General Description - First Alert FA162C Installation Instructions Manual

Section 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The FA162C is a 2-partition control that supports up to 38 zones, using basic hard-wired,
wired expansion, and/or wireless zones, plus 3 keypad activated zones.
Basic Hardwired Zones
Provides 8 basic hardwired zones having the following characteristics:
¥ EOLR supervision supporting N.O. or N.C. sensors
¥ Programmable response time (10, 350, or 700 milliseconds)
¥ Individually assignable to either partition
¥ Up to sixteen 2-wire smoke detectors on zone 1
¥ 4-wire smoke or heat detectors on zones 2 through 7 (as many as can be
powered from AUX power on the control)
¥ Up to fifty 2-wire latching type glassbreak dets. on zone 8 w/auto reset
Optional Expansion Zones (up to 30 total, wired and wireless)
Wired Expansion:
Supports up to 8 additional wired zones using a 4219 expansion module or
4229 expansion/relay module.
characteristics:
¥ EOLR supervision supporting N.O. or N.C. sensors
¥ 300Ð500 msec normal response with an option for fast (10Ð15 msec)
response on loop A (first expansion zone)
Wireless Expansion:
Supports up to 30 wireless zones (less if using wired expansion zones).
¥ Requires the use of a 5881(5882 in Canada) type RF Receiver, as
indicated below
¥ Requires the use of 5800 series wireless transmitters
Two Partitions
¥ Provides the ability to control two separate areas independently, each
area functioning as if it had its own separate control
¥ Zones (including wireless) assignable to either partition 1 or 2
¥ Relay and Powerline Carrier device outputs assignable to either
partition 1 or 2, or to both partitions
¥ Certain system options, such as Entry/Exit delay and Subscriber
Account number, programmed independently for each partition
Common Zone
¥ Common Zone option allows either partition to arm, while leaving a
common area (ex. lobby or foyer) disarmed for access into the other
partition. Refer to the ZONE LISTS section for details on programming
a common zone.
U L
In UL installations, the system may be configured as a single partition only.
Remote Keypads
Up to 4 of any of the following keypads may be used in each partition:
Fixed-Word Keypads: FA210KP and FA250KP.
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For programming from a keypad, a FA550KP 2-line Alpha keypad must be
connected to partition 1 (but need not stay in the system).
Receiver Model
5881L/5882L
5881M/5882M
5881H/5882H
These keypads cannot be used if the FA4285 Phone Module is being used.
Alpha Keypads: FA550KP (2-line alphanumeric displays)
FA450KP (1-line alphanumeric display).
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These zones have the following
No. of Zones
Up to 8
Up to 16
Up to 30