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Annunciator Control System

ACS Series

Manual

Document 15842  Rev: N

5/4/2022   ECN: 00016475

Summary of Contents for NOTIFIER ACS Series

Page 1: ...Annunciator Control System ACS Series Manual Document 15842 Rev N3 5 4 2022 ECN 00016475 ...

Page 2: ...redetermined level Rate of rise heat detectors may be subject to reduced sensitivity over time For this reason the rate of rise feature of each detector should be tested at least once per year by a qualified fire protection specialist Heat detectors are designed to protect property not life IMPORTANT Smoke detectors must be installed in the same room as the control panel and in rooms used by the s...

Page 3: ... the sides or rear Before making modifications verify that they will not interfere with battery transformer or printed circuit board location Do not tighten screw terminals more than 9 in lbs Over tightening may damage threads resulting in reduced terminal contact pressure and difficulty with screw terminal removal This system contains static sensitive components Always ground yourself with a prop...

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Page 5: ...of Annunciators 16 4 6 Annunciator Power Requirements Electrical Ratings 17 Section 5 Installation Configuration and Programming 18 5 1 Installation Checklist 18 5 2 Connections and Switches 18 5 3 Mount the Cabinet or Backbox 20 5 4 Mount Annunciators and Expanders 20 5 5 EIA 485 Circuit Connections 21 5 6 Shielding the EIA 485 Circuit 21 5 7 End of Line Resistor for EIA 485 Circuit 21 5 8 Earth ...

Page 6: ... and Point Annunciation 36 Appendix D AM2020 AFP1010 Systems UL 8th 37 D 1 Capabilities 37 D 2 Connecting the EIA 485 Circuit 37 D 3 Providing Power to Annunciators 37 D 4 Programming the AM2020 AFP1010 for Remote Annunciation 38 D 5 Configuring Annunciators for AM2020 AFP1010 38 D 6 Configurations for Specific Applications 38 D 6 1 Common System Annunciation 38 D 6 2 Speaker and Telephone Mode 39...

Page 7: ...ems UL 8th NFS2 3030 Systems and NCA 2 Systems UL 9th 52 I 1 Capabilities 52 I 2 Connecting the EIA 485 Circuit 52 I 3 Providing Power to Annunciators 52 I 4 Programming the NFS 3030 NFS2 3030 NCA 2 for Remote Annunciation 53 I 5 Configuring Annunciators for NFS 3030 NFS2 3030 or NCA 2 53 I 6 Configurations for Specific Applications with NFS 3030 NFS2 3030 or NCA 2 53 I 6 1 Common System Annunciat...

Page 8: ... The following products have not received UL 864 9th Edition certification and may only be used in retrofit applications Operation of ACM 24AT ACM 48A and their expanders with products not tested for UL 864 9th Edition has not been evaluated and may not comply with NFPA 72 and or the latest edition of UL 864 These applications will require the approval of the local Authority Having Jurisdiction AH...

Page 9: ...isory Service See Canadian Requirements for Supervisory Signal in NOTIFIER Document 50056 2 1 1 Panel Compatibility ACM 24AT ACM 48A AEM 24AT and AEM 48A NFS 3030 NFS2 3030 96 points AM2020 AFP1010 64 points NFS 320 NFS2 640 NFS 640 64 points AFP 100 64 points AFP 200 64 points AFP 300 AFP 400 64 points NCA NCA 2 96 points INA 64 points ACM 16AT ACM 32A AEM 16AT AEM 32A and color variations NFS 30...

Page 10: ...re see your control panel manual NFS 320 NFS2 640 NFS 640 Annunciator points are programmable by group or by point User defined points can be defined by using VeriFire software see your control panel manual AM2020 AFP1010 Annunciator points are completely programmable and can be employed to annunciate and manually control common system voice or telephone circuits AFP 100 AFP 200 AFP 300 AFP 400 An...

Page 11: ...trouble LED an On line Power LED and a local piezo sounder with a silence acknowledge switch for audible indication of alarm and trouble conditions at each annunciator Height 8 375 21 27 cm Width 4 375 11 11 cm In Canada this module must be used to annunciate the fire alarm input points zones only ACM 16ATG2 Same as the ACM 16AT except that On Alarm LEDs are green green On Alarm and yellow Trou bl...

Page 12: ...n Alarm LEDs are green green On Alarm and yellow Trouble 3 5 Cabinet Panel Hardware 3 5 1 Surface Mount Backboxes These backboxes provide a surface mount enclosure for remote mounting annunciators Knockouts are provided for use with 1 2 conduit Dimensions are provided in Table 3 1 ABS 1B Mounts one annunciator directly to the ABS 1B without a dress plate This backbox will not support the installa ...

Page 13: ...unted see description in Section 3 5 1 ABS 4D ABS 4DR These backboxes can be surface mounted or semi flush mounted see description in Section 3 5 1 abf 4 iso wmf ABF 1B abf 1 iso wmf ABF 4B P N Height Width Depth ABS 1B 8 5 21 59 cm 4 5 11 43 cm 2 0 5 08 cm ABS 2B 8 5 21 59 cm 8 920 22 66 cm 2 0 5 08 cm ABS 2D ABS 2DR 12 00 30 48 cm 12 00 30 48 cm 3 8 96 52 mm ABS 4D ABS 4DR 11 97 30 40 cm 19 87 5...

Page 14: ...AT modules on one side and the front panels of the ACM 32A and AEM 32A modules on the other side The blank module covers unused module positions in the annunciator backbox or dress panel BMP 1 Blank module dress plate is a flat black metal plate which covers unused module positions in the annunciator backbox or dress panel and optionally provides an additional mounting position for some modules Fo...

Page 15: ...nciator power circuit Do not run cable adjacent to or in the same conduit as 120 volts AC service noisy electrical circuits that are powering mechanical bells or horns audio circuits above 25 VRMS motor control circuits or SCR power circuits If annunciators are to be mounted in a separate cabinet or powered by a remote power supply see Figure 4 2 Using Multiple Power Supplies With the EIA 485 Circ...

Page 16: ...ciator set to address X and installed upstream Full Function Receive Transmit annunciator set to Address X Figure 4 1 Supervising Receive Only Annunciators NOTE A common reference connection must be made between multiple power supplies for the EIA 485 circuit to function properly In the AM2020 AFP1010 a common connection between the reference terminal of the SIB 2048A SIB NET EIA 485 interface and...

Page 17: ...___ amps Number of AEM 16AT AEM 32A modules ________ X 0 002 _________ amps Non Fire Alarm Status B On line LED is on other LEDs are also on Number of ACM 24AT ACM 48A modules assumed to have points active simultaneously ________ X 0 070 _________ amps Number of AEM 24AT AEM 48A modules assumed to have points active simultaneously ________ X 0 056 _________ amps Number of ACM 16AT ACM 32A or AEM 1...

Page 18: ...6 4 Connect Earth Ground to a mounting screw on the backbox or cabinet Section 5 8 5 Place slide in labels in annunciators and expanders attach adhesive labels to trim plates Section 5 10 6 Mount keyswitch and or phone jack onto annunciators Section 5 11 7 Mount and connect annunciators and expanders Section 5 4 8 Configure annunciators for the number of installed expanders Section 5 12 3 9 Set DI...

Page 19: ...color selection switches SW26 SW25 expander connectors J3 J1 J4 J2 expander connectors J3 J1 ACM 48A AEM 48A annunciator keyswitch connector configuration DIP switches Figure 5 3 Reverse View ACM 16AT ACM 32A and expanders addressing switches EIA 485 connectors TB2 power supply connectors TB1 expander connector J1 ACM 16 32 reverse wmf 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 tens ones annunciator ...

Page 20: ... on the labelled dress plate and secure with two nuts and lock washers provided as shown in Figure 5 6 Connect ACM 16AT and ACM 32A to their expanders using ribbon cable as shown in Figure 5 8 Plug the two annunciator terminal blocks into the annunciator to complete communica tion and power circuit connections as described in Section 5 5 and Section 5 9 If using an annunciator backbox place the an...

Page 21: ...inet Between annunciators wire nut multiple shields together outside of the respective enclosures see Figure 5 11 5 7 End of Line Resistor for EIA 485 Circuit For the last device on the EIA 485 circuit an end of line resistor must be installed or enabled depending on the type of ACS device For ACM 24AT or ACM 48A set SW29 to ENABLE to install the built in end of line resistor see Figure 5 12 For A...

Page 22: ...ACM 24AT and ACM 48A Figure 5 14 Power Circuit for ACM 16AT and ACM 32A For details about connections to particular control panels see the appropriate appendix in this manual NOTE All power must be turned off when connecting the 24 VDC power to the annunciator Reapply power according to the instructions in your control panel manual 24 VDC In 24 VDC Out Reference Out Reference In Note On ACM 24AT a...

Page 23: ...switch into the keylock connector Connector location varies with annunciator model see below Wire phone jack into telephone circuit as shown in Figure 5 17 If annunciator is last jack on telephone circuit a resistor is required on the phone jack where shown Resistor rating varies depending on your system configuration If using a VCM 4RK configured for telephone operation 4 7K ohm If using a FCM 1 ...

Page 24: ...port up to four channels DIP Switch Function SW32 1 Turn ON for Program mode Used to cycle LED colors for annunciator points on the ACM 24AT and all AEM 24ATs connected to it While in this mode communication with panel is broken and interrupt routines are disabled Turn OFF for normal operating mode SW32 2 SW32 3 SW32 4 Configures Speaker Control Mode see Section 5 12 4 Speaker Control Mode for mor...

Page 25: ...ady 3 If the LED is lit steady the output will be deactivated and the point active LED will turn off 4 If the LED was flashing the output will be turned off the LED will turn off the next highest priority LED within the same group will begin to flash For example in a system with three channels and four speakers where channel one has higher priority than channel two which has higher priority than c...

Page 26: ...32 4 on SW 32 3 on SW 32 2 on Resulting Annun ciator Point Mapping 8 channel 3 speakers Note The custom labels in this manual include labels that can be used with the various Speaker Control Mode settings Note If adding an expander or expanders the second unit starts at P25 and goes up to a maximum of P96 Figure 5 19 Configuring Speaker Control Mode Spkr 1 Spkr 2 Spkr 3 Spkr 4 Channel 1 P1 P3 P5 P...

Page 27: ...or restoral If not used a jumper must be installed across these terminals TB1 6 and TB1 7 without this jumper the control panel will regis ter a trouble condition See Figure 5 20 DIP Switch Function 1 Manual override of control relays not supported by all control panels see appendix section 2 3 Expanders installed Set these switches according to how many expanders are installed at the address See ...

Page 28: ...elections were set correctly 5 15 2 Selecting LED Colors ACM 48A AEM 48A Set SW31 to set color of the point active LEDs in the right column and SW30 to set color of the point active LEDs in the left column DIP switches are located behind the column of LEDs they control To locate these switches on the back of the annunciator refer to Figure 5 1 and Figure 5 2 To set a DIP switch ON push it towards ...

Page 29: ...sed to execute such system functions as ACKNOWLEDGE SIGNAL SILENCE and SYSTEM RESET Switches can also be used to control the states of various output circuits Switches are used to select color of LEDs see Section 5 15 1 Selecting LED Colors ACM 24AT and AEM 24AT 6 1 5 Point Active LED On steady to indicate an active point after being acknowledged it glows steady until reset acm24 48 diagram_2 wfm ...

Page 30: ...icate a trouble situation After being acknowledged it glows until reset If communication with control panel is broken all trouble LEDs flash LED color varies by model number see chart below Control Switch Functions as a local Lamp Test for the two LEDs dedicated to a point Control switches can be used to execute such system functions as ACKNOWLEDGE SIGNAL SILENCE and SYSTEM RESET Switches can also...

Page 31: ...lor varies by model number see chart below Model Number ACM 32A ACM 32AG ACM 32AY Color of Point active LED Red Green Yellow NOTE Loss of communication with the control panel is monitored and reported by the ACM 32A If connection between ACM 32A and AEM 32A fails the ACM 32A will show a trouble condition and the main control panel will show annunciator point trouble anunc32 jpg Lamp Test Switch Wh...

Page 32: ... Switches for switch locations CAUTION NOT FOR MANUAL CONTROL ACS ANNUNCIATORS ON THE AFP 100 CANNOT BE USED FOR MANUAL CONTROL OF CONTROL MODULES BELL CIRCUITS OR RELAYS EXCEPT FOR GLOBAL SILENCE AND DRILL SWITCHES acs100eia wmf TB5 on the AFP 100 acs1a00pwr wmf 24 VDC TB4 on the AFP 100 Switch ACM 24AT and ACM 48A1 ACM 16AT and ACM 32A Function 1 Not used This switch must be set OFF 2 3 Expander...

Page 33: ... of the AFP 200 as shown in the accompanying illustration Set SW2 on AFP 200 to ACS position EIA 485 circuit rated 5 5 VDC max 60 mA max See Section 4 3 for details and notes about EIA 485 requirements B 3 Providing Power to Annunciators The annunciator s power supply is connected to 24V non resettable power use the middle two pins on TB1 of the AFP 200 as shown in the accompanying illustration Se...

Page 34: ...eight annunciator positions to expander positions 57 64 This shift can only be set on an annunciator set for address 1 5 Receive Only Set this switch ON for each annunciator that will provide the same information as another annunciator in a different location When two or more annunciators hold the same address all but one must be configured as Receive Only annunciators 6 Piezo Disable Set this swi...

Page 35: ...uirements C 3 Providing Power to Annunciators AFP 300 AFP 400 panels use Main Power Supply MPS 400 The annunciator s power supply is connected to either of the MPS 400 s two non resettable power supplies TB2 Terminals 1 and 2 or TB2 Terminals 3 and 4 as shown in the accompanying illustration No more than 1 25A can be drawn from these power limited terminals in standby or alarm See Section 4 6 Annu...

Page 36: ...le the piezo from sounding for any event The piezo will also be disabled if Flash Inhibit is ON 7 Switch Inhibit Set this switch ON to disable the point control switches on the annunciator and prevent them from executing system control functions When inhibited the switches will serve as local Lamp Test switches only In addition the Acknowledge Lamp Test switch will function only in a local capacit...

Page 37: ... with software with the following part numbers or greater shown in Table D 1 D 3 Providing Power to Annunciators AM2020 AFP 1010 panels use Main Power Supply MPS 24A The annunciator s power supply is con nected to 24V non resettable power use the middle two pins on TB3 of the MPS 24A as shown in the accompanying illustration Do not cut jumper JP5 No more than 3A can be drawn from these power lim i...

Page 38: ...t used ACM 16AT Points 1 16 First AEM 16AT Points 17 32 Second AEM 16AT Points 33 48 Third AEM 16AT Points 49 64 ACM 32A Points 1 32 AEM 32A Points 33 64 NOTE When using the NCA to annunciate points on the AM2020 AFP1010 over the network enable state reporting in the AM2020 AFP1010 panel for control module points and NONA NOA module points refer to the NCA Manual for instructions Switch ACM 24AT a...

Page 39: ... ignore subsequent Control by Event CBE commands from the panel Manual Override Mode can be entered by pressing the Manual Override switch on the ACM 24AT or ACM 16AT module Use special slide in label The Manual LED on the ACM 24AT or ACM 16AT module will illuminate steadily The AM2020 AFP1010 will register an ANNUNCIATOR TROUBLE condition The state of the each annunciator point will remain the sa...

Page 40: ...PR Circuit XPIQ Speaker and Telephone Strobe Circuits Indicates on off status of module or circuit Indicates trouble status of module or circuit Turns module on off Monitor Module XPM Circuit XPIQ Monitoring XP5 M Indicates alarm status of module or circuit1 1 In older systems if the monitor module or XPM 8 circuit is programmed as a supervisory point SPSU illumination of the trouble LED will occu...

Page 41: ...e ACS Mode interface can also activate NACs panel circuits and control modules from remote locations E 2 NFS2 640 and NFS 320 Connections EIA 485 Circuit and Power The EIA 485 connections are made to TB11 on the CPU2 640 or CPU 320 as shown 24 VDC power limited non resettable power for the LDM is available from TB10 on the CPU2 640 or CPU 320 Do not use the two pins on TB7 marked resettable For mo...

Page 42: ...ft Set switch ON to shift the control panel functions from the first eight annunciator positions to expander positions 57 64 This shift can only be set on an annunciator set for address 1 5 Receive Only Set this switch ON for each annunciator that will provide the same information as another annunciator in a different location When two or more annunciators hold the same address all but one must be...

Page 43: ...4 I Loop 2 Detectors 1 64 J Loop 1 Detectors 65 128 K Loop 2 Detectors 65 128 L Loop 1 Detectors 129 159 2 unused points Loop 2 Detectors 129 159 2 unused points M Panel circuits 1 1 to 8 8 64 1 Programmable Annunciator Group 1 1 1 Defining Programmable Annunciator Groups requires VeriFire Tools 2 Programmable Annunciator Group 2 1 3 Programmable Annunciator Group 3 1 4 Programmable Annunciator Gr...

Page 44: ...sults in System Trouble and Module Fail ure indications at the control panel The EIA 485 circuit that drives the ACS must be connected to Terminal Block 2 on the control panel as shown in the accompanying figure Power limited and supervised 6 000 feet maximum distance 16 AWG between the control panel and the furthest annunciator Use twisted pair cable with a characteristic impedance of approximate...

Page 45: ...m status of circuit2 Indicates trouble status of circuit Not used IC 4 ICE 4 ICR 4L3 circuit Indicates Activation Indicates trouble status of circuit Controls Notification Circuit CR 4 CRE 4 CR 4L3 circuit Indicates Activation Indicates trouble status of relay Controls Relays TC 2 TC 4 circuit Indicates Activation Indicates trouble status of relay Remote Switch Functions Annunciator Point 14 Indic...

Page 46: ...anel and the Annunciator Control System is accomplished over a two wire EIA 485 serial interface This communication circuit is supervised by the System To operate the ACS the control panel must be Revision D or greater The revision level of the control panel is marked on a label affixed to the upper board Additionally the system must be operating under control panel soft ware with U4 ROM part numb...

Page 47: ...d row etc Modules with circuits that need not be annunciated by the ACS should be installed further down in the cabinet Top Row Annunciator Address 1 Points 1 32 annunciated by either the first ACM 16AT and its first expander or by the first ACM 32A 2nd Row Annunciator Address 1 Points 33 64 annunciated by either the second and third expanders of an ACM 16AT or by an AEM 32A expander 3rd Row Annun...

Page 48: ...IZM 8 IZM 8CS IZM 8CS4 circuit Indicates alarm status of circuit2 Indicates trouble status of circuit Not used ICM 4 ICE 4 circuit Indicates Activation3 Indicates trouble status of circuit Controls Notification Circuit4 CRM 4 CRE 4 circuit Indicates Activation3 Indicates trouble status of relay Controls Relays4 TCM 2 TCM 4 VCM 4 DCM 4 circuit Indicates Activation3 Indicates trouble status of relay...

Page 49: ...dundant AIM 200 points 48 points mapped to the next six modules installed in the System which can also be AIM 200s for annunciation of their eight software zones Annunciator Address 2 Intelligent Detectors addressed 1 64 on the AIM 200 installed next to the control panel Annunciator Address 3 Addressable Modules addressed 1 64 on the AIM 200 installed next to the control panel Annunciator Address ...

Page 50: ...hich supply is being used to power the NCA the annunciators may also be powered directly from the power supply that is powering the NCA using the power limited non resettable 24VDC terminal See the NCA Manual for details The power run to the annunciator does not require a Power Supervision Relay Loss of power is inherently super vised through a Communications loss This 24 VDC output is supervised ...

Page 51: ...t will provide the same information as another annunciator in a different location When two or more annunciators hold the same address all but one must be configured as Receive Only annunciators 6 Piezo Disable Set this switch ON to disable the piezo from sounding for any event The piezo will also be disabled if Flash Inhibit is ON 7 Switch Inhibit Set this switch ON to disable the point control s...

Page 52: ...onnecting the EIA 485 Circuit One ACS circuit may be connected to the NFS 3030 NFS2 3030 or NCA 2 as shown in the accom panying illustration The NFS 3030 NFS2 3030 NCA 2 must be at the end of the EIA 485 circuit See Section 4 3 for details and notes about EIA 485 requirements I 3 Providing Power to Annunciators The annunciator s power supply is connected to TB6 on the AMPS 24 E TB6 on CPU2 3030 or...

Page 53: ... range of 1 32 as set on the annunciator s rotary decimal switches Annunciator Points per Module To use Points 65 96 program the ACS device for 96 points ACM 24AT Points 1 24 First AEM 24AT Points 25 48 Second AEM 24AT Points 49 72 Third AEM 24AT Points 73 96 ACM 48A Points 1 48 AEM 48A Points 49 96 ACM 16AT Points 1 16 First AEM 16AT Points 17 32 Second AEM 16AT Points 33 48 Third AEM 16AT Points...

Page 54: ...T and all its expanders will ignore subsequent Control by Event CBE commands from the panel Manual Override Mode can be entered by pressing the Manual Override switch on the ACM 24AT or ACM 16AT module Use special slide in label The Manual LED on the ACM 24AT or ACM 16AT module will illuminate steadily The NFS 3030 NFS2 3030 NCA 2 will register an ANNUNCIATOR TROUBLE condition The state of the eac...

Page 55: ...EM 24AT or AEM 16AT Expanders ACM 48A or ACM 32A Module AEM 48A or AEM 32A Expander Active LED Trouble LED Control Switch Control Module XPC Circuit XPR Circuit XPIQ Speaker and Telephone Strobe Circuits XP5 C Circuit Indicates on off status of module or circuit Indicates trouble status of module or circuit Turns module on off Monitor Module XPM Circuit Indicates alarm status of module or circuit ...

Page 56: ...e used on all input output wiring Terminate both ends of the shield at earth ground 2 The annunciators shall be mounted within the protected area 3 A pair of LEDs shall be set up to indicate the status of the zones covered in a given premise and for the arm disarm status 4 Further requirements governing installation and programming are covered in manuals for individual control panels see Section 1...

Page 57: ...AFP1010 39 NFS2 3030 54 NFS 3030 54 B Backboxes 12 13 16 20 Sizes 13 Battery calculations 17 BMP 1 14 Burglary systems 56 C Cabinet mounting 16 20 Cabinets see Backboxes or Doors Canada National Standard of 9 Common system annunciation AM2020 AFP1010 38 NFS 3030 53 Compatible panels 9 Configuring the ACS AFP 100 32 AFP 200 34 36 AFP 300 AFP 400 36 AM2020 AFP1010 38 DIP switch locations 18 19 NCA 5...

Page 58: ...s Power connections 22 AFP 100 32 AFP 200 33 AFP 300 AFP 400 35 AM2020 AFP1010 37 NFS 3030 52 NFS 640 41 50 System 500 44 System 5000 47 Power Requirements 17 Program mapping AM2020 AFP1010 40 NFS2 3030 55 NFS 3030 55 System 500 45 System 5000 48 R Receive Only Annunciators 15 16 Receive transmit annunciators 15 Related Documentation 8 Remote annunciation AM2020 AFP1010 38 Remote annunciation NCA ...

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