Appendix-E: Application Specific Detection - Siemens FC2005 Installation, Operation And Maintenance Manual

APPENDIX-E: APPLICATION SPECIFIC
DETECTION
Application Specific Detection (ASD) allows the system designer to program a detector's
sensitivity, pre-alarm threshold, and other alarm-related parameters using English descriptions
of the detector's environment (application). This eliminates the need for detailed knowledge of
smoke detector terminology and operation. The designer can set all of the critical detector
parameters by simply selecting an application description that closely fits the one where the
detector is to be installed.
For example, to use ASD to select the optimal parameters for a detector in a hotel lobby,
select the LOBBY application in the FXS901-U2 tool for that device. The system will
automatically transmit the factory determined sensitivity, pre-alarm threshold, and detection
algorithm (R-algorithm) to the corresponding device. This eliminates the guesswork of
selecting these parameters for different environments.
ASD Application
Disable
Office (Retail)
Warehouse (Light Manufacturing)
Lobby
Computer Room
Dormitory
Healthcare
Parking Garage
Equipment Storage (Transformer) Room
Precious Storage (Sensitive Environment)
Hostile Environment
Duct (Open air or duct housing)
ASD APPLICATIONS of H-series
No Applications (Standard Photo/thermal Detector)
Reasonably clean, climate-controlled atmosphere
Airborne dust, equipment, fork truck and light to medium dock
area exhaust fumes
Relatively clean area, temperature changes, cellular phones,
smoking
Very controlled environment, clean, temperature closely
regulated, high-cost clean machinery operating, no smoking, high
air velocity
Airborne dust and temperature changes, living quarters, cooking
fumes, smoking
Higher level risk, relatively clean, electronic equipment
Airborne dust, car and diesel fumes, temperature swings
Normal to somewhat dirty environment, heat from running
equipment
Sensitive materials or equipment storage, clean dust-free
environment, earliest warning desired
Dirty, dusty, humid, operating equipment, RF present, wide
temperature swings
Dirty, dusty, humid, wide temperature swings, high air velocity
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