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ORYX200 RANGE Technoswitch Conventional Fire Control Panels ABS, Standard & Weatherproof Versions Rev 02.00 PRMAN-0047 ORYX200 S21 Fire Panel Range Rev 02.00 220224.docx E&OE...
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL SPECIFICATIONS Item Specification Detail Part Number Part Description ORYX202 ORYX 2 Zone FACP in ABS Enclosure ORYX204 ORYX 4 Zone FACP in ABS Enclosure ORYX208 ORYX 8 Zone FACP in Metal Enclosure ORYX202-W ORYX 2 Zone FACP in Weatherproof Enclosure ORYX204-W...
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ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL Item Specification Detail AUX Supply Output 24 V DC, 0.5 A Battery Capacity ORYX202, ORYX204 24 V 7 Ah ORYX208 24 V 7 Ah, 12 Ah or 17 Ah Battery Charging Current 0.5 A max temperature compensated Number of Fire Zones...
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL INTRODUCTION STANDARDS The ORYX range of Conventional Fire Alarm Control Panels is designed to comply with the following standards: ▪ EN54-2: Control and Indicating Equipment ▪ EN54-4: Power Supply Equipment ▪...
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION The following documentation is available for download from our website www.technoswitch.co.za: ▪ PRBOI-0011 Basic Operating Instructions for the ORYX200 S21 FACP Range ▪ PRQIG-0003 Quick Installation Guide for the ORYX202 & ORYX204 S21 Fire Panels ▪...
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL INSTALLATION APPROVALS 1.5.1 FIRE SYSTEM INSTALLATIONS The panel must be installed and configured for operation in accordance with these instructions and the applicable code of practice or national standard regulations for fire systems installation appropriate to the country and location of the installation.
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ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL ▪ The ABS Enclosure has two screws at the bottom to secure the lid to the back box. Loosen the two screws and lift the lid upwards from the bottom to open the enclosure. ▪...
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ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL If the panel will be exposed to direct sunlight, an additional sun shield should be fitted to limit temperature build- up in the enclosure. The ABS and Standard Enclosures are provided with cable tie points that are required to properly secure the field cabling.
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ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL Figure 4 ORYX208 Standard Enclosure Figure 5 ORYX202 & ORYX204 Weatherproof Enclosure PRMAN-0047 ORYX200 S21 Fire Panel Range Rev 02.00 220224.docx E&OE - 11 -...
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL Figure 6 ORYX208 Weatherproof Enclosure WIRING INSTALLATION All electrical wiring installation work should be carried out in accordance with the code of practice or applicable national standards appropriate to the country of installation. To maintain electrical integrity all zone, input, output, and communication line wiring should be segregated from the AC Mains wiring and be wired using cable with insulation suitable for the application.
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ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL Figure 7 Internal Arrangement Showing Recommended Cable Routing for the ORYX202 & ORYX204 Figure 8 Internal Arrangement Showing Recommended Cable Routing for the ORYX208 PRMAN-0047 ORYX200 S21 Fire Panel Range Rev 02.00 220224.docx E&OE - 13 -...
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ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL 1.8.1.1 Weatherproof Panel With DIN RAIL Termination Option It is recommended that the routing arrangement shown in Figure 9 and Figure 10 be followed for the Weatherproof Enclosure with DIN Rail mounted modules. External wiring as indicated in section 1.8.3 Battery Positioning &...
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ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL Figure 11 4 Zone Terminal Connection Layout of Weatherproof Panel with DIN Rail (ORYX204) Figure 12 8 Zone Terminal Connection Layout of Weatherproof Panel with DIN Rail (ORYX208) 1.8.1.2 Weatherproof Panel Without DIN Rail Option The routing arrangement shown in Figure 13 is recommended for the Weatherproof Enclosure without DIN Rail mounted modules.
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL Figure 14 Internal Arrangement Showing Recommended Cable Routing for ORYX208 Weatherproof Panel without the DIN Rail Mounted Modules 1.8.2 AC MAINS WIRING Route the high-voltage Mains AC wiring into the enclosure at the upper left corner only. Keep the AC wiring away from the circuit boards and all other wiring.
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL 1.8.3 BATTERY POSITIONING & WIRING Figure 16 Battery Positioning of the ORYX202 & ORYX204 ABS Panel Figure 17 Battery Positioning of the ORYX202 & ORYX204 Weatherproof Panel The panel requires 2x (two) 12 V DC batteries connected in series for standby operation. The battery harness is already pre-fitted.
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ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL Figure 18 Battery Wiring If no AC input voltage is present and the battery voltage falls below 20 V DC, the PSU will automatically shut down. Once AC Mains Supply has been restored, the PSU will automatically reset and restore the 27.5 V DC Output.
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL 1.8.4 PSU CONFIGURATION The internal power supply is a high efficiency switch-mode power supply with an input AC voltage range of 100 – 240 V AC. The power supply provides the following: ◼...
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ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL 1.8.4.1 PSU LED INDICATIONS The power supply continuously monitors the AC supply, the battery connection, the battery charging voltage, and the output supply voltage. It will bring up the appropriate Fault conditions if these are outside of specifications.
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL ▪ Cut-Off Mode ‒ If the current draw exceeds 2.5 A, the General Fault Relay and the 27.5 V DC output LED will be on solid. ‒ The output will shut down immediately and will attempt to restore every 30 seconds. ‒...
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL 1.8.6 HARD RESET FUNCTION Figure 22 Hard Reset ▪ Hard Reset All LEDs on the PSU will switch on for ± 1 second then off, showing the action has successfully been completed.
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL For intrinsically safe applications, use an MTL 5525 Galvanic Isolator and configure the respective sounder circuits type to “IS (MTL 5525)” using the SOLAR software. Refer to PRAPN-0034 Intrinsically Safe Application Guide for the wiring diagram.
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL ▪ The Fault relay is normally activated. It will de-energise on any fault condition including total loss of power (fail safe). ▪ Relay outputs 1 & 2 (2 zone); 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 zone) and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 zone) are assigned as default to activate on fire alarms from the respective zones.
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL Figure 26 Input Circuits 1.9.5 AUX DC SUPPLY OUTPUT A 24 V DC auxiliary output limited to 500 mA is provided to power peripheral equipment. The Auxiliary output has short circuit and overload protection. Figure 27 AUX DC Supply Output PRMAN-0047 ORYX200 S21 Fire Panel Range Rev 02.00 220224.docx...
PC and the panel. Ensure that the cable is no longer than 1.5m. Use the SOLAR software, which can be downloaded from the Technoswitch website, to program the panel and retrieve the Event Log. The ORYX Panel range has a 1,000 Event Log and...
The above calculation is in accordance with the recommendations in SANS10139. An electronic (Excel) version of the battery calculator is available for download from our website www.technoswitch.co.za. PRMAN-0047 ORYX200 S21 Fire Panel Range Rev 02.00 220224.docx E&OE...
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL OPERATION INTRODUCTION 2.1.1 ACCESS LEVELS The panel operation is protected from inadvertent and erroneous misuse by means of three access levels. These levels are as follows: ▪ Level 1: Untrained User – An Untrained User will only be able to silence the buzzer. Level 2: Authorised User (Enable Controls key switch) –...
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ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL 2.1.2.1 PANEL CONTROLS The Fire Alarm Control Panel offers the following manual controls: Symbol Function Description Used to reset the fire panel from Test, Fire and Fault conditions. Reset Also used as a quick exit during Test or Disable mode.
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ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL General Indications Status Description Flashing Red The panel has detected a fire alarm condition on a fire zone. General Fire General Fault Flashing Yellow Indicates a fault has been detected on the system. Part of the system has been manually disabled or all outputs Steady Yellow General Disable...
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL 2.1.3 ENABLE CONTROLS To enable controls, turn the Enable Controls key switch clockwise into the position as shown below. The Controls Enabled LED will indicate Steady Yellow as confirmation. The key switch cannot be removed in the Enabled position.
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL 2.1.8 ONE-MAN WALK TEST MODE ▪ The following procedure is used to put a zone into Test Mode: The Test LED and Zone 1 Fault /In Test/Disable LED will both flash rapidly Yellow.
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ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL Figure 31 Bootloader Jumper Position PRMAN-0047 ORYX200 S21 Fire Panel Range Rev 02.00 220224.docx E&OE - 33 -...
The following programmable features are configured using the SOLAR software. The SOLAR software can be downloaded from the Technoswitch website www.technoswitch.co.za. SOLAR is a Windows application used to configure the Technoswitch ORYX and RHINO Fire Control and Extinguishing panel ranges. The minimum operating system requirement for the SOLAR Software is Windows 7.
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL 3.1.2 RELAYS The Relays have the following programmable features: Programming Programming Comments Options Group Function None Not in Use The output is not used and will not None activate. General Fault The output is activated when a general...
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL Programming Programming Comments Options Group Function Zone Fault The output is activated when a fault is Output Text: 0–21 Characters detected in a specified zone. Zone No.: 1–8 Enabled: YES/NO Test: YES/NO Fire The output is activated when fire is...
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL 3.1.4 INPUTS The Inputs have the following programmable features: Programming Programming Group Comments Options Function None None The input is not used. None General External Fault Activating an input with this setting will register a Input Text: 0–21 general fault condition on the panel.
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL LCD EMULATION MENU STRUCTURE (WHEN USING SOLAR) Main Menu Option Screen Items ACCESS Enter code TEST LED Test Screen 1 LCD Test Keypad Test GENERAL LVL Time-out Silence Buzzer Silence Sndrs Screen 1 Reset Level...
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ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL Main Menu Option Screen Items MODULES Module Enabled Product Screen 1 Revision Hardware Firmware Date Protocol Module Screen 2 Input Voltage ZONES Zone Zone Text Status Screen 1 Type Latch Zone Enabled...
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ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL Main Menu Option Screen Items PROG INPUTS Input Input Text Status Screen 1 Group Function Input Enabled Screen 2 Test Inverted Page 2 (continued) Input Screen 3 Voltage RELAYS Relay Output Text Screen 1...
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE Refer to DOC-077 Fire Detection System Service Guide for detailed information on the required servicing and maintenance procedures of your fire detection system. REPLACEMENT OF COMPONENTS All components used in the construction of the panel have been selected for long life and reliability.
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 – TROUBLESHOOTING The following table provides a guideline to fault-finding on the ORYX panel and devices connected to the product. The values below should not be used to design a system or as alternative values to the specifications of this product.
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL ◼ Short Circuit Measurement Description Possible Cause Action Required Resistance Voltage The input or output is measuring the Zone 1 Short indicated resistance range, across the Check cabling and routes for physical <...
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL ◼ Low Resistance Fault Measurement Description Possible Cause Action Required Resistance Voltage The input or output is measuring the 51 Ω – 0.5 V DC – Zone 1 Low indicated voltage or resistance range, Check Cabling and routes for physical 220 Ω...
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL ◼ Incorrect EOL Resistor Measurement Description Possible Cause Action Required Resistance Voltage The input or output is measuring the 900 Ω – 22.5 V DC – Zone 1 Double indicated voltage or resistance range, Ensure correct value EOL is in place.
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL ◼ High Resistance Fault Measurement Description Possible Cause Action Required Resistance Voltage The input or output is measuring the Zone 1 Open indicated voltage or resistance range, Check cabling and routes for physical >...
ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL ◼ False Fire Alarms and Activations Measurement Description Possible Cause Action Required Resistance Voltage The input or output is measuring 220 Ω – 14.5 V DC – the indicated voltage or Z1 Fire Ensure all areas are free of false activations.
Alternatively, please contact your local Sales Office for further information. DISCLAIMER Although the contents of our product literature have been prepared with the greatest care, Technoswitch can accept no liability whatsoever for any direct or indirect damages of any kind that may arise due to either errors or omissions in them, or amendments to products or other specifications following publication.
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ORYX202 ORYX204 ORYX208 Conventional Fire Panels – INSTALLATION & OPERATION MANUAL HEAD OFFICE — JOHANNESBURG +27 (0)11 794 9144 info@technoswitch.co.za Cussonia Park, 3 Ridge Road, Laser Park, Johannesburg PO Box 1752, Randpark Ridge, South Africa, 2156 CAPE TOWN +27 (0)21 948 4575 Tyger Terraces II, Block 2B, DJ Wood Street, Bellville Business Park Cnr Mike Pienaar Blvd &...
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