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- Page 1 Fire detection and evacuation solutions that save lives. Ampac Test Set User Manual MAN3121-1...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
MAN3121-1 Contents Safety first..............................4 Technical information ..........................4 Where do I find things? ..........................5 How do I switch the Test Set on? ........................ 5 What do I see when the Test Set is switched on? ..................6 How do I switch the test set off? ........................ 7 How do I control the touchscreen?...................... - Page 3 MAN3121-1 13.3 Cable impedance and cable run ......................40 13.4 Loop supply - from direction OUT ......................40 13.5 Loop supply - from direction IN ......................41 13.6 Occupied address search ........................42 13.7 Loop devices map building.........................43 13.8 Earth fault location search .........................43 How do I enter a location? ........................45 How do I use Stored Events , Data logs? ....................46 How do I update firmware? ........................48...
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Page 4: Safety First
The Ampac Test Set is designed for indoor use only and should not be subjected to harsh environments. It is not designed for use in hazardous areas - those containing explosives or dust. Do not use the Test Set in places where temperatures and/or humidity are high or go through rapid changes. -
Page 5: Where Do I Find Things
MAN3121-1 3 Where do I find things? 4 How do I switch the Test Set on? To switch the Test Set on, press and hold the green power on button on the side of the unit. When the power LED lights up you can release the power on button. -
Page 6: What Do I See When The Test Set Is Switched On
MAN3121-1 5 What do I see when the Test Set is switched on? When the Test Set is first switched on the title screen appears with a segmented circle revolving in the centre indicating that the software is being loaded. When the load is complete the Home Screen appears. From the Home Screen you are able to access the six main menus: •... -
Page 7: How Do I Switch The Test Set Off
MAN3121-1 6 How do I switch the test set off? On the Home Screen, tap the ‘Power Off’ icon. ‘Power-off’ splash screen appears. Tap ‘Yes’ to power off the unit. 7 How do I control the touchscreen? The touchscreen is controlled using a finger and swiping in different directions to select things on the screen. In this User Manual the icons that follow are used to show how to move around the touchscreen. -
Page 8: What Are Device Range And Device Type Test Set Ids
MAN3121-1 8 What are Device range and Device type test set IDs? Before using the Test Set it is important that you understand the abbreviations that are used on the various screens for different device ranges and types that are used on the test set. The table that follows defines these abbreviations. - Page 9 MAN3121-1 Device type test set Description Shop Unit Monitor/User Defined User Defined User Defined User Defined Sounder Controller, Sounders, Visual Indicators, VADs (Base and Open Area), Sounder Control Module Sounders, Visual Indicators and VADs (Base and Open Area) Sounder Control Module Sounder Beacon Base and Open Area Sounder Base Voice Sounder Beacon...
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Page 10: How Do I Navigate Through The Various Menu Screens
MAN3121-1 Heat detector (without isolator) Heat detector (with isolator) High temperature heat detector Manual Call Point and Manual Call Point Monitor Manual Call Point and Mini Switch Monitor with interrupt Soteria Manual Call Point without isolator Soteria Manual Call Point with isolator Mini Priority Switch Monitor Module, Mini Monitor Module and Pull Station Priority Switch Monitor Module Now we’ve got those bits explained there is just one more thing that is common to all menus that you need to... -
Page 11: How Do I Use The Settings
MAN3121-1 10 How do I use the Settings? To access the Settings, tap the Settings icon on the top bar. Settings are divided into five groups: • Screen • Locations • Cable types • Date and Time • Language 10.1 Screen settings To adjust the screen brightness, press and hold the slider. -
Page 12: Locations
MAN3121-1 10.2 Locations The Locations section of the Settings screen enables you to: • Add a new location • Remove a location from the list • Clear all data at the selected location Alongside the location name you will find how much memory the data is taking up and two other icons;... -
Page 13: Cable Types
MAN3121-1 10.3 Cable types The Cable types section of the Settings screen enables you to: • Add a new cable type to the list • Add new dimensions to a cable type • Remove a cable type from the list •... - Page 14 MAN3121-1 To remove a cable type from the list, tap the delete icon alongside the cable type. A splash screen appears asking you to confirm cable removal. Tap ‘Yes’, the cable type is removed. To remove a cable dimension from the list, tap the delete icon alongside the dimension.
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Page 15: Setting The Date And Time
MAN3121-1 10.4 Setting the date and time The date and time are set out as shown on the left. To set the date and time: Tap each section, a drop-down menu appears. Select the required option for each section. 10.5 Setting the language To set the language, tap the language box, a drop-down menu appears. -
Page 16: How Do I Use The Loop View Menu
MAN3121-1 11 How do I use the Loop View menu? When using the Loop View menu the device status is indicated using the colours that follow: * small rectangle with a yellow number - used only in Analogue Value/Drift sub-menu On the Home Screen tap the Loop View tab. - Page 17 MAN3121-1 Whilst we are talking about the top bar lets see what the other icons mean: Direction enabled (yellow)/disabled (grey) - tap to change the current status Voltage 28 V/35V - tap the icon to switch voltages (CoreProtocol only) - see below Sounder synchronisation - tap to synchronise sounders Tap to save Loop Report/Loop configuration (only available in Control and Status - Mode and Polling LED)
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Page 18: Selecting A Polling Range
MAN3121-1 To change voltage range, tap the Voltage icon. The message ‘Loop Scanning’ appears. If changing voltage is possible, the Disclaimer splash screen appears. Tap ‘Accept’ to change voltage. If a voltage change is not possible, the message ‘ Switching to 35 V is not possible’ appears. To close the top bar, swipe up. - Page 19 MAN3121-1 The single address splash screen gives information on: Device address Range ID - see page Device type test set ID - see page Serial Number in HEX XXXX-XXXXXXXX (MSB to LSB) Manufacture date - first three letters of month, year Sensor status - first row, sensor type, second row live sensor status, third row last sensor status.
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Page 20: Changing The Output Bit Status
MAN3121-1 Abbreviation Output bit name Beacon On Continuous Output Detector LED Evacuate Fault Simulation Group Addressing Internal LED Not Used Output Relay Pulsed Output Remote LED Remote ON Reset Sounder ON Test Initiated 11.3 Changing the output bit status To change the output bit status of a particular device, tap on the required address, the single address splash screen appears. -
Page 21: Self-Test
MAN3121-1 11.4 Self-test Tap the Self Test button, the self test is activated immediately. The circle represents a countdown timer which is set at 20 seconds. If the analogue value increases to 55 before the timer expires, a ’Pass’ splash screen appears, otherwise a ‘Fail’... -
Page 22: Isolator Control
MAN3121-1 If the device successfully passes the data restore operation, the ‘Data restored’ splash screen (a) appears. If the data restore is not successful ‘Issue during restore operation’ splash screen appears along with details of the initial device settings (mode, polling LED status). -
Page 23: Configuration Status
MAN3121-1 11.7 Configuration status Tap the Configuration Status button to show the configuration status of any Soteria device on the loop. The Configuration Status splash screen appears. Tap to change the status of any of the listed items. White text and a tick shows the item is enabled. - Page 24 MAN3121-1 The mode and LED status for each device is shown. Each device shows the information that follows: Note: In the case of Series 90 and XP devices the mode and LED status will be blank. The mode and status information shows:...
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Page 25: Analogue Value/Drift
MAN3121-1 11.9 Analogue Value/Drift This menu enables you to view the analogue and drift values of the devices on the loop. Swipe right from the left side of the screen. The menu selection bar appears. Tap ‘Analogue value/Drift’. The menu selection bar closes and the Analogue value and Drift screen appears. -
Page 26: Control And Status
MAN3121-1 11.10 Control and Status This menu enables you to view the current status of input and output bits. Swipe right from the left side of the screen. The menu selection bar appears. Tap ‘Control and Status’. The menu selection bar closes and the Control and Status screen appears. -
Page 27: Events
MAN3121-1 11.11 Events The Events menu shows event flags, event types and event addresses. When the Events menu is selected the unit starts recording (indicated by a flashing red LED in the title bar) all events that occur. The type of event and the device status is shown by different colours: Occupied address Empty address... - Page 28 MAN3121-1 Examples of the event types, event flag: event address are: Description Text on screen Alarm, MCP alarm Alarm Event Fault Fault Tamper Tamper Event flag: event The device at the address 10 placed an alarm bit A:10 address The device at the address 1 placed an interrupt bit...
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Page 29: Event Logs
MAN3121-1 11.12 Event logs To show event logs: To see the events for an individual device. Tap on the required address. The event log appears in front of the event screen. The event log shows a list of events for the individual device. To close the event log, tap the screen. -
Page 30: Data Log
MAN3121-1 11.13 Data log This menu gives a list of all events on the loop. This can range from mismatched data through to the current device status. When you select the data log menu the unit starts recording data logs for each individual address. -
Page 31: How Do I Use Programmer Mode
MAN3121-1 12 How do I use Programmer mode? Programmer mode is used with the detector base provided. In this mode only CoreProtocol is used. The detector mounting base with an XPERT8 address card with a pre-defined address of 1. The detector mounting base will accept all detector types - Series 90, XP95, Discovery and Soteria. The detector base is connected to the test set unit using the supplied cables into the appropriate connections on the top of the unit. -
Page 32: Self-Test
MAN3121-1 12.1 Self-test Tap the Self Test button, the self test is activated immediately. The circle represents a countdown timer which is set at 20 seconds. If the analogue value increases to 55 before the timer expires, a ’Pass’ splash screen appears, otherwise a ‘Fail’... -
Page 33: Led Test
MAN3121-1 When the sensor in the detector has entered alarm, the green ‘Pass’ text will appear and the sensor name changes to green. The sensor name remains green until the analogue value returns to its initial value the sensor name then changes to white. To stop the test or close the Fast Test splash screen, tap on the main screen to the left of it. -
Page 34: Sensor Status
MAN3121-1 12.4 Sensor status The Sensor status section of the programmer mode splash screen is divided into three rows: • The top row shows the sensor type • The middle row shows the last sensor status - the colour of the text indicates its current state: Blue - Fault Green... -
Page 35: Polling Led
MAN3121-1 12.7 Polling LED To change the polling status, tap the Polling LED button. The polling status is changed and the active status is highlighted blue. 12.8 Rapid update To start rapid update of the device, tap the ‘initiate’ button. The words ‘in progress’ appear, the colour changes from grey to blue and ‘darkens’... -
Page 36: Restore To Factory Defaults
MAN3121-1 12.10 Restore to factory defaults This button restores a Discovery or Soteria device to its factory defaults. Remember that if you use this option, all non-volatile memory including the soft address will be reset. Tap the ‘Restore to factory defaults’ button. -
Page 37: Operate Relays
MAN3121-1 12.12 Operate relays The Operate Relays field is available if an Input/Output Module is fitted to the test set unit. The number of switches available are equal to the number of relays which depends upon the device type. To change the status of a relay, tap the ‘Operate relays’... -
Page 38: How Do I Use Loop Diagnostics
MAN3121-1 13 How do I use Loop diagnostics? Loop diagnostics provide: • Wire connection test • Loop voltage and current measurement • Short circuit fault test • Loop cable impedance measurement • Earth fault test • Automatic detection of earth fault location These tests and measurements are divided into four groups: •... -
Page 39: Short Circuit Fault
MAN3121-1 The first thing tested is the loop integrity. If there is a broken wire or it is not plugged into a socket, a warning message ‘Wire connection issue’ appears below the top bar. In addition it will tell you which wire is carrying the fault. -
Page 40: Cable Impedance And Cable Run
MAN3121-1 13.3 Cable impedance and cable run When a cable run is between one and 4178 metres, cable impedance and cable run values are shown on the screen. If the cable run is either less than one metre in length, or, more than 4178 metres a warning message appears below the top bar. -
Page 41: Loop Supply - From Direction In
MAN3121-1 Loop supply measurements are only possible if there are no faults on the loop. The loop is supplied with 28 V dc from OUT, coloured blue on-screen. The voltage is measured on the IN side, with the direction of current flow from OUT to IN. The screen also shows the difference between the OUT and IN voltages. -
Page 42: Occupied Address Search
MAN3121-1 Earth fault location search The earth fault location search for the automatic detection of the earth fault location on the negative loop conductor can only be done on a Soteria system with isolators. It can also only be done under certain conditions, that is, when all connections are good and there is no short circuit between the loop plus and minus wires. -
Page 43: Loop Devices Map Building
MAN3121-1 13.7 Loop devices map building Loop devices map building function uses the Soteria isolator function to break the loop and sort. It then sorts the addresses into an ‘as fitted’ order. Progress is indicated as a percentage , but if there is an issue the process stops and a warning is shown. - Page 44 MAN3121-1 If there is more than one earth fault detected, the result is shown as either between an address and the IN loop, or between an address and the OUT loop. To find the fault you should check the loop back from the address that is given.
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Page 45: How Do I Enter A Location
MAN3121-1 14 How do I enter a location? The Location function enables you to enter a location where a test has been done. To enter a location, on the home screen tap the ‘Location’ tab. This is the tab immediately below ‘Location’ on the home screen. -
Page 46: How Do I Use Stored Events , Data Logs
MAN3121-1 15 How do I use Stored Events , Data logs? If a location is entered on the Test Set, the Stored Events, Data logs tab becomes available. Tap the ‘Stored Events, Data Logs’ tab. The stored data and events screen appears. - Page 47 MAN3121-1 To delete the report: Tap the dustbin icon. A splash screen appears asking you to confirm the deletion. Tap ‘Yes’ to delete the report, tap ‘No’ to return to the report screen. To export the report onto a USB device as a .csv file: Insert a USB flash stick into the USB slot on the side of the Test Set.
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Page 48: How Do I Update Firmware
MAN3121-1 16 How do I update firmware? To make sure that the Test Set operates efficiently, it may be necessary to update the firmware that operates it. Firmware updates will be made available on www.ampac.net and will require loading onto a USB flash drive. To install the firmware update: Connect the power supply cable to the Test Set and a suitable power supply. - Page 49 MAN3121-1 When the Firmware Update has finished uploading, the ‘Successfully Installed’ splash screen appears. Tap the splash screen. The Test Set powers off. Restart the Test Set and check that the firmware has updated and the correct version has been installed. The version number can be checked by tapping the ‘Settings’...
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Page 50: Troubleshooting
MAN3121-1 17 Troubleshooting This section contains a list of potential problems and their solutions. I have pressed and held the power-on button, but the Test Set has not powered on. If the power LED is illuminated, try a hard reset. If it still does not work, contact Ampac Technical Support. When I connect the charger the orange LED does not light to show it is connected. -
Page 51: How Do I Do A Hard Reset
You will then need to restart it. 19 How do I replace the battery pack? A replacement lithium-ion battery pack, Part No. 29600-795 (Ampac Test Set Battery) is available from Ampac. To replace the battery pack: Power-off the Test Set. -
Page 52: Appendix A - Menu Tree
MAN3121-1 20 Appendix A - Menu tree The test set menu tree is constructed as follows: HM Set TB HM Set TB HM Set TB HM Set TB Events HM Set TB HM Set TB Location Events Logs... -
Page 53: Appendix B - Short Circuit And Earth Fault Detection Flowchart
MAN3121-1 21 Appendix B - Short circuit and earth fault detection flowchart... -
Page 54: Appendix C - Loop Supply From Direction Out
MAN3121-1 22 Appendix C - Loop supply from direction OUT... -
Page 55: Appendix D - Loop Supply From Direction In
MAN3121-1 23 Appendix D - Loop supply from direction IN... -
Page 56: Appendix E - Earth Fault Location Search
MAN3121-1 24 Appendix E - Earth fault location search... -
Page 57: Appendix F - Firmware Update
MAN3121-1 25 Appendix F – Firmware update... -
Page 58: Appendix G - Line Voltages
MAN3121-1 26 Appendix G – Line Voltages... - Page 59 MAN3121-1...
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