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XFP NETWORKABLE ANALOGUE ADDRESSABLE FIRE ALARM PANEL
INTRODUCTION
Fire alarm systems - an overview
The primary purpose of a fire alarm system is to provide an early warning of a fire so that people and
animals can be evacuated and action taken to stop the fire as soon as possible - all according to a
predetermined plan.
Alarms may be raised automatically, by smoke or heat detectors, or manually by a person operating a
manual call point.
To ensure an alarm is dealt with in an orderly manner, it is important to know where the alarm is
coming from. To aid this function, fire alarm systems are usually split into zones, each covering a
different area of a building.
When an alarm has been raised, the panel responds by indicating the zone(s) in which the alarm has
occurred and activating all relevant outputs (sounders, bells, strobes, beacons, relays, etc.) to provide
a warning of the fire.
The XFP fire alarm control panel
The XFP is an intelligent 'addressable' fire alarm panel designed to work with a wide range of
intelligent fire detection devices. As such, it is able to provide much more detailed information about
a fire condition than just the number of the activated zone.
As well as giving prioritised feedback on the status of the system, its easy-to-read 80-character display
will indicate the name and location of every detector that has responded to a fire and also show the
order in which they went into alarm.
It will also display detailed information on any pre-alarm and/or fault conditions that arise and can be
programmed to operate in a number of different ways to help reduce the incidence of false alarms
and to encourage the orderly evacuation of a building in a true fire condition.
Controls are available that will allow authorised users to silence or reset a fire condition, to disable or
enable parts of the system to suit prevailing conditions, to change the time the system enters day
(building occupied) and night (building unoccupied) mode and to test the panel's indicators and liquid
crystal display to ensure they are working correctly.
All of these functions - and more - are explained in detail in this user manual.
An overview of the panel's access levels
Three access levels are available at the panel - access level 1 (general user), access level 2 (authorised
user) and access level 3 (engineer).
Access level 1 is the normal user level which is accessible to everyone. At this level you can:
• Scroll through any fire, pre-alarm and fault conditions that are displayed on the panel's display
• View any disablements or zones that are being tested (if applicable)
• Test the panel's lamps (its LED indicators and display) to ensure they are working correctly
• Determine the total number of times the panel has been in a fire condition
• Gain entry to access level 2 (authorised user level) and, if you are an engineer, access level 3.
Access level 2 is the authorised user level which is available to authorised, trained personnel only.
Access to this level is achieved by either, the input of a special four-digit code using the panel's
pushbuttons, or by turning the panel's keyswitch to the armed position (I).
At access level 2, the panel's Silence, Reset and Investigate buttons become active and users are able to:
• Scroll through any fire, pre-alarm or fault conditions that are displayed on the panel's display
• View any disablements or zones that are being tested (if applicable)
• Enable or disable zones, sounders, outputs, relays and devices (as appropriate)
• Print, display and/or reset the panel's event history
• Set the time and date
• Change the entry code to access level 2 from its factory default.
Access level 3 is the panel's engineering/programming level. On no account should access level 3 be
accessed by anyone but an authorised system engineer. A fire panel is a piece of life safety equipment and
unauthorised access may affect the way the panel functions, endanger life and void its warranty. If you
are an authorised engineer, details of access level 3 can be found in the separate Engineering manual.
XFP USER MANUAL & LOG BOOK • Approved Document No. DFU2000510 Rev 1 • Page 4 of 28
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