http://www.firealarmengineers.com Contents 1. System Overview 2. User responsibilities 3. “First Line” controls and indications 3.1 Panel controls and indications 3.2 Normal operating conditions 3.3 Operation under a fire condition 3.4 Initiating evacuation 3.5 Operation under a fault condition 4. Menu driven software 4.1 Introduction 4.3 Setting the time and date 4.4 Lamp test...
1. System Overview The Clymac ZP system is a microprocessor based fire detection and alarm system. The control panel accepts signals from call points, smoke sensors, heat sensors and interface units. It also has outputs for audible and visual alarm devices together with auxiliary outputs for plant shutdown control.
http://www.firealarmengineers.com 2. User Responsibilities Daily The British Standard code of practice for fire detection and alarm system; BS5839 Part 1 states that the system should be inspected daily to ensure that it is indicating a normal condition and that any previously indicated fault/warning condition has received appropriate attention.
http://www.firealarmengineers.com 3. “First Line” Controls and Indications 3.1 Panel controls and indications This section lists the controls and indicators on the panel and briefly summarises their purpose. Controls Summary The controls are now listed along with a brief note of their function. The control functions are described in the appropriate following sections Control Purpose...
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http://www.firealarmengineers.com SECURITY LEVELS The ACCEPT, RESET, SILENCE ALARMS & SOUND ALARMS keys are all protected from unauthorised use through the use of either a numeric access code or a CONTROLS ON/OFF key switch. If a CONTROLS ON/OFF key switch has been fitted to the control panel then the above four keys can be accessed when the key is in the ON position.
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http://www.firealarmengineers.com Indicators summary The colours of LED indicators have the following interpretations, which follow widely accepted standards. The colour red is only ever displayed in the case of a fire. It is an unambiguous indication of a fire condition. GREEN Green LED’...
http://www.firealarmengineers.com Sound alarms Yellow Indicates that the SOUND ALARMS key has indicator LED been operated Silence alarms Yellow Indicates that the SILENCE ALARMS key has indicator LED been operated Active Alarms Yellow Indicates that sounders/remote alarm/ indicator LEDs extinguishing system are presently active Fault indicator LEDs 6 Yellow Indicates that faults are present on system/zone...
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http://www.firealarmengineers.com 3.3 Under a fire condition When the panels report a “ fire” condition after receiving a signal from an automatic sensor, break glass or interface unit, the following will occur: The Common Fire Indicator flashes • The appropriate Zone LED flashes •...
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http://www.firealarmengineers.com Having entered the individual device display the screen will revert back to the main zonal fire screen after a short delay. If there is more than one fire event from the same zone present, then the MORE keys can be pressed to manually switch between the individual device information with each device occupying a full four lines of information.
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http://www.firealarmengineers.com Canceling the alarm Before the alarms are silenced, the source of the incident should be established. It is assumed in the following descriptions of the operator’ s actions that the SILENCE ALARMS, RESET and ACCEPT keys have been enabled via the CONTROLS ON/OFF key switch or by entering the four digit access code.
http://www.firealarmengineers.com After ensuring the cause of the alarm has been corrected, reset the panel by pressing the RESET key on the central panel. After resetting, the panel will return to normal operating condition, assuming that there are no other events to raise a new alarm and the original cause of the alarm has been removed. The operator should now record the incident in the panel log book.
======== FAULT ===================== The ZP3 control panel will latch each fault condition. This means that even if the cause of the fault is cleared the fault will still be indicated by the system. In order to clear down the fault the fault must be accepted.
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http://www.firealarmengineers.com Having entered the individual device display the screen will revert back to the main zonal fault screen after a short delay. If there is more than one fault event from the same zone present, then the MORE keys can be pressed to manually switch between the individual device information with each device occupying a full four lines of information.
http://www.firealarmengineers.com 4. Menu Driven Software 4.1 Introduction The panel has built in menu driven software that assists in panel configuration (set up), maintenance functions and routine operation procedures and checks. Once selected, menus are shown on the panel display. All menu displays follow the same principles.
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The main menu is the entry point to all of the user operator accessible software functions. The Ë main menu is invoked by pressing the (menu) key. The display will then show the following: The menu items give access to the following types of functions: CLYMAC FIRE SYSTEM 1.Operator 2.Maintenance 3.Set up Operator Routine operation functions.
http://www.firealarmengineers.com 4.2 Setting the time and date This function allows the date and time displayed by the panel to be set. Various panel functions are controlled by the time and date setting, so it is important to regularly check that they are correct.
http://www.firealarmengineers.com 4.3 Lamptest The “ lamptest” facility is used to test the panel front LED’ s and display. The following steps should be followed. Select Operator Menu from the Main Menu giving: Operator Menu. 1. Time & date 2. Reports to display 4.
http://www.firealarmengineers.com 4.4 Isolate menu The isolate menu groups together all functions relating to isolating devices and zones, and isolating outputs. Each device can have one of three isolation states: • De-Isolated • Isolated • Isolated by day (only in Day/Night mode) De-isolated is the normal state for the device in which the panel responds to any events that it generated.
http://www.firealarmengineers.com 4.5.1 Isolate devices (by device) This function is used to isolate and de-isolate individual devices. Step to follow Go to the top level maintenance menu as described in section 4.1 MAINTENANCE MORE 1. Edit disabled 4. Reports to display 2.
http://www.firealarmengineers.com Press HOME to exit the menu. If further devices are to be disabled/enabled then use the up/down arrows to select another device or press the ESC key and enter the four digit address number of the next device to be disabled. Saving…...
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http://www.firealarmengineers.com Enter the three digit address for the zone to be isolated. Alternatively use the MORE or ↵ up/down arrow keys to select the required zone number and press MAINTENANCE: EDIT DISABLED: ZONE > info Zone: 001 = (Enabled 1. Disable 2.
http://www.firealarmengineers.com 4.5.3 View isolated devices This function is used to view which devices are currently isolated Steps to follow A disabled condition is indicated by the yellow disabled LED illuminating prompting the user to operate the DISABLED key. For example: Press the DISABLED key DISABLED (Zones) Total :01...
http://www.firealarmengineers.com If there is more than one disabled event from the same zone present, then the MORE keys can be pressed to manually switch between the individual device information with each device occupying a full four lines of information. If disabled events are present from more than one zone then the top level zone screen will indicate as such.
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http://www.firealarmengineers.com Press 1 for Archives OPERATOR:REPORTSTOPRINTER:ARCHIVE Enter date range: From (00/00/0000) to 12/07/1998 The “ to” date will automatically default to the present date. Enter the date from which the archive printing is to start e.g. 11071998 for 11 July 1998. OPERATOR:REPORTSTOPRINTER:ARCHIVE Enter date range: From (11/07/1998) to 12/07/1998...
http://www.firealarmengineers.com 5. Printer Care The following procedures describe how to install printer cartridges and printer paper in ZP-PR1 printers. 5.1 Installing new printer cartridges The front of the ZP-PR1 printer is depicted in Figure 5.1.1, showing the two control switches referred to as SW1 and SW2. Figure 5.1.1 Printer controls...
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Replacement printer cartridges can be obtained from Clymac as ZP-PRC (product code 24201). To replace a finished printer ribbon cartridge the following steps should be followed. Tear off any paper emerging from the printer. Open printer door by pressing door switch, SW1, to the right.
http://www.firealarmengineers.com 5.2 Installing new printer paper Changing the printer paper takes patience and some fine finger work. Some may find it easier to first remove the printer ribbon as described in section 3.1, and replace it after the paper is in place. The paper is a 57mm wide roll of “ adding machine” type paper. It can be changed by the following procedure (referring to Figure 5.2) Open the printer door by pushing the bottom of SW1 to the right, and giving the door a slight pull if necessary.
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