Gamewell-FCI FC-73 Series Conventional Fire Alarm Control Panel Specification

FC 73 Series Conventional Fire Alarm Control Panel Engineer Specification No 9020 0535 1.1 Modified June 3 2004 Control Instruments Inc Southwest Park Ma 02090 2001 Rights Reserved in the USA ONE GENERAL ADAC and FCINET are Registered Trademarks of Fire Control Instruments Inc of this Document specification document provides the requirements for the FC 73 Series fire alarm control panel This control panel shall include but not be to system cabinet FC 73 Unit associated peripheral devices programming wiring other relevant components Work Included General Requirements contractor shall furnish and install a complete 24 VDC FC 73 Series conventional multiprocessor based fire alarm system as specified herein system shall include but not be limited to all control equipment power supply devices audible and visual notification appliances as appropriate conduit wiring and all other accessories necessary to provide a complete and operable system Labeling FC 73 Series equipment shall be labeled with the manufacturer name and logotype to the integrity of the complete system Hybridized systems containing equipment several different manufacturers shall not be considered acceptable Agency Approvals equipment shall be listed by Underwriters Laboratories Inc approved by Factory Research or as accepted by the Authority Having Jurisdiction AHJ The catalog specified are those of Fire Control Instruments Inc and are indicative of the and type of equipment to be furnished components as required shall be catalogued by the manufacturer and Listed to with the manufacturer control panel Wiring and cable shall be U L Listed for fire alarm use and shall be a minimum of 18 AWG as required by local codes and Authority Having Jurisdiction containing conductors identified as Fire Protective Control Panel conductors not contain any other conductors No AC current carrying conductors shall be allowed the same raceway with the DC fire alarm detection and signaling conductors owner or his designated representative shall approve all equipment submittals General Requirements original catalog data and descriptive information shall be supplied for all components of the equipment to be supplied Suppliers qualifications shall indicate in business service policies warranty definitions and a list of similar installations qualifications shall indicate years in business and prior experience with that include the type of equipment that is to be supplied All pertinent shall be furnished regarding the reliability and operation of the equipment to be Delivery dates of the equipment to be supplied shall be furnished and final test acceptance dates of the equipment shall be furnished information shall be furnished so that the exact function of each installed device known DOCUMENTATION of shop drawings shall contain at least one 1 booklet of original manufacturer and installation instruction sheets Subsequent booklets may be copies All and devices on the shop drawings to be furnished under this contract shall be marked in the specification sheets Other than Specified Equipment equipment other than that specified is supplied it shall be the contractors obligation to appropriate documentation and submit the following in writing to the engineer ten days before the bid date Complete lists descriptions and drawings of materials to be used A complete list of current drain requirements during normal supervisory condition conditions and alarm conditions Battery standby calculations showing total standby power needed to meet the system as specified Satisfying the intent of these specifications is the contractor responsibility to meet the entire intent of these specifications from specified items shall be at the risk of the contractor until the date of final by the architect engineer and owners representative All costs for removal or replacement of a disapproved substituted item shall be borne by the electrical and Standards Codes fire alarm system in its entirety shall be in compliance with all applicable fire and codes and comply with the requirements of the local Authority Having over said systems U L Standards system shall comply with the applicable provisions of the following U L Standards and UL STD 864 Control Units Fire Protective Signaling Systems UOJZ Control Units System UOXX Control Unit Accessories System NFPA Standards FC 73 Series system shall comply with the applicable provisions of the following National Fire Protection Association NFPA standards NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm Code NFPA 90A Installation of Air Conditioning and Ventilating Systems Life Safety Code NFPA 101 Safety to Life from Fire in Buildings and Structures TWO SYSTEM OPERATION Microprocessor Based system shall be of microprocessor design to allow the module to hold and execute its software program Programmable system shall be capable of field programming in two modes Programmed through the use of the LCD keypad using a menu driven system Computer programmed through the use of an FCP Field Configuration Program software package The system configuration shall be saved to diskette for easy and field program modification without the addition of programming hardware hard copy of the final system configuration showing all inputs outputs addresses programming matrixes etc shall be furnished at no extra cost Serial Output supervised RS 232C serial port shall be provided to allow programming of system via a computer Program of a manual station or automatic activation of any smoke detector heat detector waterflow zone shall activate the system control by event program to cause All notification appliances to sound in a temporal pattern and strobes to flash notification appliances to sound in a march time code pattern and strobes to flash notification appliances to sound in a continuous pattern and strobes to flash Shut down all air handling units as specified herein The SYSTEM ALARM LED shall flash and the panel audible sounder shall pulse System Control Unit display shall be of the light emitting diode type LED clearly in poor light conditions and indicate the specific zone in alarm on the main unit via separate LEDs Close all magnetically held doors automatically Perform any additional function as specified herein or as shown on the plans Notify the Fire Department General System Operation an alarm occurs on a zone the control panel indicates the alarm condition until reset An alarm may be acknowledged by operating the ACKNOWLEDGE This shall silence the panel sounder and change the SYSTEM ALARM LED and individual zone LED from flashing to steadily lit notification appliances may be silenced by operating the SILENCE switch This shall light the SIGNAL SILENCE LED If a subsequent alarm is activated the appliances shall resound until again silenced Waterflow zones shall be non Green POWER LED green POWER LED shall normally be lit indicating that the system is receiving AC power A failure of control panel power shall cause this LED to blink TROUBLE LED yellow TROUBLE LED shall light and the system audible sounder shall sound when trouble is detected in the system Failure of normal power opens or short circuits on the appliance or zone circuits disarrangement in system wiring failure of the or any identification module or system ground faults shall activate this circuit trouble signal may be acknowledged by operating the SILENCE switch This shall the panel trouble sounder If additional trouble conditions occur the trouble circuitry resound During an alarm condition all trouble signals shall be suppressed with the of lighting the yellow TROUBLE LED Verification detector alarm verification shall be a standard option on all zones while allowing dry contact device i e manual stations heat detectors etc to create an immediate This feature shall allow those smoke detectors that are installed in environments to nuisance or unwanted alarms to operating with the following sequence System Ready prior to smoke detector alarm Smoke Detector Alarm time 0 Pre Alarm Window 15 seconds a distinctive pre alarm indication shall be displayed Zone Reset 5 seconds occurs at end of pre alarm window Alarm Verification Window 90 seconds the system