Section 10 - System Test Procedures; Lamp Test; Walk Test; Walk Test  By Group - Simplex 4100 Operating Instructions Manual

NOTE: These procedures should be followed when the system is installed and during periodic testing as required
by code. Check local codes to determine how frequent your system should be tested. Always inform
appropriate personnel that you will be testing the system (city fire department, etc.).

LAMP TEST

The "LAMP TEST" push button on the interface panel is used to determine local lamp failures within the system.
Lamps on the 4100 operator interface panel illuminate along with the five function and acknowledge LEDs and the
local annunciator LEDs (if installed). All segments on the LCD also change to squares. Perform the following
procedures to determine lamp failures.
1. Press the "LAMP TEST" push button. All LEDs should illuminate (lamps should stay illuminated as long as
the push button is depressed). Holding the push button in for more than 3 seconds will test the tone-alert.
2. Perform an individual lamp test on all remote annunciators to include the 24 Point I/O, RCUs, SCUs and
LED/switch modules.
3. Remove and replace defective lamps/LEDs, or call your local Simplex Branch Office for assistance.
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Walk Test

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Walk Test is a software-based function and is programmed to meet customer requirements. The system will pulse
the signals for alarm conditions, then reset. The signals will sound steady for 4 seconds to indicate trouble
conditions, then reset. A silent Walk Test
selected. For Audio systems, the selected speakers will output a spoken message to indicate the zone being tested.
The auto reset/auto acknowledge operation allows for a one-man test without the need for someone at the main
control panel to acknowledge and reset the system. The Walk Test
are inherent to the normal reset procedure, thereby allowing for a faster test. The automatic reset (5 second power
drop) only occurs on the zone that comes in after a configurable time delay (default = 15 seconds). This delay can
be optimally set (with a Programming Unit) for the time it should take for a zone to clear (i.e., magnet vs. smoke
tester).
If an alarm condition is detected from a zone that is not in the present active Walk Test
operate as a fire alarm panel and active Walk Test
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out for the Walk Test mode. If no zone within the active Walk Test
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will abort the Walk Test mode and return to normal.
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Walk Test BY GROUP
The 4100 will support up to eight Walk Test
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Walk Test , and allows the rest of the building to be protected by the fire alarm panel. Each group has a list of monitor
zones and signal circuits which activate when selected.
If you select the Walk Test
mode is enabled.
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Whenever a Walk Test group is aborted, manually or automatically, the panel will sound the abort signal (three sets
of two short pulses) to indicate that group is going back into service. If a control point in the list is already active
(because of an abnormal condition), it is not used to signal the abort. The group is placed into normal operation 60
seconds after the abort signal is heard. This delay protects against an unwanted alarm should an automatic abort
occur while a device is being tested.
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SYSTEM TEST PROCEDURES
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may be performed (no signals will sound) and logging of events may be
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groups are aborted. The system has an automatic abort or time-
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groups. This allows the building to be divided into small portions for the
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by group mode, a system trouble will be reported to remind you that the Walk Test
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mode also bypasses many of the delays that
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group is activated within 8 hours, the system
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group, the system will
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