Installed equipment tests
Preparation
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Check to ensure
access
will be provided to areas where installed equipment is to be
tested, such as to locked or secure areas.
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Ensure all sensor
dust covers
are removed from sensor devices.
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Tests may be made easier by having: sensor extractor tool, smoke poles, smoke
canister, heat gun, beam obscuration filter, sensor removal kit and MCP test key, plus
keys to open system equipment. Where applicable read the instructions supplied with
the test kit.
Communication to site occupants
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Before undertaking any of these tests and to prevent unnecessary building evacuation,
ensure:
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all affected personnel on the site are informed, via a responsible person that the
fire alarm system is being commissioned.
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where there is a link to an alarm receiving centre, the appropriate action should be
taken to ensure they are informed that tests are being carried out on the system.
Commissioning Tool
It is much easier for the panel and system to be configured from the Commissioning tool, see the
Commissioning tool manual.
Plant equipment
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Prior to any functional tests being carried out on the system, all the plant
equipment interfaced to the fire alarm system should be isolated.
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Tests should be carried out following customer consent. It may also be necessary to
obtain third-party consent dependent on what plant equipment is connected to the
panels auxiliary contacts.
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All the tests on plant equipment should be as agreed during the project design stage.
Zone 'Test' mode (for EN panels only)
The Zone Test mode is applicable for EN VIGILON 4/6-loop panel, VIGILON Compact panel and
VIGILON Compact VA panel only and is used when testing devices in a zone. It allows the
engineer to test zones without having to return to the panel to silence alarms and reset the system.
While the panel is in the Zone test mode, following a fire event the alarms sound for 5 seconds and
then automatically the alarms are silenced followed by a panel reset. The panel inhibits the
operation of delay block functions, network functions, auxiliary and clean contact relay's operation
in Zone test mode.
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All zones of the system that are not in zone test mode will operate normally.
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To put the control panel into or out of the 'zone test mode': Press
Menu On/Off
button and select
[Test/Eng] -> [UserCode]
and enter the Engineering password, this
need only be done if an Engineering password is set up. Press
<etc>
and select
[Test]
and then select
[Zone]
and
[On
] /
[Off].
Now enter the zone
number and select
[Enter]
. The 'Test' LED is lit:
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On completion of all tests, switch Off the [Test] mode and notice the 'Test'
LED also switches Off.
'Commission' mode (for BS panels only)
The Commissioning mode is applicable for BS VIGILON 4-loop panels only. It places all the zones
of the system into test state.
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The 'Commission' mode may be used when testing the system. It allows the engineer
to test devices without having to return to the panel to perform silence alarms and
reset. While the panel is in the Commissioning mode, following a fire event the alarm
will sound for 5 seconds and then automatically a silence alarm sequence is
performed and thereafter a panel reset.
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To put the control panel into or out of the 'commissioning mode': Press
Menu On/Off
button and select
[Test/Eng]
. Select
[UserCode]
and enter the Engineering password,
this need only be done if an Engineering password is set up. Press
<etc>
and select
[Commission]
and
[On
] The 'Commission' LED is lit:
.
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On completion of commissioning, switch Off the [Commission] mode and
notice the 'Commission' LED is also switches Off.
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