Basic System Description; Overview - Simplex 4100U Operator's Manual

Basic System Description

Overview

Facility-Specific
Control Keys
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The Simplex 4100 Fire Alarm Control Panel (FACP) has three general functions.
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It monitors fire alarm initiating points (smoke detectors, heat detectors, and pull stations).
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It activates fire alarm notification appliances (horns, strobes, audio evacuation messages)
when an initiating point activates.
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It monitors and controls auxiliary building equipment (fan dampers, relays, security devices).
Note: The term point is used extensively throughout this manual. It is a generic term
used to refer to an individual component of the system, such as a single smoke
detector, a single pull station, etc.)
The 4100 operator interface, shown in Figure 1-1, allows a system operator to control and monitor
the facility-specific components connected to the 4100 FACP.
Table 1-1. Components of the Operator Interface
LED/Key
Fire Alarm LED and Fire
Alarm ACK Key
Alarm Silenced LED/Alarm
Silence Key
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Figure 1-1. Operator Interface
Description
The Fire Alarm LED flashes to indicate
the presence of an unacknowledged
alarm condition. Other components of
the system, such as the horns and
strobes, also activate to indicate the
presence of an alarm. The FIRE
ALARM ACK key allows you to indicate
that you have observed the presence
of an alarm.
Pressing the ALARM SILENCE key
provides a means of silencing the
building's audible notification
appliances (horns). The LED indicates
when this key has been used.
1-2
Entry
Keypad
Refer To
Chapter 2
Chapter 2
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