silence LED is on, this signals the Silence
status.
The Silence status remains until one of the following
occurs:
•You press the Silence key again
•The programmed Night Mode Silence time expires when
the control panel operates in Night Mode.
•A new alarm condition is detected.
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2. Fault conditions signals are:
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