Acknowledged And Isolated Alarm; Heavy Smoke Alarm / Heavy Heat Alarm - Panasonic MEW01349 Operating Instructions Manual

Panasonic Electric Works Nordic AB
MEW01349 Rev: -
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Operating Instructions Fire alarm system EBL512 G3, V1.1.x

Acknowledged and Isolated alarm

Acknowledged and Isolated alarm is a fire alarm function only used
in New Zealand.
Acknowledged alarm
A fire alarm presented in the display can be acknowledged by pressing
the soft key "Acknowledge" (P7).
Acknowledged alarms are indicated in the display by "Acknowledged
alarm" in the same position as "Heavy smoke" / "Heavy heat", see
below. This indication is the only difference between a normal fire
alarm and an acknowledged alarm.
Acknowledged alarms have to be reset like normal fire alarms.
Isolated alarm
A normal fire alarm or an acknowledged alarm presented in the
display can be isolated as follows:
When the "New Zealand FB Silence switch" (outside switch) is turned
OFF (from activated to not activated), any fire alarm and
acknowledged alarm will be isolated (=disabled).
Isolated alarms are indicated in the display by "Isolated alarm" in the
same position as "Heavy smoke" / "Heavy heat", see below.
Isolated alarms do not activate any control outputs, do not activate the
output for routing equipment (Fire brigade tx), do not activate the
c.i.e. buzzer and do not activate the LEDs "Fire" (L1) in the c.i.e.
Isolated alarms have to be reset like normal fire alarms.
Isolated alarms also have to be re-enabled via menu H2/B5 or B4
before they can activate a new fire alarm again.

Heavy smoke alarm / Heavy heat alarm

An analog detector can activate a heavy smoke / heat alarm for a
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higher alarm level than the normal fire alarm level, i.e. a normal fire
alarm is already activated by a detector activating a heavy smoke /
heat alarm.
Heavy smoke / heat alarm is to confirm heavy or increasing smoke /
heat and can be used for special actions, e.g. activation of smoke
ventilation, etc.
The following happens in case of a heavy smoke / heat alarm:
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LED Fault / Disablements "General disablements" (L10) is indicating
that one or more zones / alarm points are isolated (disabled).
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See EBL512 G3 Planning Instructions.
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