Read the Installation Notes ................6 Note Safety Warnings ..................6 FC702/708/718 panels ..................6 Mounting a FC702/708/718 panel to the wall ..............6 Connect the Mains Cable and Protective Earths............11 Install the Loops....................11 Run and Temporarily Connect the Loops ..............11 5.1.1...
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Contents FIRECLASS Fire detection system 14.2 Set the S2 DIP Switches ....................35 14.3 Mounting the IOB800 and FB800 boards ..............35 14.3.1 IOB800 Input Output Expansion Card Details ..................37 14.4 FB800 Fused 24V Outputs Board Details ..............39 14.4.1 Mount the Units in the Slot Card Cage ....................39...
Introduction Introduction What this Manual does not Use this guide as a source of useful information when you install a FireClass FC700 series based alarm sys- cover tem. The guide does not provide information on the follow- The guide sets out a recommended series of steps to ing: follow.
Read the Installation Notes 5A PSU for 38AH batteries. The FC708D is a net- workable panel. There is a section of installation notes in the FireClass FC700 series panels Product Application and Design Mounting a FC702/708/718 panel to Information manual. Check these for information possi-...
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– Tighten the four screws until the panel is fitted securely. – Remove any debris from the housing. Fig. 1: Fixing the FC702/718/708 panel mounting plate 149.5 Fig. 2: FC702S - Mounting plate fixing and overall dimensions in mm 1 – Mounting frame holes...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Mounting a FC702/708/718 panel to the wall 214.5 Fig. 3: FC702D, FC718D and FC708D panels - Mounting plate fixing and overall dimensions in mm 1 – Mounting frame holes Installation Guide Doc. version 5.0...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Mounting a FC702/708/718 panel to the wall Fig. 4: Fitting the FC702D or FC718/708 panel housing to the deep cover mounting plate - front view Fig. 5: Fitting the FC702D or FC718/708 panel housing to the deep cover mounting plate - rear view...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Mounting a FC702/708/718 panel to the wall Fig. 6: Fitting the FC702S panel housing to the shallow cover mounting plate - front view Fig. 7: Fitting the FC702S panel housing to the shallow cover mounting plate - rear view...
Ensure the cabling is not connected to the supply, or that the supply is isolated. DANGER The FireClass Control Panel contains high voltages, producing a danger of death or serious injury. You must ensure adequate earthing of the system.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Make Insulation Checks 2 At the control panel, feed the loop cables through 2 Ensure your insulation checks will be at 500 V (set the appropriate knockouts. Use suitable cable glands your meter accordingly). as needed. To maintain IP30 pass test status, use a 3 Make the usual insulation measurements.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install the Batteries Install the Batteries NOTICE Ensure that the battery complies with the following: t is of the valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) type. It has an enclosure with flammability class UL94V-1 or better.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install the Batteries - FC700 series Fig. 12: Battery installation - FC700 series (deep housing) the red cable to positive and the black cable to neg- ative. 2 Place the batteries at bottom of the control panel housing.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Mounting Repeater Panels 7 Label the batteries with the current date. Fig. 13: Battery installation on a FC702S panel (shallow housing) – Drill a hole to accept the supplied wall plug and insert the plug. Mounting Repeater Panels –...
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40.0 330.0 40.0 410.0 Fig. 14: FireClass Single Loop Panel Shallow and FC8AS FireClass AC Repeater - Overall and Fixing Dimensions Knockouts Ø 20 mm (13x) 1 – Knockouts 2 – Mounting hole Ø 5.5 mm Installation Guide Doc. version 5.0...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Connect repeaters Fig. 15: FC1DS FireClass Compact DC Repeater - Overall and Fixing Dimensions. Connect repeaters 3 Connect an Ethernet cable to the switch. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the connector The FC1DS and FC8AS repeaters connect to the sys- marked ‘XP15 ETH’...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Connect repeaters 5 Configure the Ethernet switch as described in its instruction leaflet. Fig. 16: Mounting a FC8AS repeater with an Ethernet Switch 1 – Earth cable screw (optional) 7.1.2 FC1DS Compact Repeater connection FC-FI Power...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install the batteries - FC8AS – Ethernet cable from XP15 on the FC-FI card. on top of the PSU). There are two of each type of ter- minal – use either one. Connect the red cable to pos- –...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Provide Installation Records Fig. 17: Batteries for the FC8AS repeater Provide Installation Records 2 Make sure all power and signal cables are neatly routed and arranged in the housings. Make sure you provide the site personnel with all rele-...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install the FC-FI - Field Interface Board Install the FC-FI - Field Interface Board Fig. 18: FC-FI - Field Interface Board. Installation Guide Doc. version 5.0...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Make Local FC-FI Board Connections 10.1 Make Local FC-FI Board Connections 10.2 Connect Local Sounders “Local sounders” are sounders connected directly to the FC-FI board, as opposed to sounders on the NOTICE addressable loop. There is a danger of signal interference Connect the sounders as shown in Fig.
Only connect to the Supervised Input if it is set up in the configuration (open the configuration in FireClass Express for example). Connect the switch using series and parallel resistors as shown in Fig.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Check the FC-FI Connections 10.4 Check the FC-FI Connections The FC-FI connections are shown in Fig. 20. Not all of these are covered in this guide. For the numbered items ‘2’ and ‘3’, these should have been connected in earlier steps, (which cross-references to this figure).
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Note FC-FI Switches and Jumper Positions 10.5 Note FC-FI Switches and PCB Label Function Jumper Positions Terminals: 24V and 5V Power for Third Party Cards The FC-FI board has many connectors, jumpers and configuration switches. These are used, for example,...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Make Jumper and DIP Switch Settings 10.6.1 Configuration of a FC700 series panel RBus interface The GUI and panel both have built in terminating resis- tors, so external terminating resistors should not be fit- The routing of the RBus is controlled by the DIP ted to the panel.
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Make Jumper and DIP Switch Settings Jumper OPEN J1 – Relay 3 Normally Open Normally Closed J2 – Relay 4 Normally Open Normally Closed J3 – MCPU Watchdog Active (MCPU in reset) Enabled Enabled J4 – LIOMCU Watchdog...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Changing a Fuse on the FC-FI 10.7 Changing a Fuse on the FC-FI RL4 activated by ALARM The FC-FI has seven user changeable fuses. See Table Position 3 13 for more information. Enabled CAUTION Table 11: FC-FI - RL4 relay activated by ALARM setting (cont.)
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install Optional Cards and Modules Install Optional Cards and 6 Make sure this address number has not already been allocated – you might have to read the DIP Modules switch settings of already installed cards. 7 If the address number is free, note this to be set on At this stage connect any optional cards and modules the card’s DIP switch, as covered in a later section...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install the PLX800 - Loop Expansion Card ‘Loop E’ (for example) has ‘No addresses’ (zero addresses allocated to it), then you should not con- nect that loop. 5 Set jumper J1 to the “Pin 1 shorted to Pin 2” posi- tion.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install the PNI800 - Network Interface Card Install the PNI800 - Network State Condition Interface Card Blinking On/Off Firmware update mode 0.1seconds /0.9 seconds Install any PNI800 Network Interface Slot Cards accord- Blinking On/Off Configuration mode ing to the steps below.
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install the PNI800 - Network Interface Card SW1 Position Network Baud Rate Item Function See Table 19. 9600 See Table 20, 21, 22, and 19200 See Table 24, 25, 26, and 38400 57600 See Table 28 and 29.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Changing a Fuse on the PNI800 NBUS address Emergency MCU FW Position 1 to 7 Upgrade Mode Position 8 Binary coded NBUS Enabled. Mode is acti- address vated after RESET SW 4.1=LSB SW 4.7=MSB Disabled* ON=1...
If there are cables con- nected to the front of the IOB800 board, leave them connected as they will be inaccessible when the The FireClass FC702D/718/708 panels come supplied IOB800 is fitted. with a slot card adapter to mount a maximum of three 3 Remove the mounting screws from the other boards boards per panel.The FC702S panel can also support up...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Mounting the IOB800 and FB800 boards How to mount boards on a FC702S panel 7 Reconnect any cables that you disconnected in step 8 Connect the supply cable from the IOB800 to the XT8 You can mount the PNI800, IOB800, and the FB800 connector on the FC-FI board.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Mounting the IOB800 and FB800 boards FC702S Fig. 28: Mounting Boards on a Panel 1 – Pillars 2 – Screws 3 – Adapter plate Item Function Open Collector outputs 1 to 8, inputs 1 to 8 14.3.1 IOB800 Input Output Expansion Card...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Mounting the IOB800 and FB800 boards S1 Position Setting Activation by Emergency Alarm 1. (XT3.1,2,3Relay_1) OFF * / ON Disabled / Enabled 2. (XT3.4,5,6Relay_2) OFF * / ON Disabled / Enabled 3. (XT3.7,8,9Relay_3) OFF * / ON Disabled / Enabled 4.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system FB800 Fused 24V Outputs Board Details 14.4 FB800 Fused 24V Outputs Board Details Fig. 30: FB800 Terminal Positions 3 Connect the IOB ribbon cable to the connector on Connector Function the FC-FI main board marked ‘XP3 IOBUS’ – this is...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system FB800 Fused 24V Outputs Board Details Fig. 31: FB800 and IOB800 - Fitting to Backplane Cage Installation Guide Doc. version 5.0...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system FB800 Fused 24V Outputs Board Details Fig. 32: FB800 and IOB800 - Fitting to FC700 series panels - Part 2 1 – Iron mounting plate 2 – Screw for fixing the iron mounting plate 3 – Second position (second IOB800) 4 –...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Optional: Mounting the cellular module and antenna wire sequence red wire to panel 24 V supply and black wire to 0 V. Callout Description Mounting pillars in the CIE case Notes A16381TMRV mounting plate The CSG takes a high inrush current when hot- M3 screws and washers plugged and can blow a 1 A fuse.
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Optical indicators Status Green LED Yellow LED Normal: connected to the enterprise server Not connected to the Blinking enterprise server, connected to an exter- nal network only Not connected to an external network Failure or error...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install CCU3 and MOXA modules Install CCU3 and MOXA modules 16.1 Fit DIN Rail Modules You need to fit the DIN rail to the left side of the panel housing, at the top, as shown in Fig. 39. You need to purchase the DIN rail, the M4 Nyloc nut and the M4 washer separately.
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Fit DIN Rail Modules Fig. 39: DIN rail devices on a FC702D, FC718 or a FC708 panel 1 – DIN rail 2 – M4 shake proof washer 3 – M4 Nyloc nut Installation Guide Doc. version 5.0...
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Install FCZ4x or FCZ8x Zonal Indicators Install FCZ4x or FCZ8x Zonal FCZ8DS (FireClass 80 Zone Display) Details The LEDs are divided between ‘Part A’ and ‘Part B’, with Indicators 40 LEDs each. Part A has its lowest address Bit.0 = 0 and Part B has its lowest Address Bit.0 = 1 on the I2C...
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Install FCZ4x or FCZ8x Zonal Indicators FIRECLASS Fire detection system SW100 Address-Part B SW100 Dimming Part B Position 3 and 4 Position 6 Binary coded address Enable SW100.3=Bit.1 SW100.4=Bit.2 OFF * Disable OFF * ON=0 Table 47: FCZ8DS - Dimming setting-Part B OFF=1 * Default.
FIRECLASS Fire detection system Binary DIP Switch Lookup Table Item Function X500 FC-FI interface connector X501 Left FCNET / N-BUS (RS485) and Power (24V) terminals X502 Right MXNET / N-BUS (RS485) and Power (24V) terminals X503 Bypass Jumper for +24V*...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Binary DIP Switch Lookup Table Position Position Position Position 1..8 1..8 1..8 1..8 10100100 01010010 11110110 00000000 01100100 11010010 00001110 10000000 11100100 00110010 10001110 01000000 00010100 10110010 01001110 11000000 10010100 01110010 11001110 00100000 01010100 11110010 00101110...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Binary DIP Switch Lookup Table Position Position Position 1...8 1...8 1...8 00101001 10011101 01111011 10101001 01011101 11111011 01101001 11011101 00000111 11101001 00111101 10000111 00011001 10111101 01000111 10011001 01111101 11000111 01011001 11111101 00100111 11011001 00000011 10100111 00111001...
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FIRECLASS Fire detection system Installation Guide Doc. version 5.0...
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120.515.867_FC-FC700-P-I, doc. version 5.0, 24. May 2024 Further information about FIRECLASS can be found on the Internet at www.fireclass.com Company stamp...
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