FIRECLASS Fire detection system Contents Contents Introduction ......................5 Keywords and symbols ....................5 Who this Manual is for ....................5 What this Manual does not cover...................5 Read the Installation Notes ................6 Note Safety Warnings ..................6 FC702/708/718 panels ..................6 Mounting a FC702/708/718 panel to the wall ..............6 Connect the Mains Cable and Protective Earths............11 Install the Loops....................11 Run and Temporarily Connect the Loops ..............11...
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Contents FIRECLASS Fire detection system 14.1 Decide on a Layer Order....................36 14.2 Set the S2 DIP Switches ....................36 14.3 Mounting the IOB800 and FB800 boards ..............36 14.3.1 IOB800 Input Output Expansion Card Details ..................38 14.4 FB800 Fused 24V Outputs Board Details ..............40 14.4.1 Mount the Units in the Slot Card Cage ....................
Introduction Introduction What this Manual does not Use this guide as a source of useful information when you install a FireClass FC700 series based alarm sys- cover tem. The guide does not provide information on the follow- The guide sets out a recommended series of steps to ing: follow.
Note that the battery size has an impact on the housing weight. FC702/708/718 panels The FireClass FC700 series FC702/708/718 range con- – Hold the mounting plate up to the wall and mark sists of the following panels: on the wall a position for the upper mounting ...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Mounting a FC702/708/718 panel to the wall – Tighten the four screws until the panel is fitted securely. – Remove any debris from the housing. Fig. 1: Fixing the FC702/718/708 panel mounting plate 149.5 Fig. 2: FC702S - Mounting plate fixing and overall dimensions in mm 1 –...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Mounting a FC702/708/718 panel to the wall 214.5 Fig. 3: FC702D, FC718D and FC708D panels - Mounting plate fixing and overall dimensions in mm 1– Mounting frame holes Installation Guide Doc. version 2.0...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Mounting a FC702/708/718 panel to the wall Fig. 4: Fitting the FC702D or FC718/708 panel housing to the deep cover mounting plate - front view Fig. 5: Fitting the FC702D or FC718/708 panel housing to the deep cover mounting plate - rear view Installation Guide Doc.
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Mounting a FC702/708/718 panel to the wall Fig. 6: Fitting the FC702S panel housing to the shallow cover mounting plate - front view Fig. 7: Fitting the FC702S panel housing to the shallow cover mounting plate - rear view Installation Guide Doc.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Connect the Mains Cable and Protective Earths Connect the Mains Cable or high impedance to earth. In these cases, a local low impedance protective earth is required. and Protective Earths 6 Re-fit the PSU Mains connector cover. DANGER 7 Make sure system 0 V is not connected to the earth, Danger of death or serious injury.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Make Insulation Checks 2 At the control panel, feed the loop cables through 2 Ensure your insulation checks will be at 500 V (set the appropriate knockouts. Use suitable cable glands your meter accordingly). as needed. To maintain IP30 pass test status, use a 3 Make the usual insulation measurements.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install the Batteries Install the Batteries NOTICE Ensure that the battery complies with the following: t is of the valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) type. It has an enclosure with flammability class UL94V-1 or better. ...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install the Batteries - FC700 series Fig. 12: Battery installation - FC700 series (deep housing) the red cable to positive and the black cable to neg- ative. 2 Place the batteries at bottom of the control panel housing.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Mounting Repeater Panels 7 Label the batteries with the current date. Fig. 13: Battery installation on a FC702S panel (shallow housing) – Drill a hole to accept the supplied wall plug and insert the plug. Mounting Repeater Panels –...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Mounting Repeater Panels – Hang the repeater on the loose screws and screw 5 Remove debris from the housing. the bottom two bolts. 6 To connect the repeaters, refer to “Install FCZ4x or – Tighten the four screws until the panel is fitted FCZ8x Zonal Indicators”...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Connect repeaters Fig. 15: FC1DS FireClass Compact DC Repeater - Overall and Fixing Dimensions. Connect repeaters 3 Connect an Ethernet cable to the switch. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the connector The FC1DS and FC8AS repeaters connect to the sys- marked ‘XP15 ETH’...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Connect repeaters 5 Configure the Ethernet switch as described in its instruction leaflet. Fig. 16: Mounting a FC8AS repeater with an Ethernet Switch 1– Earth cable screw (optional) 7.1.2 FC1DS Compact Repeater connection FC-FI Power GUI (Graphical User Terminals Interface)- Power Terminals...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install the batteries - FC8AS – Ethernet cable from XP15 on the FC-FI card. on top of the PSU). There are two of each type of ter- minal – use either one. Connect the red cable to pos- –...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Provide Installation Records Fig. 17: Batteries for the FC8AS repeater Provide Installation Records 2 Make sure all power and signal cables are neatly routed and arranged in the housings. Make sure you provide the site personnel with all rele- 3 Make sure all the earth cables are connected vant information, such as cable routing diagrams and securely.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install the FC-FI - Field Interface Board Install the FC-FI - Field Interface Board Fig. 18: FC-FI - Field Interface Board. Installation Guide Doc. version 2.0...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Make Local FC-FI Board Connections 10.1 Make Local FC-FI Board Connections 10.2 Connect Local Sounders “Local sounders” are sounders connected directly to the FC-FI board, as opposed to sounders on the NOTICE addressable loop. There is a danger of signal interference Connect the sounders as shown in Fig.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Connect Supervised Inputs – – – – – Fig. 19: FC-FI - Inputs and Outputs. The labels are as printed on the PCB. 1 – ALARM relay. Shown in the "normal" position (no alarm). 2 – FAULT relay. Shown in the "normal" position (no fault). 3 –...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Check the FC-FI Connections 10.4 Check the FC-FI Connections The FC-FI connections are shown in Fig. 20. Not all of these are covered in this guide. For the numbered items ‘2’ and ‘3’, these should have been connected in earlier steps, (which cross-references to this figure).
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Note FC-FI Switches and Jumper Positions 10.5 Note FC-FI Switches and PCB Label Function Jumper Positions Terminals: 24V and 5V Power for Third Party Cards The FC-FI board has many connectors, jumpers and configuration switches. These are used, for example, Terminals: 24V and 5V Power when diagnosing problems and when configuring the for Third Party Cards)
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Make Jumper and DIP Switch Settings 10.6.1 Configuration of a FC700 series panel RBus interface The GUI and panel both have built in terminating resis- tors, so external terminating resistors should not be fit- The routing of the RBus is controlled by the DIP ted to the panel.
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Make Jumper and DIP Switch Settings Jumper OPEN J1 – Relay 3 Normally Open Normally Closed J2 – Relay 4 Normally Open Normally Closed J3 – MCPU Watchdog Active (MCPU in reset) Enabled Enabled J4 – LIOMCU Watchdog Active (LIOMCU in reset) Disabled Enabled...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Changing a Fuse on the FC-FI 10.7 Changing a Fuse on the FC-FI RL4 activated by ALARM The FC-FI has seven user changeable fuses. See Table Position 3 13 for more information. Enabled CAUTION Table 11: FC-FI - RL4 relay activated by ALARM setting (cont.) Ensure that you turn the panel off before * Default changing fuses.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Obtain Slot Card Addresses Install the PLX800 - Loop Expansion Card Fig. 22: Slot card installation 11.1 Obtain Slot Card Addresses When you install slot cards as described in later sec- Fig. 23: PLX800 Loop Expansion Card tions of this guide, you may need to set the addressing 1 –...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install the PLX800 - Loop Expansion Card 7 From the card remove the loop connector plugs (Item 1 in Fig. 23). 8 Insert the card into the appropriate slot in a slot card cage (see Fig. 22). This may be in the main panel housing, or in an expansion housing.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system PLX800 Loop Expansion Card Details 12.1 PLX800 Loop Expansion Card Details Item Function Boot Mode jumper Watchdog Options jumper DIP switch (Internal N-BUS address) Reset button Slot backplane (Internal NBUS) connec- Debug Port (RS232) connector Auxiliary JTAG port for Loop micropro- cessor Auxiliary JTAG port for CPLD Rheostat for loop 40V adjustment...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install the PNI800 - Network Interface Card Install the PNI800 - Network State Condition Interface Card Blinking On/Off Firmware update mode 0.1seconds /0.9 seconds Install any PNI800 Network Interface Slot Cards accord- Blinking On/Off Configuration mode ing to the steps below.
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install the PNI800 - Network Interface Card SW1 Position Network Baud Rate Item Function See Table 19. 9600 See Table 20, 21, 22, and 19200 See Table 24, 25, 26, and 38400 57600 See Table 28 and 29. 76800 See Table 30.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install IOB800 and FB800 boards Install IOB800 and FB800 Left Middle Right boards IOB800 or FB800 IOB800 IOB800 Older style boards such as the IOB800 and the FB800 FB800 IOB800 are mounted using a dedicated slot card adapter (the slot card adapter differs between panel types).
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Mounting the IOB800 and FB800 boards three of these boards can be fitted. Ensure that you fit the larger boards (such as the PNI800) before small boards (IOB and FB800). Refer to Fig. 28 and complete these steps: 1 The larger type of boards are supplied with a plastic bezel that must be removed in this arrangement.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Mounting the IOB800 and FB800 boards FC702S Fig. 28: Mounting Boards on a Panel 1 – Pillars 2 – Screws 3 – Adapter plate Item Function Open Collector outputs 1 to 8, inputs 1 to 8 14.3.1 IOB800 Input Output Expansion Card and power +5V connector.
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Mounting the IOB800 and FB800 boards S1 Position Setting Activation by Emergency Alarm 1. (XT3.1,2,3Relay_1) OFF * / ON Disabled / Enabled 2. (XT3.4,5,6Relay_2) OFF * / ON Disabled / Enabled 3. (XT3.7,8,9Relay_3) OFF * / ON Disabled / Enabled 4.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system FB800 Fused 24V Outputs Board Details 14.4 FB800 Fused 24V Outputs Board Details Fig. 30: FB800 Terminal Positions 3 Connect the IOB ribbon cable to the connector on Connector Function the FC-FI main board marked ‘XP3 IOBUS’ – this is Power 24V fused Outputs 1 to 5 on the right hand of the FC-FI board, about one third down from the top.
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system FB800 Fused 24V Outputs Board Details Fig. 31: FB800 and IOB800 - Fitting to Backplane Cage Installation Guide Doc. version 2.0...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install CCU3 and MOXA modules Fig. 32: FB800 and IOB800 - Fitting to FC700 series panels - Part 2 1 – Iron mounting plate 2 – Screw for fixing the iron mounting plate 3 – Second position (second IOB800) 4 –...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Fit DIN Rail Modules 15.1.1 Fitting a DIN Rail in a FC702D or 2 Fit a washer (item 2 in Fig. 33) through the screw FC718/708 panel and fasten with a nut (item 3 in Fig. 33). 3 Repeat to fit the other screws.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install FCZ4x or FCZ8x Zonal Indicators Install FCZ4x or FCZ8x Zonal FCZ8DS (FireClass 80 Zone Display) Details The LEDs are divided between ‘Part A’ and ‘Part B’, with Indicators 40 LEDs each. Part A has its lowest address Bit.0 = 0 and Part B has its lowest Address Bit.0 = 1 on the I2C At this stage, install any FCZ4x (40 LEDs) or FCZ8x zonal BUS.
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Install FCZ4x or FCZ8x Zonal Indicators FIRECLASS Fire detection system SW100 Address-Part B SW100 Dimming Part B Position 3 and 4 Position 6 Binary coded address Enable SW100.3=Bit.1 SW100.4=Bit.2 OFF * Disable OFF * ON=0 Table 43: FCZ8DS - Dimming setting-Part B OFF=1 * Default.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Binary DIP Switch Lookup Table Item Function X500 FC-FI interface connector X501 Left FCNET / N-BUS (RS485) and Power (24V) terminals X502 Right MXNET / N-BUS (RS485) and Power (24V) terminals X503 Bypass Jumper for +24V* X504 Bypass Jumper for GND* X601...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Binary DIP Switch Lookup Table Position Position Position Position 1..8 1..8 1..8 1..8 10100100 01010010 11110110 00000000 01100100 11010010 00001110 10000000 11100100 00110010 10001110 01000000 00010100 10110010 01001110 11000000 10010100 01110010 11001110 00100000 10100000 01010100 11110010 00101110 11010100 00001010...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Binary DIP Switch Lookup Table Position Position Position 1...8 1...8 1...8 00101001 10011101 01111011 10101001 01011101 11111011 01101001 11011101 00000111 11101001 00111101 10000111 00011001 10111101 01000111 10011001 01111101 11000111 01011001 11111101 00100111 11011001 00000011 10100111 00111001 10000011 01100111 10111001...
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120.515.867_FC-FC700-P-I, doc. version 2.0, 10. December 2020 Further information about FIRECLASS can be found on the Internet at Company stamp...
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