Editing Idc Alarm Groups; Programming Nacs - Simplex Foundation Series Operation Manual

9.1.2

Editing IDC alarm groups

With Alarm groups, you can program selective signaling. Assign the IDC an alarm group number from 1 to 99.
Assign the same alarm group number to the notification appliances that you want to turn on when one of the IDCs in the alarm group
activates. Each IDC can be in up to three groups.
To edit an alarm group, complete the following steps:
1. See Programming IDCs
2. Press ENTER and then press the UP and DOWN keys until [Alarm Groups] is displayed and then press ENTER. The control unit
displays the following:
ALARM GROUPS
[99] 00 00
3. Use the UP and DOWN keys to scroll the number in the brackets. Use the RIGHT and LEFT keys to move between the alarm
groups. Press ENTER when all the values are set correctly.
4. When IDC programming is complete, press the ESC key until the control unit displays the following:
[Cont] Dscrd Save
5. Select [Save] and press ENTER to save the configuration.
9.2

Programming NACs

This section describes the NAC editing options, for example, function type, label, alarm groups and end-of-line resistor selection.
Press MENU.
1.
2. Press UP or DOWN until the [Programming] option is displayed and then press ENTER. The control unit displays the following:
FIRE ALARM
SUSPENDED
After a few seconds, the control unit displays the following:
<ENTER> to PROGRAM
<EXIT> to CANCEL
3. Press ENTER. The control unit displays the following:
<ENTER>=Accept
Prg: [Points]
4. Press ENTER. Use the UP and DOWN keys to choose [NAC].
<ENTER>=Accept
Prg: [NAC]
Press ENTER. The control unit displays the following:
5.
NAC1
A/V 1/2
6. Use the UP and DOWN keys to select NAC circuits. Press ENTER when the appropriate NAC circuit is selected. The following
prompt appears, asking you to specify the function type:
NAC1
Fn: [Function]
Press ENTER and use the UP and DOWN keys to scroll through the choices shown in the NAC function types table. The default
7.
function type assigned to all NACs is QALERT.
NAC1
[QALERT] TEMPRL
8. Use the RIGHT key to move the cursor to the coding pattern, and then use the UP and DOWN keys to set the pattern. See Table
11 for NAC coding patterns. The default coding pattern assigned to all NACs is TEMPRL.
Press ENTER to accept any changes and exit the menu.
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and repeat steps 1 to 6.
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