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Simplex TFX-500M Operator's Manual

Simplex TFX-500M Operator's Manual

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  • Page 1 A U T O C A L L TFX-500M & TFX-800M Fire Control System Operator's Manual firealarmresources.com...
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  • Page 3 AUTOCALL TFX-500M and TFX-800M Fire Control System Operator’ s Manual Publication Number 850516 835 Sharon Drive Issue 3, Revision A, September 1997 Westlake, Ohio 44145 INTERNATIONAL LTD. COMPANY firealarmresources.com...
  • Page 4 AUTOCALL systems are designed to meet your most demanding and unusual requirements. Each system installation becomes a unique, custom application. Accordingly, this manual is intended only as a general guide to the operation of the AUTOCALL TFX-500M and TFX-800M family of fire protection systems and is subject to change without notice.
  • Page 5 Preface About This Manual... This manual is intended for use by those responsible for operating the Autocall TFX-500M and TFX-800M family of fire control systems. The manual provides general instructions for operating an Autocall TFX-500M or TFX-800M fire control panel.
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  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Section 1. Quick Response ........1.1.
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  • Page 9: Quick Response

    Read this section to identify and respond to alarm and trouble conditions. The section also describes how to accept (acknowledge) alarms, silence and reset the panel. Silencing, resetting, and operating the AUTOCALL TFX-500M and AUTOCALL TFX-800M fire alarm system requires the use of the special key.
  • Page 10 P. PANEL SILENCE touch-button G. NO/DELETE touch-button Q. ALARM SILENCE touch-button H. SCROLL UP touch-button R. SYSTEM RESET touch-button I. SCROLL DOWN touch-button S. DRILL touch-button J. YES/ENTER touch-button T. LAMP TEST Figure 1--2 AUTOCALL TFX-500M Fire Control Panel. firealarmresources.com...
  • Page 11 TFX-800M POWER 23 JAN 94 22:17:02 PANEL SILENCE FIRE TROUBLE ALARM SILENCE SUPERVISORY SYSTEM RESET DELETE ENTER DRILL ENABLE FAST LAMP QUIT ACCESS TEST LAMP TEST A. FIRE ALARM LED----red K. POWER LED----green B. TROUBLE LED----yellow L. QUIT touch--button C. SUPERVISORY LED----yellow M.

  • Page 12: Quick Response- Fire Alarms

    Your company or facility should have fire response guidelines. In case of a FIRE emergency, follow those procedures. Here is what you will observe at the AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M Fire Control Panel in case of a FIRE alarm. FIRE ALARM SYSTEM INDICATOR...

  • Page 13: Quick Response- Supervisory

    TEST Figure 1--5 (a) SUPERVISORY Indicators, (b) display SUPERVISORY message. What You do What happens Look at the AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M Yellow SUPERVISORY LED light. control panels to see SUPERVISORY lights Buzzer sounds a pulsing tone. and messages. Listen for SUPERVISORY Display gives SUPERVISORY message.

  • Page 14: Quick Response- Trouble

    TEST Figure 1--6 (a) TROUBLE and Zone Trouble Indicators, (b) display TROUBLE message. What You do What happens Look at the AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M Yellow TROUBLE LED light. control panels to see TROUBLE lights and Yellow ZONE TROUBLE LED(s) light. messages. Listen for TROUBLE signals.

  • Page 15: Quick Response- Accept (Acknowledge) Alarms

    1.4. Quick Response— Accept (Acknowledge) Alarms Before you silence the alarms or reset the system, you should “ accept”(acknowledge) the event at the control panel. POWER OPERATOR DISPLAY MODULE 23 JAN 94 22:17:02 PANEL SILENCE FIRE TROUBLE ALARM SILENCE SUPERVISORY DELETE ENTER SYSTEM RESET DRILL...

  • Page 16: Quick Response- Alarm Silence

    AUTOCALL TFX Fire Control System Operator’ s Manual 1.5. Quick Response— Alarm Silence After you see a FIRE alarm, find the cause of the alarm. Then respond in accordance with your facility’ s emergency response guidelines. Finally, SILENCE the signalling appliances, as described below. PRESS PANEL SILENCE TO SILENCE BUZZER POWER...

  • Page 17: Quick Response- System Reset

    LAMP ACCESS QUIT TEST Figure 1--9 Resetting the AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M fire alarm system. To reset the system: Accept events. Insert the key and turn the keyswitch to Enable (12 o” clock position) position. Press ALARM SILENCE to silence the signalling appliances.
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  • Page 19: Detailed Operating Instructions

    This section describes AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M controls and indicators and details how the AUTOCALL TFX-500M and AUTOCALL TFX-800M function during normal operation. 2.1. Controls and Indicators Look at the front of a AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M control panels. They contain system condition indicators, zone condition indicators, a message display, touch-pad, and keyswitch. 2.1.1. Keyswitch A two-position keyswitch, with positions Off and Enable gives access to important panel functions.

  • Page 20: Data Entry Touch-Buttons

    AUTOCALL TFX Fire Control System Operator’ s Manual Non-Addressable point LBO S1 NOTE: The last line of the display shows the absolute system address of the DRILL touch-button, followed by the number of outstanding events. TEST— Pressing TEST causes all the front panel LEDs and the internal buzzer to be operated for a few seconds.

  • Page 21: Indicators

    A Remote Ops/Dis panel allows the AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M control panel to be operated from a remote location. The front panel of the Remote Ops/Dis panel is identical to that of the AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M (see Figure 1.2 or 1.3). It shows the state of the system and all AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M functions may be performed at the Remote Ops/Dis panel.

  • Page 22: Access Levels

    Once the power-up sequence has completed, this message should not be seen because the AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M is connected to AC power. It also has battery backup power to provide an uninterrupted power supply. Under normal operating conditions (that is, when there are no events present in the system) the display shows the date and time.
  • Page 23 General event When an event occurs it is saved in the event log. To view a list of only those events which are outstanding (have not been accepted), perform the following: Enter your passcode or emergency-access passcode. Display will show: Do you wish to accept events? Press YES/ENTER ,...

  • Page 24: Multiple Events

    2.4.1. Event Priority The AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M control panel gives alarms priority over trouble conditions. If a trouble condition is present in the system when a FIRE alarm is received, the system will respond as follows: The yellow System TROUBLE LED will remain on, but Zonal TROUBLE LEDs will go out.

  • Page 25: Alarm Verification

    The system shall provide means to bypass the positive alarm sequence. 2.7. Fault Overflow When there are multiple fault conditions in the TFX-500M/800M system (more than 15), a “ Fault Overflow”condition occurs. When this happens, individual trouble/fault information may not be reliable until the fault overflow condition is removed.
  • Page 26 AUTOCALL TFX Fire Control System Operator’ s Manual Warning: Do not allow a fire control panel to remain in a Trouble condition. The fire control system may not respond properly to a fire alarm condition. Contact yourl Fire Protection Systems representative or Technical Services, 835 Sharon Drive, Westlake, Ohio 44145 (440) 871--9900 if Fault Overflow condition occurs.

  • Page 27: Tfx-500/800 Functions

    Section 3. TFX-500M/800M Functions The functions available to you on the AUTOCALL TFX-500M or AUTOCALL TFX-800M control panel will depend upon your passcode level (see “ Access Levels,”Section 2.3.1). The system is usually in the “ Standby”mode (displaying the date and time). Entering a passcode gives the user access to the Main Menu shown in Figure 3.1.

  • Page 28: View Unrestored Events

    AUTOCALL TFX Fire Control System Operator’ s Manual Table 3--1 Main Menu Fast Access Codes Code Menu Step Code Menu Step Do you want to accept Do you want to test 0001 0030 events? system? View Unrestored Do you want to isolate 0009 0040 Events?

  • Page 29: View System Statuses Menu

    Do you want to view the log? Newest Log Display event first? N or Oldest Log Display event first? N or Highest priority Log Display event first? N or View system Next Menu statuses? Figure 3--3 View Log menu options sequence. Note: The last line of the display shows the absolute system address of the source of the event.
  • Page 30 AUTOCALL TFX Fire Control System Operator’ s Manual View system statuses? View system Status Display Zones Alarm St? N or View System Status Display Zones Trouble St? N or View system Status Display Zones Isol. St? N or View system Status Display Common Alarm St? N or...

  • Page 31: Set Clock Menu

    View Common Disabled Status------The Common Disabled status of the system may be viewed. A “ 1”indicates that a Common Disabled condition exists (a point is isolated or a function is disabled), a “ 0”indicates that it does not. Pressing QUIT will exit the “ View System Statuses”option, and move to the Set Clock menu option on the Main Menu. The Common Disabled Status display is in the following format: Common Disa.

  • Page 32: Test System Menu

    AUTOCALL TFX Fire Control System Operator’ s Manual Enter day: Now you need to enter a code for the day of the week. Use the following table to choose the number that corresponds to the day of the week. Then press YES/ENTER Number Sunday Monday...
  • Page 33 Do not quit the solo test function while devices are still in an alarm condition. (That is, if the key has not been removed from a pullstation, or detectors still contain smoke). If you do, the AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M panel will immediately signal an alarm.

  • Page 34: Isolate Menu

    The Solo test function will automatically terminate one hour after the solo test is completed, if not ter- minated manually. If an alarm occurs during the solo test, the function will be automatically terminated and the AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M panel will respond as described in Section 1.1, “ Quick Response------Alarm.”...
  • Page 35 Select the “ Isolate Zone”option from the menu. A flashing cursor indicates that an operator input is required. The display will respond with the following message: Zone no.: (0=none,Yes=all) Enter the number of the required zone and press YES/ENTER . The AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M panel will pause briefly and then display: isolate successful The ZONE TROUBLE yellow LED will light and the internal buzzer will sound intermittently.

  • Page 36: Isolate Menu

    Zone no.: (0=none, Yes=all) Enter the number of the required zone and press YES/ENTER .The AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M control panel will pause briefly and then display: de-isolate successful The ZONE TROUBLE yellow LED will go out, and the internal buzzer will stop sounding, if no further zones are isolated.

  • Page 37: Open Vfp (Open Virtual Front Panel)

    Enter the address of the required device and press YES/ENTER . The AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M panel will pause briefly and then display: de-isolate successful The ZONE TROUBLE yellow LED will go out, and the internal buzzer will stop sounding, if no further points are isolated.

  • Page 38: Print Data Menu

    AUTOCALL TFX Fire Control System Operator’ s Manual Select the “ Open VFP?”menu option) and press YES/ENTER . The display will respond: VFP into Panel: ___ Enter the number of the network panel that you wish to operate; for example 6, and press YES/ENTER .
  • Page 39 Enter the number of events required for printing (for example, 20), and press YES/ENTER . The dis- play will respond with the following message: Print initiated The AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M control panel will print the (20) most recent events in the log, in the form shown below:...
  • Page 40 The printout will only contain events appropriate to the access level of the user. If there are fewer events in the log than the number requested, the AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M control panel will print the entire log. Events followed by the letter “ R”have been recycled following an event log over- flow.

  • Page 41: Routine Checks

    In order to comply with the requirements of local and national fire codes, the installation must be checked on a regular basis, by responsible personnel, to confirm that the AUTOCALL TFX-500M/800M control panel and all ancillary devices, are operating correctly. Routine checks are described in the following paragraphs.
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  • Page 44 850-516 Rev. A Printed in the U.S.A. Specifications and other information shown were current as of publication, and are subject to change without notice. ©2001 Simplex Time Recorder Co. firealarmresources.com...

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