Panel Description & Design Concept; Advantages Of An Addressable Fire Alarm System - Zeta Alarm Systems SIMPLICITY PLUS SP-64/M Installation Manual

SIMPLICITY PLUS INSTALLATION MANUAL
3.2 PANEL DESCRIPTION & DESIGN CONCEPT
The Simplicity Plus is a one or two loop analogue addressable fire alarm control panel designed to EN54 part 2 & 4. It is
available in three versions. Simplicity 64 allows 64 devices to be connected to one loop, and divided into 4 zones.
Simplicity Plus 126 allows 126 devices to be connected to one loop, and divided into 8 zones. Simplicity Plus 252 allows
252 devices to be connected as 2 loops of 126 devices, and divided into 8 zones.
The Simplicity has been designed to only use addressable sounders (so that all devices sit on the same wiring loop). By
default all sounders on a Simplicity panel will activate on any alarm.
It has been designed to give the advantages of an addressable system, with the simplicity of a conventional system. To
help achieve this, the Simplicity Plus uses default values to cut out many of the programming steps normally associated
with addressable panels. It also uses its LEDs as the primary source of zone event information. The screen information is
supplementary, to help identify loop device alarm or fault locations, and to help in configuring the panel.

3.3 ADVANTAGES OF AN ADDRESSABLE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM

The table below lists the main advantages of addressable systems, and how our panels use them.
FEATURE
UNIQUE ALARM
IDENTIFICATION
DEVICE LABEL
PREALARM
DETECTOR SENSITIVITY
ZONE ALLOCATION
PROGRAMMING
EVENT LOG
While all options are programmable on our Premier AL system, the Simplicity uses pre-configured settings for most
options.
Device sensitivity and pre-alarm levels are preset.
To simplify configuration, there is no zone allocation programming. Instead each loop is split into 8 zones, and each device
is assigned to a zone by the address set with its 8 way dip switch. The Default setting is:-
PANEL ZONE 1 ZONE 2
Simplicity
Address Address
Plus 64 1 - 16 17 - 32
Simplicity Address Address
Plus 126 1 - 16 17 - 32
Simplicity Address Address
Plus 252 1:1 – 1:32 1:33 – 1:64
On the Latest Revision of Simplicity Plus panel the zone boundaries can now be altered, to accommodate zones with
larger or smaller device capacities. (See CHANGING A ZONE BOUNDARY in section 12.7)
The loop sounder operation is common by default. But can be altered to zonal operation if required (see CHANGING THE
ALARM RESPONSE – SOUNDERS in section 12.8)
This leaves only the device label to be programmed by the installer. This is done with the built in keyboard.
Approved Document No: GLT.MAN-107
Issue 3.16 Author: NRPJ
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PREMIER QUATRO
PANEL, LOOP & ADDRESS
20 CHARACTERS for device, PLUS 20
Characters for the ZONE
PRESET @ 45
PRESET @ 55
PROGRAMMABLE
FULL PROGRAMMABILITY
YES (4096 EVENTS)
ZONE 3 ZONE 4
Address Address
33 - 48 49 - 64
Address Address
33 - 48 49 - 64
Address Address
1:65 – 1:96 1:97 – 1:126
Date: 21/09/2017
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SIMPLICITY
LOOP & ADDRESS
20 CHARACTERS
PRESET @ 45
PRESET @ 55
SET BY DEVICE ADDRESS
COMMON OR ZONAL OPERATION ONLY
YES (2048 EVENTS)
ZONE 5 ZONE 6 ZONE 7
N/A N/A N/A
Address Address Address
65 - 80 81 - 96 97 - 112
Address Address Address
2:1 – 2:32 2:33 – 2:64 2:65 – 2:96
ZONE 8
N/A
Address
113 - 126
Address
2:97 – 2:126
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