Trouble Conditions; How The 4010Es Indicates The Presence Of A Trouble; What Acknowledge Does; Global Versus Individual Acknowledge - Simplex 4010ES Operator's Manual

4 Trouble conditions

A Trouble message is used to indicate that the FACP is impaired, for example, due to an open circuit, short circuit, ground fault, etc.
This section describes using the Operator Interface Panel keys to investigate the details of the trouble condition.
4.1

How the 4010ES indicates the presence of a trouble

When a trouble condition is detected by the 4010ES, the panel does the following to indicate the presence of the trouble condition.
• In the Warnings group, the yellow TROUBLE LED flashes.
• Tone-alert (piezo buzzer) sounds steady.
• TROUBLE LEDs on remote annunciators may illuminate.
• The alphanumeric display on the interface panel indicates trouble condition, as shown below:
4.2

What acknowledge does

The first step in managing a trouble condition is to acknowledge the trouble. Acknowledging a trouble does two important things:
• It records the time and date at which you observed the presence of the trouble and stores that information in the system's historical
log.
• When you press the acknowledge key, the system displays specific data on the location of the trouble.
It is important to understand that the 4010ES can be configured with either Global or Individual Acknowledge. These options function as
follows:
4.3

Global versus individual acknowledge

• Global Acknowledge. When global acknowledge is enabled, one press of the TROUBLE ACK key acknowledges every point currently
reporting a trouble.
• Individual Acknowledge. If individual acknowledge is enabled, the TROUBLE ACK key must be pressed to individually acknowledge
each trouble. Individual acknowledge must be selected if the panel is providing proprietary receiving service in accordance with
NFPA72.
The TROUBLE ACK key, which is used to acknowledge troubles (either globally or individually), is located just beneath the TROUBLE LED.
Refer to Figure 2. If the TROUBLE ACK key is passcode protected (by default, it is not), you cannot use this key to acknowledge troubles
unless you have the required passcode. Refer to
4.4

Trouble indications for TrueAlarm sensors

TrueAlarm devices are considered sensors instead of detectors because these devices do not determine alarm conditions. Instead, the
TrueAlarm smoke sensor is a measuring device that sends data regarding smoke density to the 4010ES FACP. The TrueAlarm heat sensor
operates in a similar fashion, but it sends temperature data to the control panel instead of smoke density data. Also, CO heat/smoke
sensors operate just like the TrueAlarm heat/smoke sensors. The 4010ES uses this data to determine whether a trouble has occurred.
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Figure 2: Interface panel showing trouble condition
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