Cautions, Warnings, and Regulatory Information..................3 Introduction..............................4 User interface..............................5 Control unit buttons.....................................5 3.1.1 ACK............................................5 3.1.2 SILENCE..........................................5 3.1.3 RESET.............................................6 3.1.4 WALK TEST..........................................6 3.1.5 ENABLE/ DISABLE.......................................6 LED indicators and piezo..................................6 Operations..............................7 Normal operation....................................7 Fire alarm operation.....................................7 Supervisory operation..................................
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2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide 2 Introduction The 2004-9101 is a conventional fire alarm control unit (FACU). The system includes four Class B Initiating Device Circuits (IDCs) and one Notification Appliance Circuit (NAC). You can wire the NAC using Class A or Class B wiring. Use the built-in Digital Alarm Communications Transmitter (DACT) for remote station or central station monitoring.
2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide 3 User interface The user interface is used to operate the FACU. Figure 1: User interface Control unit buttons 3.1.1 Pressing the ACK key performs the following actions: • Silences the piezo sounder •...
2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide 3.1.3 RESET Press and release the RESET key to complete the following actions: • Reset all alarm notification appliances and controls. • Remove alarms from the alarm list after respective devices are restored to a normal state. •...
2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide 4 Operations Normal operation Normal condition is the standard condition of operation. When no alarm or trouble conditions exist, the control unit's operator interface shows the following: • Green AC POWER LED is on steady. •...
2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide Supervisory operation A supervisory condition occurs when an initiating device activates. An example is a smoke detector or a heat detector that connects to an IDC with a supervisory (SUPV) function type. When a supervisory condition occurs, the control unit's operator interface shows the following: •...
2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide Trouble operation When the trouble condition occurs, the control unit's operator interface shows the following: • The yellow SYSTEM TROUBLE LED starts flashing. • You can see the different LEDs to see specific troubles: - If there are troubles on the IDC zone, the respective zone’s yellow TROUBLE LED starts flashing.
2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide 5 Default programming assignments IDC, NAC, and relay default function types For information on the default function types of IDCs, NACs and relays, see Table 2. The function type of IDCs and NACs is a programmable attribute that you can manually change. Table 2: Default function types of IDC, NAC, and relay Circuit Default function type...
2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide 6 Programming Important: Notice to installers, authorities having jurisdiction, and other involved parties. This product incorporates field-programmable software. In order for the product to comply with the requirements in the Standard for Control Units and Accessories for Fire Alarm Systems, UL 864, certain programming features or options must be limited to specific values or not used at all as indicated below.
2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide Table 7: IDC function types Function type Device state = status Description Normal = NORMAL Abnormal = FIRE FIRE Fire monitor zone Short = FIRE Open = TROUBLE Normal = NORMAL Current Limited = SUPERVISORY Combination waterflow and water supervisory zone...
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2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide Table 9: NAC function types Function Function Description Description type type General Alarm (on-until-silence). General Alarm Horn/Strobe (Horn on-until-silence; Use for NAC circuits containing only audible devices. SSIG Strobe on-until-reset). If you use NAC circuits to connect external sync modules, set coding pattern as Steady.
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2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide • Use DIP switch SW2-8 to enable or disable NAC. The default switch position is OFF. To disable the NAC turn the switch position to ON. page 14 579-1403 Rev A...
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2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide Table 12: DIP switch setting for NAC EOLR selection DIP switches 1 through 3 NAC EOLR values NAC-1 SW3-1 SW3-2 SW3-3 10 KΩ 3.9 KΩ 4.7 KΩ 5.1 KΩ 5.6 KΩ 15 KΩ...
2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide Programming DACT With the DACT facility, the control unit can use one or two telephone lines, or a single Ethernet connection, to call a supervising station (remote station or central station) and report a local alarm, trouble, or supervisory condition. You can disconnect DACT by setting the DIP switch SW4-3 to On state.
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2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide Table 13: System options configuration Switch Switch System option Operation name position Alarm Silence/ Reset Inhibit feature is disabled - Press the SILENCE or RESET key to activate Alarm Silence/ Reset. Alarm Silence/ Reset Inhibit –...
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2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide Table 14: System options setting Options Settings Options Settings Choose ON or OFF (default = OFF). This option selects the operation of the control unit Use the Active Status Reminder option to set an if an alarm occurs during an AC power loss while a interval and duration during which the system depleted battery trouble exists.
2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide Walk test The operator can use the WALK TEST feature to test the functionality of the control unit’s devices. Press the WALK TEST key to activate the WALK TEST feature. This feature turns on the control unit piezo and the WALK TEST LED turns steady on and the SYSTEM TROUBLE LED starts flashing.
2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide Restarting the CPU To start the CPU using different memory configurations, you can use the warm or cold start functionality. Warm start: Clears the alarm verification tally trouble and restarts the control unit, but preserves the control unit’s non-volatile memory, including time and date information, historical logs, and all currently disabled points.
2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide 7 Troubleshooting Table 15: System board trouble LEDs Trouble list Description Indication on front Indication on diagnosis LED panel LED 1 LED 2 LED 3 LED 4 LED 5 SYSTEM TROUBLE LED NAC open The NAC line wiring is open, or the end of line resistor is not connected.
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2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide Note: The LEDs indicate one trouble at a time. The LEDs indicate the latest trouble, after that trouble is cleared it will show the next trouble. For example, if there are a total of three troubles in the sequence of: - NAC short (oldest) - Extra card...
2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide 8 DIP switch setting DIP switch SW1 IDC function type for Zone 1 can be set using DIP switches SW1-1 and SW1-2. IDC function type for Zone 2 can be set using DIP switches SW1-3 and SW1-4. IDC function type for Zone 3 can be set using DIP switches SW1-5 and SW1-6.
2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide Table 21: DIP switch SW2-8 settings SW2-8 Description NAC 1 is enabled (default) NAC 1 is disabled DIP switch SW3 You can select the EOLR value for NAC 1 by using DIP switches SW3-1, SW3-2 and SW3-3. You can enable or disable Class-A wiring configuration for NAC 1 using DIP switch SW3-4.
2004 Foundation Series Fire Alarm Control Unit Operation Guide DIP switch SW4 You can enable or disable annunciators using DIP switches SW4-1 and SW4-2. You can connect or disconnect the DACT using DIP switch SW4-3. You can enable or disable the city circuit module using DIP switch SW4-4. You can enable or disable the Active Status Reminder feature using DIP switch SW4-5.
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