PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual CONTENTS Installation Precautions..................... 1 Preface AS 7240 Information..................2 Chapter 1 Product Introduction ................3 Chapter 2 Technical Specifications ................4 2.1 Operating Voltage ....................4 2.2 Standby Batteries....................4 2.3 Communication Loop Parameters ..............
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PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual 4.6 Device Definition....................19 4.7 Field Device Commission ................. 19 Chapter 5 Display and Disposal of System Information ........20 5.1 Normal Information ................... 20 5.2 Fire Alarm ......................21 5.2.1 Fire Alarm Indication ..................
Consult with the appropriate Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) for confirmation of the requirements. PFSIFP8 Fire Alarm Control Panel (FACP) shall only be installed and serviced by a trained specialist.
Output to fire alarm devices Outputs Control of fire alarm routing equipment Output to fire protection equipment 7.10 The power supply of the PFSIFP8 FACP complies with AS 7240.4 AS 7240 requirements. √ AS 7240.4 Clause Power supply from the main power source...
Installation and Operation Manual Chapter 1 Product Introduction PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel (FACP) is designed to comply with AS 7240.2 standard with qualities of simple installation, operation, and easy maintenance. The fire alarm system has the following features: ...
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual 2.4 Detection Loop Parameters LOOP OUT (O+, O-): Polarized signal cable from the FACP connecting up to 242 addressable devices. LOOP IN (I+, I-): Polarized signal cable returning to the FACP.
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual Chapter 3 Construction and Components 3.1 Exterior and Interior Construction PFSIFP8 FACP is wall-mounted. Its exterior and interior construction are shown in Fig. 3-1 and 3-2. 191mm 484mm Fig. 3-1...
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual 3.1.1 Display Area The display area consists of LCD, LED indicators and keypad, which are shown in Fig. 3-3. Fig. 3-3 3.1.2 Description of LEDs Fire: Red. It illuminates when the FACP detects an alarm condition of connected detectors.
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual SOUNDER”. It goes out automatically after the fault is cleared. Test Mode: Yellow. It illuminates when the system is under test mode. Sounder Disable: Yellow. It illuminates when the OUTPUT TO SOUNDER is disabled and goes out when the output is re-enabled.
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual Fig. 3-4 On the indication panel, each unit consists of two indicators and a label. The user can put the name of device on the right of the indicators. ...
Monitor & Control Card (RS232 card). The local network card has port I+/I- and O+/O- for building up a ring or bus type network with other FlameStop FACPs. The monitor & control card provides RS232 or USB port for communication with PC, so that the FACP can connect with urban fire alarm and monitor network, or the central monitor and control system in a building for integrated graphic control.
Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual PFSIFP8 can connect with a series of fire detectors, such as PHI-9102, PHI-9103, and PHI-9105R. The detectors mounted in the protected area transmit monitoring message to the FACP through Class A loop. Every detector has its own address with which the FACP can monitor the alarm, fault, and normal status of the detectors.
Please refer to Appendix 1 for the internal connection diagram. 4.2 Cabinet Installation PFSIFP8 FACP is flushed mounted. Dimensions of the cabinet are shown in Fig. 4-1. Ambient conditions for installation of the FACP: Temperature: 0 ~+40 Relative humidity: ≤95%, non-condensing...
Check if the buzzer can give loud alarm sounds. 4.4 External Connection 4.4.1 Mains Connection PFSIFP8 Fire Alarm Control Panel receives power from a 220VAC/230VAC, 50Hz/60Hz supply. The incoming power feed cable Earth (Green/Yellow) wire should be connected to the earth terminal.
Caution: Do not connect power to your device until you have completed all input and output connections. Failure to do so may result in injury! PFSIFP8 connects with field devices through mother board. Terminals on the mother board are shown in Fig. 4-3.
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PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual OUTPU FAULT LOOP1 LOOP2 LOOP3 LOOP4 LOOP5 LOOP6 LOOP7 LOOP8 LOOP9LOOP10 LOOP10 ALARM FEED OUTPUT TO OUTPU REPEATER SOUNDER ROUTING BACK O+ O- O+ O- O+ O- O+ O- O+ O-...
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PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual connected cable is in short or open circuit. ALARM ROUTING: It outputs when there is fire alarm and gives fault signals when connecting line is shorted or opened. ...
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PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual Diode End of Line ALARM ROUTING Resistor 4.7kΩ Fire Monitoring Device Fire Monitoring Device End of Line Acknowledgement FEED BACK Resistor 4.7kΩ Resistor 1kΩ Fig. 4-6 A 4.7kΩ resistor is connected at terminal ALARM ROUTING and FEED BACK as factory default.
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual 4.4.3.5 Connection of Communication Loop Network Maximum 32 FACPs (Any loop) Repeater Maximum 64 repeater panels Fig. 4-8 4.5 Connection Inspection and Device Registration 4.5.1 Connection Inspection Check the circuit connected with the FACP. Measure the insulation resistance between loops and between loops and ground, which should be more than 20MΩ.
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual Step 2: Reboot the FACP while it’s in commission state. The FACP will automatically register devices. Please check the number, address and working state of the registered devices in according to engineering requirement, and remove any problem.
Installation and Operation Manual Chapter 5 Display and Disposal of System Information PFSIFP8 can be started after installation according to description in Chapter 4. Turn on the power supply, and main and standby power switch on the FACP, the FACP executes self-test and enter normal standby state.
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual 5.2 Fire Alarm 5.2.1 Fire Alarm Indication Fire LED is lit when there is fire alarm signal. The buzzer of the FACP sounds (continuous sound), and corresponding fire LED on the zone indication panel is also lit.
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual Step 3: Call the fire department. Step 4: Initiate extinguishers. If it is a false alarm, please take the following measures. Step 1: Press SILENCE to stop the sound. Step 2: Remove the causes of the false alarm.
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual The FACP provides two types of dependency on more than one alarm signal in zone setup. If a zone is set as Type A dependency, the alarm of a detector from this zone will be reported as a pre-alarm, and only when there is another detector from the same zone alarms, will the FACP report a fire alarm.
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual Battery fault: The panel will reports battery fault if the battery voltage is lower than 18.9VDC, and: Light FAULT and BATTERY FAULT LED. The LCD displays “BATTERY FAULT”.
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual possible damage to it. If it is system fault, please check and repair in time. If the panel needs to be shut down, please make detailed notes. If it is field device fault, please repair it in time. You can disable it if the fault cannot ...
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual Chapter 6 Description of System Operation 6.1 Keypad 6.1.1 Keypad Functions Keys fall into different types by function: numerical keys, special functional keys, and direction control keys. Numerical keys are used for entering numbers and characters.
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual 6.2 User Operation Instruction (Operator Password Required) Pressing USER SETUP in normal standby state and entering operator password will enter user setup menu. Fig. 6-1 6.2.1 Browsing messages Choosing 1 on the screen shown in Fig. 6-1 will enter message browsing screen, as in Fig.
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PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual The current information is highlighted when there is more than one piece of message on the LCD. You can shift the highlighted item by choosing . You can view details of this item by choosing ENTER or exit by choosing CANCEL.
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PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual 6.2.1.3 Browsing Groups Choosing 3 on the screen shown in Fig. 6-2 will enter the screen for browsing groups, as in Fig. 6-5. Fig. 6-5 6.2.1.4 Browsing Repeated Codes Choosing 4 on the screen shown in Fig. 6-2 will enter the screen for browsing repeated codes, as in Fig.
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PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual *PANEL STATUS* ******************************************* LOOP: POINTS: 0000 CRT CARD: NETWORK CARD: 00 Main power voltage:001V Standby power voltage:29.6V Main borad software version:V1.0 FAR:OK FPE:DIS Commission 20:44:30 Fig. 6-7 6.2.1.6 Browsing Event and Command Equations Choosing 6 on the screen shown in Fig.
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual Event: It is the message generated by the FACP when there is fire alarm or action of device. A result is composed of the following items. 000 000 64 99...
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual Fig. 6-10 6.2.3 Printer Setup Choosing 3 on the screen shown in Fig. 6-1 will enter the screen for printer setup, as in Fig. 6-11. On this screen, “1” means printing is disabled, “2” means only fire alarm messages are to be printed, and “3”...
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual Fig. 6-12 Choosing “1. Disable” in the above screen, delay output of all output-type devices is not allowed, and the FACP enters night mode compulsorily. If alarm dependency Type A or Type B is set and the condition for dependency is not met within the pre-alarm delay period, the pre-alarm will be automatically cancelled.
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual 6.2.6 Testing Mode Choosing 5 on the screen shown in Fig. 6-1 will enter the testing screen. *TEST SETUP* ******************************************* 1.LED-BUZZER TEST 2.LOCAL_OUTPUTS TEST 3.SETUP TEST ZONES 4.CANCEL TEST ZONES FAR:OK FPE:DIS Commission 20:44:30 Fig.
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual sounder will automatically output for 10 seconds. If “Without sounder” is chosen, the zonal sounder will not output. *SETUP TEST ZONES* ******************************************* Zone number Input test zone(1-999):001 Input test mode(0-1):0-Without sounder FAR:OK FPE:DIS Commission 20:44:30 Fig.
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual resolved. Disable/Enable operation is available for addressable devices and zones. Local output ports can also be regarded as addressable devices by setting their zone number and device number as “0”. In the following paragraphs, operation on addressable devices will be demonstrated as an example.
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual Please input password ******** *SYSTEM SETUP* ******************************************* 1.PROGRAMMING 2.LOCAL OUTPUT SETUP FAR:OK FPE:DIS Commission 20:44:30 3.WORKING STATE SETUP 4.DEVICE DEBUG FAR:OK FPE:DIS Commission 20:44:30 Fig. 6-20 6.3.1 System Resource Setup Choosing “1”...
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PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual *POINT SETUP* Device code Loop Loop:01 Point(1-242):001 number ******************************************* FAR:OK FPE:DIS Commission 20:44:30 Fig. 6-22 In Fig. 6-22, inputting loop number and number of point followed by ENTER, then the device type, zone, attribute and note text can be entered on the screen shown in Fig.
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PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual *ZONE SETUP* ENTER Zone number Zone(1-999):001 ******************************************* *ZONE SETUP* Zone(1-999):001 ******************************************* Dependency Type(0-2):1-Type A Sounder mode(0-1):0-sound by zone fire Resound mode(0-1):0-no resound FAR:OK FPE:DIS Commission 20:44:30 Zone Led(1-140):001 Text(40Byte): FAR:OK FPE:DIS Commission 20:44:30 Fig.
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PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual 6.3.1.3 Communication Setup Choosing “3” on the screen of Fig. 6-21 will enter the screen for communication setup. Monitoring devices and network devices in the system can be connected with the FACP using the sub-menus under this screen.
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PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual *MODIFY PASSWORD* ******************************************* 1.OPERATOR PASSWORD 2.MANAGER PASSWORD FAR:OK FPE:DIS Commission 20:44:30 Fig. 6-27 Operator password is used to access USER SETUP, and manager password for SYSTEM SETUP. 6.3.1.6 Event and Command Setup Choosing “6”...
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PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual being controlled according to these logical expressions. The event and command equations in this system consist of two parts linked by an equal mark. The part before the equal mark is the event, which includes device zone number, device number, device...
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual check the grammar of E&C equations, which means illegal characters will not be accepted. 6.3.1.6.3 Modifying E&C Equations Choosing “2” in the screen of Fig. 6-28 will enter the screen for modifying E&C equations.
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual *LOCAL OUTPUT SETUP* ******************************************* SOUNDERA mode(0-2):0-on one fire F.P.E.A mode(0-2):0-on one fire ALARM ROUTINGA mode(0-2):0-on one fire DELAY TIME:[ ] SEC-IN DELAY MODE FAR:OK FPE:DIS Commission 20:44:30 Fig. 6-30 Output mode options 0 to 2: ...
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PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual *DEVICE DEBUG* ******************************************* 1.DEVICE LEARN 2.REPEATED POINTS CHECK 3.MODIFY ORIGINAL CODE 4.MODIFY POINT SENSITIVE 5.PULSE MODE DEBUG 6.DIGITAL MODEDEBUG 7.SYSTEM INITIALIZATION FAR:OK FPE:DIS Commission 20:44:30 Fig. 6-32 Choosing “3” in the above screen will access the menu for modifying device code, as shown in Fig.
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PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual Fig. 6-34 Choose “6” on the screen of Fig. 6-32 for digital method debug, as in Fig. 6-35. Fig. 6-35 Page 46...
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual Chapter 7 Standby Battery Calculations Equation for calculating the battery capacity: Battery capacity(Ah)=I ×T ) ×T Qmax Qmin Lmax Fout In which: =1.4A, which is the quiescent current when the FACP is full-loaded;...
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual Chapter 8 Maintenance The FACP shall only be repaired by specially trained technical service personnel. Please disconnect the power before repair! 8.1 Replacing the Battery Type of battery: Sealed lead-acid battery...
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual Appendix 2 Device Type List Device Type Group Code Device Type UNDEFINED OPTICAL SMOKE HEAT DETECTOR BEAM DETECTOR FIRE INPUT USER DEFINED USER DEFINED USER DEFINED USER DEFINED Fire Alarm Signal Input Signal...
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PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual FIRE RELAY SUPERVISORY RELAY TROUBLE RELAY FLASHER LIFT USER DEFINED USER DEFINED USER DEFINED USER DEFINED USER DEFINED USER DEFINED USER DEFINED USER DEFINED USER DEFINED USER DEFINED USER DEFINED...
PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual Appendix 3 Operation Menu User Setup BROWSE BROWSE POINTS BROWSE ZONES BROWSE GROUPS BROWSE REPEAT CODE BROWSE PANEL STATUS BROWSE EVENT&COMMAND BROWSE LOG CLOCK PRINTER SETUP DISABLE Only Fire All History...
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PFSIFP8 Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panel Installation and Operation Manual System setup PROGRAMMING POINT SETUP ZONE SETUP COMMUNICATION SETUP DAY/NIGHT TIME SETUP MODIFY PASSWORD EVENT&COMMAND SETUP DEVICETYPE SETUP LOCAL OUTPUT SETUP WORKING STATE SETUP COMMISSION MONITORING DEVICE DEBUG DEVICE LEARN...