Planning The Installation - GE Concord 4 Installation Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

Planning the installation

This section describes system capabilities to help you get familiar with the system.
Appendix A "System planning sheets" on page 111 provides planning sheets that let
you record the hardware and programming configuration of the system. Fill in all
necessary information ahead of time to help prepare for system installation.
Standard panel
Table 1 below shows the standard panel capabilities.
Table 1: Panel capabilities
Capabilities
Zones
Partitions
Bus devices
User codes
Table 2 describes the basic panel (out-of-box) hardware capabilities for all panels.
Table 2: Basic panel hardware capabilities
Power
Auxiliary power output
Bus A and B
Siren driver
Two onboard outputs
Microphone input
Eight supervised hardwired
zones
Built-in RF receiver
Phone line connection
2
Concord Express v4
32
2
16
16
Input for an AC step-down, plug-in style transformer.
Output that supplies 9 to 14 VDC with up to 1 amp for bus devices and
hardwired detectors, such as smoke and motion detectors.
Input and output that provides communication between bus devices
and the panel.
Output that can drive an 8-ohm load and provides intrusion and fire
alarm sounds for partition 1 (15 watts maximum).
Can be used to activate other signaling devices based on system
events.
Out 1 is a 9 to 14 VDC source output, limited to 1.0 amp max.
Out 2 is an open-collector output, rated up to 14 VDC, 300 mA max
Input used for 2-way audio when used in conjunction with the
Interrogator 200 audio verification module.
Inputs for various hardwired detectors. Zone 8 can be set up in
programming to accept two-wire smoke detectors. It sources 9 to 14
VDC, 90mA max.
Allows use of up to 96 (Concord 4) or 32 (Concord Express v4) 319.5
MHz. crystal and/or SAW learn mode wireless sensors and touchpads.
Allows panel to communicate with central monitoring station and/or
pagers.
Concord 4/Concord Commercial v4
96
6
16
230
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