Simplex TrueAlert Addressable Controller Application Manual

TrueAlert Addressable Controller Manual B page intentionally blank and Trademarks 2000 Simplex Time Recorder Company Westminster MA All rights reserved Printed in the United States of 980110 2000 Simplex International Time Equipment Co Ltd Ontario L4V 1H3 Canada specifications and other information shown were current as of and are subject to change without notice No part of this may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any electronic or mechanical for any purpose without the express consent of Simplex Time Recorder Company or following an eight digit Product ID number denotes product IDNet and MAPNET II are trademarks of the Simplex Recorder Company page intentionally blank of Contents Definitions viii is TrueAlert 1 Addressable Controller Interfaces 3 Interfaces 3 NAC Interface 3 Interface 5 Interface 6 Point Counting 7 Addressable Controller Channel Wiring 8 Wiring 8 Addressable Controller Application 9 NAC Operation 9 Operation across Multiple SLCs 10 Motel or Classroom Wiring Application 11 Accessible Room 12 Speaker and Speaker Visible Application 13 Style 4 Operation with Isolator Modules 15 Style 6 Operation with Isolator Modules 16 Instructions for Distance Calculations 17 Addressable Controller Wiring Application Matrix 19 4 Branch Wiring 19 6 Channel Wiring 20 A TrueAlert Addressable Controller 21 Repeater Option Card 21 Fiber Option Cards 22 A Adapter Option Card 23 Wiring Guidelines 24 Signaling Line Circuits 24 Circuit Wiring 24 Impedance Wiring 24 page intentionally blank Definitions Appliance Circuit NAC Conventional NACs provide 24 VDC to notification appliances and use reverse polarity to provide wiring supervision to an end of line resistor Wiring requires that each appliance have in out to monitor for the removal of a single wire termination NACs Simplex proprietary enhancement to the standard reverse polarity activates strobes and selectively activates and deactivates horns on the same circuit Operation Addressable notification appliance operation where power and supervision of horns and strobes occurs over a single pair of wires notification appliances receive digital communications and respond with of their presence allowing the TrueAlert Addressable Controller to track status When wired for Class B Style 4 operation conventional in out wiring end of line resistors are not required Addressable Controller Simplex model 4009 9401 Addressable provide the TrueAlert Channel interface between non TrueAlert operation fire alarm control panels and the TrueAlert addressable notification appliances Interface The Simplex 4010 Series fire alarm control panel can interface to the Addressable Controller via the IDNet addressable device interface With this the TrueAlert Addressable Controller is considered a device on the IDNet consuming only one of the available 250 addresses The 4010 is programmed as the TrueAlert Addressable Controller was a 4009 IDNet NAC Extender Control capable of being per TrueAlert Channel if desired Interface The Simplex 4020 4100 or 4120 FACPs using Revision 9 software or can interface to the TrueAlert Addressable Controller via a Remote Unit Interface channel The TrueAlert Addressable Controller is directly connected to the RUI Each TrueAlert notification appliance is a point with a custom label and is controlled being grouped into one or more VNACs which provide Virtual NAC Operation NAC Interface By connecting two conventional NACs from either the or different host control panels both strobe and horn operation of the TrueAlert Controller can be implemented One NAC activates strobe operation while other NAC activates and deactivates the horn operation Variations of this can provide different input control configurations Operation For use with TrueAlert notification appliances of on until silenced means that the appliance typically the audible appliance will remain activated until the Silence mode is selected at the panel This is typically used to silence the audible notification appliances while building is being investigated for the source of the original alarm This mode of is available with any of the three interface types RUI IDNet or wired Some of wired control may not allow this operation Operation Similar to on until silenced this mode allows the appliance to remain activated until the alarm situation has been fully and the alarm status in the panel is cleared and the panel is ready to be reset this mode is used for strobes to allow a silent reminder of the alarm condition the alarm source is being investigated This mode of operation is also available each any of the three interface types Channel Each TrueAlert Addressable Controller provides three TrueAlert Unlike conventional notification appliance circuits each TrueAlert Channel is Signaling Line Circuit SLC per NFPA 72 definitions with the combination of power and addressed supervision on next page Definitions Continued Circuit Because each TrueAlert channel provides individual appliance Class B Style 4 wiring does not need to use an end of line resistor for continuity supervision This operation allows the conductors to be connected with parallel branch circuits that can spoke out in multiple directions All branch are to be within 10 ft of the TrueAlert Addressable Controller and are to be made within a listed terminal cabinet In addition to the ability to wire Class B Style 4 TrueAlert Channels with circuits notification appliances and isolator modules can be connected off of branch circuit in a parallel T tap connection similar to wiring lighting circuits or The distance limit for an individual Class B Style 4 T tap is 100 ft from the T connection to the last appliance on the tap Module The TrueAlert Isolator Module provides short circuit protection to circuit When connected in a Class B Style 4 wiring configuration the Isolator removes individual T t