Mircom FA-301-12LDW Installation And Operation Manual page 40

Indicators, Controls and Operations
Water Flow Alarm (Water flow Sensors)
Water Flow Alarms are identical to normal Non-Verified Alarms except that any indicating circuits programmed to
these circuits (all are by default) are Non-Silenceable. Also, if Water Flow Retard Operation is enabled, these
circuits are sampled every one second. If ten samples are active within any 15-second interval, the Water flow Alarm
is confirmed and processed. An alarm condition causes the associated Circuit Status LED and the Common Alarm
LED to illuminate red.
Note: Do not use Retard Operation with any external retarding device; maximum retard may not exceed
120 seconds.
Sprinkler Alarm (for Sprinkler Flow Sensors)
Sprinkler Alarms are identical to normal Non-Verified Alarms unless Water flow retard operation is enabled. If Water
Flow Retard Operation is enabled, then these circuits are sampled every one second. If ten samples are active
within any 15-second interval, the Sprinkler Alarm is confirmed and processed. An Alarm condition causes the
associated Circuit Status LED and the Common Alarm LED to illuminate red.
Note: Do not use Retard Operation with any external retarding device; maximum retard may not exceed
120 seconds.
General Alarm
The General Alarm provides remote general alarm for remote key switches. In a two-stage system these inputs
perform exactly the same function as the Front Panel or Remote Annunciator General Alarm button. In a single
stage system, these inputs act the same as Non-Verified Alarms; however, if Correlations are enabled, General
Alarm Initiating Circuits are correlated to ALL indicating circuits.
Non-Latching Supervisory (For Supervisory Circuits)
Activation on these circuits will cause the Circuit Status LED and the amber Common Supervisory LED to illuminate.
The buzzer will sound at fast rate. If the circuit activation is removed, the Supervisory condition will clear (as long as
there are no other Supervisory conditions in the system) and the Circuit Status LED will turn off.
Latching Supervisory (For Supervisory Devices)
Activation on these circuits will cause the Circuit Status LED and the amber Common Supervisory LED to illuminate.
The buzzer will sound at fast rate. If the circuit activation is removed, the Supervisory condition will NOT clear.
Monitor
This is a supervised general-purpose non-latching input used mainly for correlating to a relay circuit. No other
system condition occurs as a result of its activation (short-circuit), although it is supervised for Trouble (open-circuit).
Trouble-Only
The Trouble-Only circuit monitors a Trouble Condition from an external device such as QX-5000 Audio System.
Both open and short circuits generate a non-latching Trouble condition.
Indicating (Signal) Circuits Types
Silenceable Signal
The Silenceable Signal circuit is used for audible devices such as bells and piezo mini-horns that may be silenced
either manually or automatically. While sounding, these devices follow the pattern appropriate for the condition: the
configured Evacuation Code (default is Temporal Code) during Single-Stage Alarm or Two-Stage General Alarm, or
the Alert Code during the alert (first) stage of a two-stage alarm.
Non-Silenceable Signal
The Non-Silenceable Signal Circuit is used for audible devices such as bells and piezo mini-horns that may not be
silenced either manually or automatically. While sounding, these devices follow the pattern appropriate for the
condition: the configured Evacuation Code (default is Temporal Code) during Single-Stage Alarm or Two-Stage
General Alarm, or the Alert Code during the alert (first) stage of a two-stage alarm.
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