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Fire Detection Control Panel
Series BC216
User Manual Part A
escri!tion
"!erating #nstructions
Sub$ect to change %ithout notice
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-ll rights reser5ed. &nder the co!yright la%s6 no !art of this manual or of the soft%are may be multi!lied6 co!ied6 disseminat ed6 transferred by !hoto-
technical means6 re!roduced6 translated6 or reduced to any electronic medium or machine-readable form6 in %hole or in !art6 %i thout the !rior %ritten con-
sent of Labor Strauss Sicherungsanlagenbau Ges.m.b.H.6 7ienna.
8he information %ritten in this &ser Manual has been %orked out %ith the highest care. 0either $uridical res!onsibility nor any kind of liability is taken for
e5entually remaining incorrect information. Labor Strauss Sicherungsanlagenbau Ges.m.b.H. reser5es the right to change information %ithout notice and
thereby does not take any liability. 8he !ointing out of !ossible errors in the manual %ill be gratefully acce!ted by the authors.
-ll brand names and !roduct names used in this manual are trade names6 se5ice marks6 trademarks6 or registered trademarks of their res!ecti5e o%ners.
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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
*.* Symbols and ty!e fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
*.) #m!ortant hints for the user and the installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
*.).* What to do in case of a fire alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
*.).) What to do in case of a fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
*./ Standards6 (E-labeling6 a!!ro5als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *.
*.: Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . **
*.3 S!ecial terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . **
2 Fire detection control panel Series BC216 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3
).* 8y!ical construction of a fire detection system %ith control !anel '()*+-* . . . . . . . . . . . . *3
).) 8y!ical construction of a fire detection system %ith net%ork control !anel
'(net)*+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *+
)./ ;eatures of the fire detection control !anel Series '()*+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4
)./.* ;ire detection control !anel '()*+-* <stand-alone= . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *4
)./.) ;ire detection control !anel '(net)*+ <net%ork control !anel= . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1
).: Peri!heral de5ices for the fire detection control !anel Series '()*+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1
).:.* etectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1
).:.) -coustic and o!tic alarming de5ices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ).
).:./ 8ransmitting de5ices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ).
).:.: -ctuations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )*
).:.3 #nformation de5ices for the fire brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )*
).:.+ #nformation systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )*
3 Displaying and operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ))
/.* #nfo field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )/
/.) >#nfo>-button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ):
/./ Menu buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ):
/.: 0umeric keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ):
/.3 >Element>-button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ):
/.+ ?eset-buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )3
/.4 Light-emitting diodes dis!lays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )3
/.9 8?-0SM. E7#(E * - field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )3
/.1 -L-?M. E7#(E * - field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )+
/.*. "!tional LE-dis!lay field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )4
/.** -coustic signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )4
/.*) Protocol !rinter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )4
4 Basic operation of the fire detection control panels Series BC216 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )1
:.* "!erating authori@ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )1
:.) "!erations using single buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /*
:.).* ?esetting the fire detection control !anel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /*
:.).) Silencing the internal bu@@er , dis!lay test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /*
:.)./ Silencing the !rimary alarming de5ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /*
:.).: -larm delay !rocedure of the !rimary transmitting de5ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /)
:./ "!erations using the menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . //
:./.* Menu-Auick-o!eration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . //
:./.) EBiting the menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /:
:.: "5er5ie% of the dis!lay- and o!eration menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /:
:.3 Entering and eBiting authori@ation le5el ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /+
:.+ Entering and eBiting authori@ation le5el / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /+
:.4 escri!tion of the menu !oints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /4
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:.4.* is!laying fire alarms - menu !oint C-larmsD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /4
:.4.) is!laying acti5ated actuations - menu !oint C-cti5ated actuationsD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /9
:.4./ is!laying technical messages - menu !oint C8echnical messagesD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /9
:.4.: is!laying fault messages - menu !oint C;aultsD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /9
:.4.3 is!laying disablements - menu !oint CisablementsD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /9
:.4.+ is!laying test conditions - menu !oint C8est conditionsD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /1
:.4.4 is!laying and o!erating detector @ones - menu !oint C2oneED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /1
:.4.4.* "!erating %hole detector @ones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /1
:.4.4.) "!erating single elements of detector @ones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :.
:.4.9 is!laying and o!erating actuations - menu !oint C-ctuationsED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :*
:.4.9.* "!erating actuations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :*
:.4.9.) "!erating single elements of actuations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :)
:.4.1 is!laying and o!erating transmitting de5ices - menu !oint C8ransmit. de5iceED . . . . . . :)
:.4.*. is!laying and o!erating alarming de5ices - menu !oint C-larming de5iceED . . . . . . . . . :/
:.4.** Menu !oint CE5ent memoryD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :/
:.4.*) Menu !oint CSystemD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ::
:.4.*).* ?ead-out of the e5ent counter - submenu !oint CE5ent counterD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ::
:.4.*).) 8esting the o!tic and acoustic dis!lays and the bu@@er - submenu !oint Cis-
!lay testD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ::
:.4.*)./ Setting the contrast - submenu !oint CL( contrastD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ::
:.4.*).: (orrecting the clock time - submenu !oint C(lock time correctionD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :3
:.4.*).3 Setting the clock time - submenu !oint C(lock time settingD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :3
:.4.*).+ Setting the date - submenu !oint Cate settingD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :3
:.4.*).4 S%itching to summertime - submenu !oint CWinter,summertimeD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :3
:.4.*).9 S%itching to standard time - submenu !oint CSummer,%intertimeD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :3
:.4.*).1 is!laying the installed com!onentries - submenu !oint C(om!onentriesD . . . . . . . . . . :+
:.4.*).*. Printing - submenu !oint CPrint-outD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :+
:.4.*).** ?e!eating a !rint-out - submenu !oint C?e!eat !rint-outD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :4
:.4.*).*) -bort measured 5alue !rint-out - submenu !oint CSto! measurement !rint-outED . . . . . :4
:.4.*).*/ Modifying the numeric code for the user - submenu !oint C(hange user codeD . . . . . . :4
:.4.*).*: (hanging the numeric code by the installer - submenu !oint C(hange installer
codeD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :4
:.4.*/ Menu !oints C-uthori@ation codeED6 CEBit authori@ationFD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :4
:.9 "!erating the control !anel by using the fire brigade control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :9
5 perating conditions of fire detection control panels Series BC216 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :1
3.* 0ormal condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.
3.) ;ire alarm condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.
3.).* 8he first o!erations on the control !anel in fire alarm condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3)
3.).) ?esetting the alarming de5ices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:
3.)./ ?esetting an alarm of a detector @one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:
3.).: 8erminating the fire alarm condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:
3.).3 ;ire alarm condition - s!ecial caseE alarm in an interde!endence of t%o detectors . . . . . 33
3./ -cti5ation condition of actuations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3./.* -cti5ating an actuation in a t%o-@one de!endency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3+
3.: Message condition for technical messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3+
3.:.* ?esetting a technical message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.:.) S!ecial technical messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.3 ;ault-message condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.+ isablement condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +*
3.4 8est condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +/
6 !nsuring the efficacy of the system "y the user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +3
+.* Periodic function tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +3
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+.*.* 8esting of the fire detection control !anel and the !o%er su!!ly de5ices . . . . . . . . . . . . . +3
+.*.) 8esting of detectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +3
+.*./ 8esting the alarming de5ices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ++
+.*.: 8esting the fire control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ++
+.*.3 8esting the transmitting de5ices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ++
+.) "ther tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ++
+./ ?econditioning and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +4
+.: S!ecifications of control !anel de5ices of Series '()*+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +4
# !$ent memory % entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +9
& Inde' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4)
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1 Introduction
ecades of research and de5elo!ment of LS8 in the field of fire detection control !anel technology and
the successful coo!eration %ith reno%ned international test authorities led to the de5elo!ment of the
ne% fire detection control !anels '()*+-* and '(net)*+ of LS8.
8he fire detection control !anel '()*+-* %as drafted as a com!act control !anel for a!!lication in fire
detection systems of small and medium si@e. 8he control !anel '(net)*+ is based on the successful
conce!t of the '()*+-* and additionally offers all ad5antages of a modern net%ork technology. #t con-
sists of se5eral sectional control !anels %hich are allocated eBactly %here they are needed most - in the
5icinity of the fire detectors. 8his Hnet%orkH control !anel is a!!lied in fire detection systems of me-
dium to 5ery large si@e and s!atially highly ramified systems. ue to net%ork technology the connec-
tions of the fire detectors to the control !anel can be established 5astly more efficient than in
con5entional fire detection technology.
ue to the modular structure of the control !anels these !roducts of high Auality can be combined to
highly fleBible systems of fire detection technology. 'esides less cabling %ork6 the failure safety of the
system is 5astly im!ro5ed by combining se5eral intelligent sectional control !anels to an o5erall system
by means of net%ork technology.
8he high failure safety6 the modular structure using standardi@ed com!onents6 the sim!licity of o!era-
tion but also the high Auality standards of LS8 for de5elo!ment and manufacture classify the fire detec-
tion control !anels '()*+-* and '(net)*+ as the most modern high !erformance control !anels
a5ailable in the %orld.
Figure 1: Front view of the fire detection control panel Series BC216
8he &ser Manual for the fire detection control !anels '()*+-* and '(net)*+ %hich are collecti5ely
referred to as HSeries '()*+H in this &ser Manual consists of three !artsE
8he second cha!ter of the first !art <HPart -H= sums u! the main features for the user of the fire de-
tection control !anel Series '()*+. (ha!ters / through 3 gi5e detailed descri!tions and clear o!er-
ating instructions of the functions of the control !anel. Hints to !rotect the %orking of the fire
detection system are gi5en starting !age +3 in (ha!ter +E HEnsuring the efficacy of the system by the
userH. 'e sure to !ay attention to the safety instructions starting !age 9 in (ha!ter *.)E H#m!ortant
hints for the user and the installerHI
8he second !art of the &ser Manual <HPart 'H= gi5es the authori@ed installer of fire detection sys-
tems the information necessary for !lanning the setu! of the control !anel as %ell as for installing
and assembling the fire detection control !anel.
8he third !art of the &ser Manual <HPart (H= su!!lies the information necessary for the trained in-
staller for !utting the control !anel into o!eration6 for setting the !arameters and for maintenance of
the control !anel.
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8his &ser Manual is not designed as a descri!tion of or as an o!erating instruction for a fire detection
system. 8herefore6 detailed instructions for ho% to act in case of an alarm or a fault are not gi5en. #ndi-
5idual differences in the 5ariety of com!onents used and in the setu! are so eBtensi5e that an efficient
general descri!tion of the system or of the organi@ation in case of an alarm %ould not be !ossible.
ue to national guidelines or regulations and local restrictions6 some of the described functions of the
control !anel can be used only selecti5ely or maybe e5en not at all. -uthori@ation to o!erate the control
!anel is also regulated differently in different communities. ;urthermore6 many features are only a5ail-
able if the a!!ro!riate o!tional com!onentries are installed. Which of the !ossible functions of the con-
trol !anel of your fire detection system are admissible and efficient is decided by the authori@ed
installer. ?ele5ant information can be found in the descri!tion of your fire detection system. #t is no de-
ficiency if your fire detection system does not use all features described in this &ser Manual.
8his &ser Manual describes the 5ariety of functions of the fire detection control !anels of the Series
'()*+ that are 5alid for the o!erating soft%are PL*:1 7:.**.+. <Ho% to access the 5ersion number of
the soft%are is described from !age :+ in (ha!ter :.4.*).1E His!laying the installed com!onentries -
submenu !oint C(om!onentriesDH=. (ontrol !anels using soft%are %ith a different 5ersion number can
differ in certain functions from the soft%are described in this Manual.
1(1 Sym"ols and type fonts
Es!ecially im!ortant !arts of this Manual are marked by the follo%ing symbolsE
)eans D*+,!-. /aying no attention to these hints can lead to danger to health and life(
Means *00!+0I+I #gnoring these hints can lead to malfunctions of the system and to damage of
!ro!erty.
Means 0I/I Here the teBt contains hints for easier o!eration of the control !anel.
Means that the country- and,or the site-s!ecific demands of the appro$als ha5e to be obser5ed.
Menu!oints and dis!lays of the L(-dis!lay are !ut in brackets in this teBt. #n case of %riting the dis-
!lays in a Hdis!lay-frameH6 the brackets are left out.
1(2 Important hints for the user and the installer
Get to kno% the functions and o!eration of the control !anel and their effects on the %hole fire detec-
tion system right a%ay6 so that you can take a!!ro!riate measures Auickly and %ithout delay in case of
fire. - short summary of the most im!ortant o!erations of the control !anel is included in the deli5ery
documents of the control !anel <"!eration Manual #n Short ;orm=. 8his summary is su!!osed to be an
instructional booklet for the user. #t does not re!lace the Manual at allI (ontained in the summary is a
sur5ey %here the authori@ed installer has recorded the actual setu! of the basic functions of the control
!anel. "n this setu! de!end the %orkings6 the handling and the dis!lays of the different !arts of the
control !anel that are described in general terms in this Manual. -lso !ay attention to the o5erall de-
scri!tion of your fire detection systemI
Peri!heral de5ices like fire detectors6 remote signalling and o!erating units6 signalling eAui!ment6 etc.6
used in addition to the control !anel in a fire detection system are only mentioned as eBam!les and are
not described in detail in this &ser Manual.
;ire detection systems and de5ices are used to detect fire and to raise alarm ra!idly. Since this eAui!-
ment is designed to !rotect life and !ro!erty from the dangers of fire6 it has to be !lanned6 installed and
!ut into o!eration 5ery carefully by com!etent and skilled technicians. (hanges in the use of rooms or
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in the eB!ansion of the area sur5eilled reAuire careful re!lanning and ada!tation of the fire detection
system.
8he fire detection system has to be checked and maintained regularly <at least once a year= by trained
and skilled !ersonnel in order to maintain its functions and to a5oid false alarms.
For planning2 installing2 modifying2 maintaining and ser$icing your fire detection system2 "e
sure to commission only specialists 3ho are demonstra"ly trained specifically for the functions
of the fire detection control panel BC216%1 or BCnet216 "y 4a"or Strauss Sicherungsanlagen%
"au ,es(m("(5( 6ien 74S082 or "y persons "eing e'plicitly authori9ed "y 4S0(
8he control !anel has to be !rotected from moisture and damage of any kind. #t is to be installed in a
dry and clean room easy accessible to the safety !ersonnel. 8he tem!erature has to be %ithin the range
of -3J( and K3.J(. ;or the fire detection control !anel '(net)*+6 %hose com!onents are usually
s!read in the sur5eilled area6 these reAuirements are eAually 5alid for all com!onents of the control
!anel.
o not use corrosi5e or abrasi5e cleaners for cleaning the case or the key!adL use only mild household
cleaners. Water or other fluids under no circumstances may enter the interior of the caseI
/rior to opening a case2 the mains $oltage of the regarding case has to "e shut do3n and secured
against restart. (onsider that6 if the mains 5oltage is connected6 there are !arts in the o!en case of the
control !anel that carry life-endangering 5oltageI 8he !rotecti5e case of these !arts may ne5er be
remo5ed.
;urther security hints for the installer are gi5en in Part ' of this &ser Manual.
1(2(1 6hat to do in case of a fire alarm
Mee! calm in case of a fire alarm. Silence the internal bu@@er of the control !anel '()*+-* or of all
'(net sectional control !anels of the net%ork control !anel '(net)*+ by using the button >Silence
bu@@er>. -ll further actions such as6 e.g.6 identifying the alarming detector @one6 acti5ating the delay
time6 eB!loring the fire location6 starting to eBtinguish the fire6 instructing the fire brigade6 etc.6 de!end
on the local circumstances. 8hese actions - summarily called Horgani@ation in case of an alarmH - are to
be determined by both the user of the system and the fire brigade at the time %hen the control !anel is
!lanned and !ut in o!eration. #f the light-emitting diode >(all fire brigade> is illuminated on the fire de-
tection control !anel or your fire detection system is not connected to a !ermanently manned desig-
nated alarm res!ondent <e.g.6 the fire brigade=6 you ha5e to notify the fire brigade yourself immediately.
;urther hints are gi5en starting !age 3. in (ha!ter 3.)E H;ire alarm conditionH.
1(2(2 6hat to do in case of a fault
8he fire detection control !anel Series '()*+ as %ell as the connected com!onents of your %hole fire
detection system are in o!eration for ): hours a day - o5er many years. -lthough the com!onents ha5e
been built %ith highest care and are checked thoroughly and regularly during maintenance6 faults can
occur due to such factors as dirty fire detectors6 malfunctioning com!onents6 damage6 etc. ifferent
faults ha5e different effects on the functioning of the alarm system6 ranging from Hno effectH to Hcom-
!lete shutdo%nH of the fire detection system.
#n order to maintain the most im!ortant functions of the control !anel in case of malfunctions in single
!arts of the control !anel6 the manufacturer has included elaborate security-measures that %ere de5el-
o!ed during many years of eB!erience %ith fire alarm technology. 0e5ertheless6 a total guarantee for
the !ro!er %orking of the control !anel in case of a fault cannot be gi5en6 es!ecially if t%o or more
malfunctions occur simultaneously.
#f the dis!lay or a light-emitting diode indicates a fault6 you ha5e to assume that the corres!onding !art
of the system does not %ork. Make sure that the system is reconditioned fast. #n some cases6 such as6
e.g.6 a mains !o%er fault message6 caused by erroneous shutdo%n6 the reconditioning may be carried
out by yourself. #n most cases6 ho%e5er6 you %ill ha5e to commission a trained and authori@ed s!ecial-
i@ed com!any <!referably the com!any that !erforms the !eriodic maintenance of your system= to carry
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out the reconditioning. 8ogether %ith the fire !re5ention officer you ha5e to determine the additional
!rotecti5e measures that are to be taken until the system is fully o!erational again. Such measures
might include6 e.g.6 s!ecial attention by your !ersonnel or fire %atches in the area %here the fault has
occurred.
8%o s!ecial faults are to be em!hasi@edE
8he light-emitting diode >P"WE?> is not illuminatedE
#f nothing else is illuminated on the control !anel <e.g.6 %hen testing the dis!lays by the function
Hdis!lay testH=6 it is likely that the mains !o%er6 as %ell as the emergency !o%er of the corres!ond-
ing '(net sectional control !anel are shut off. 0herefore2 the part of the fire detection system
3hich 3as sur$eilled "y this BCnet sectional control panel is out of function. #f the fire detec-
tion control !anel only consists of one control !anel '()*+-*6 the 3hole fire detection system is
out of function.
8he light-emitting diode >System fault> is illuminated or flashingE
8his is a sign that im!ortant !arts of the control !anel '()*+-* <or %ith the fire detection control
!anel '(net)*+ the corres!onding '(net sectional control !anel= are out of function. 8he dis!lay-
ing of e5ents on the dis!lay is affected. 'ut the rece!tion of alarms from unaffected !arts of the sys-
tem and their transmission to the !rimary transmitting de5ice <to the fire brigade6 usually=6 to the
!rimary alarming de5ice and to the dis!lays on the control !anel %ill continue to %ork due to s!e-
cial measures built into the system.
#n this state of fault the control !anel may not be able to distinguish bet%een alarms of fire detector
@ones6 alarms of fault detector @ones and technical alarms. E5ery alarm message is e5aluated as fire
alarm message.
;urther information on faults of the fire detection control !anel are found from !age 39 in (ha!ter 3.3E
H;ault-message conditionH.
?egular checks of the functions of the control !anel and of the fire detection system by the !erson re-
s!onsible for fire !rotection ensures !ro!er functioning of the fire detection system. See from !age +3
in (ha!ter +.*E HPeriodic function testsH.
1(3 Standards2 C!%la"eling2 appro$als
8he fire detection control !anels Series '()*+-* corres!ond to the follo%ing international and national
standards6 national regulations and guidelinesE
E03:-*6 H;ire detection and fire alarm systems - #ntroductionH
E03:-)6 H;ire detection and fire alarm systems - (ontrol and indicating eAui!mentH
E03:-:6 H;ire detection and fire alarm systems - Po%er su!!ly eAui!mentH
"E0"?M ;/...6 H'randmeldesystemeH
"E0"?M ;/..*6 H'randfallsteuersystemeH
8?7' S *)/6 H'randmeldeanlagenH
#0 7E .9//-)6 HGefahrenmeldeanlagen fNr 'rand6 Einbruch und OberfallH
7dS ))./6 HErgPn@ende -nforderungen an !ro@essorgesteuerte GefahrenmeldeanlagenH
7dS ):916 H'randmeldesysteme6 -nforderungen und PrNfmethodenH
7dS )3:.6 H'randmelder@entralen6 -nforderungen und PrNfmethodenH
7dS )3:*6 HEnergie5ersorgungseinrichtungen6 -nforderungen und PrNfmethodenH
8he (E-labeling results from a guideline of the board of the Euro!ean (ommunity for the coordination
of the la%s of its member states6 including the mutual a!!ro5al of la%s. With the (E-label the manu-
facturer of the control !anel confirms the obser5ance of all rele5ant EM( and security regulations.
8he fire detection control !anels '()*+-* and '(net)*+ ha5e been a!!ro5ed by the test authorities in
the follo%ing statesE
-ustriaE PrNfstelle fNr 'randschut@technik des Qsterreichischen 'erufsfeuer%ehr5erbandes
GermanyE 7dS Schadens5erhNtung GmbH.6 2ertifi@ierungsstelle <'(net)*+E !ending=
HungaryE EM#L-'S GM'H.
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;urther a!!ro5als are in !re!aration.
1(4 6arranty
Rour fire detection control !anel Series '()*+ has been manufactured %ith greatest !recision and
care. 0e5ertheless6 the !ossibility of malfunctions cannot be eBcluded entirely. Please contact the
authori@ed installer of your fire detection system in case of a !roblem.
-s long as the %arranty is in effect all !arts that fail to o!erate !ro!erly because of a demonstrable fla%
in their manufacture or in material either %ill be re!laced or re!aired free of charge. #n such cases nei-
ther the time of the original %arranty is eBtended nor is a ne% %arranty !eriod set for the re!laced or
re!aired !arts. -ll further claims are eBcluded6 es!ecially those regarding secondary damages. 'eyond
these regulations6 the current regulations of the H-llgemeinen Lieferbedingungen der ElektroindustrieH
are in effect.
1(5 Special terms
Some of the s!ecial terms often used in this manual are defined in the follo%ingE
*ctuation
-ctuations are used to automatically acti5ate fire control systems <e.g.6 5entilation6 fire doors6 etc.=
in case of an alarm.
*larm
Warning of an eBisting danger to !ersons and !ro!erty.
*larm delay procedure
-!!liance to delay the automatic transmission to the !ublic fire re!ort !ost <e.g.6 the fire brigade=
for a set amount of time.
*larm $erification
-utomatic 5erification of an alarm by checking6 if the signs of fire last longer than a set amount of
time <e.g.6 * minute=.
*larming de$ice
EAui!ment %hich is connected to the control !anel and %hose duty it is to alarm the !ublic <e.g.6 a
siren=. 8he alarming de5ice for fire messages %hich can also be o!erated - additionally to the menu
control - 5ia the buttons in the field >-L-?M. E7#(E *> of the key !ad of the control !anel is
called !rimary alarming de5ice.
*;0%setup
-fter confirming the a!!ro!riate menu !oint during !utting the control !anel into o!eration6 the
control !anel automatically recogni@es the built-in-com!onents as %ell as the eBternal de5ices <e.g.6
fire detectors= and sets the setu! for these !arts to standard setu!. "n the basis of the standard setu!6
the authori@ed installer sets the !arameters of the control !anel using the site-s!ecific data.
BCnet sectional control panel
Part of a fire detection control !anel '(net)*+ %hich is installed in the sur5eilled area of the fire
detection system and to %hich fire detectors6 among others6 are connected. '(net sectional control
!anels can either be eAui!!ed %ith an o%n dis!lay and o!erating unit and therefore be directly o!er-
atable6 or %ithout o%n dis!lay and o!erating unit to be o!erated only from another - o!erable -
'(net sectional control !anel6 e.g. the main o!erating unit.
Competent installer
8he com!any %hich is acAuainted %ith local installation regulations6 has adeAuate eB!erience in
!lanning and building fire detection systems and %hose technicians are !eriodically trained <at least
once a year= by the manufacturer of the fire detection system and the fire detection control !anel on
the com!onents of the fire detection system.
Decepti$e alarm
- fire alarm6 acti5ated by automatic fire detectors that react to signs that are similar to those of fire
but are caused by other agents6 such as %elding6 steam6 heat6 etc.
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Delay time
8he delay time consists of reaction- and eB!loration time. uring the reaction !eriod the acti5ation
of the transmitting de5ices for fire alarm messages can be delayed during day-o!eration of the fire
detection system. EB!loration time allo%s the user to find the cause of the alarm and to decide if the
fire brigade indeed should be notified.
Detection area
- !articular !art of a sur5eilled area %here the fire detectors installed there share a dis!lay on the
fire detection control !anel.
Detector line
'ranch cable %iring that connects fire detectors <usually con5entional detectors= to the fire detec-
tion control !anel.
Detector 9one
8he fire detectors of a sur5eilled area that share a dis!lay on the fire detection control !anel are
summed u! to detector @ones. etector @ones can be set for fire alarm6 fault alarm and technical
messages on the fire detection control !anel Series '()*+.
Disa"lement
eliberately set condition of a fire detection system6 %here either the %hole system or !arts of it are
!ut out of o!eration.
False alarm
-larm that is released because of a technical fault in the fire detection system.
Fault detector
- fault detector transmits an a!!ro!riate signal to the control !anel if a fault has occurred such as6
e.g.6 a loss of %eight of the eBtinguishing agent in an eBtinguishing system.
Fire "rigade control unit
8his o!tional unit indicates the most im!ortant o!erational conditions in standardi@ed form and thus
enables the fire brigade to coordinate the necessary !rocedures efficiently.
Fire control system
;ire !rotection systems or other eAui!ment <e.g.6 5entilation6 fire doors6 automatic gas eBtinguishing
systems6 ele5ators= that %ill be acti5ated automatically in case of fire.
Fire detector 7automatic8
-utomatic fire detectors test continually or !eriodically the !resence of one or more signs of fire.
-utomatic fire detectors differ by the kind of signs they are obser5ing6 such as smoke6 heat6 flame6
etc.
Fire detector 7non%automatic8
0on-automatic fire detectors are designed to be acti5ated manually. &sually6 a sim!le mechanical
safeguard <e.g.6 a !ane of glass is used in the manual call !oint= has to be remo5ed before the fire
detector can be acti5ated.
,SSnet mem"er
8he Global Security System GSSnet consists of the single com!onents of the system and the failure-
safe redundant data line %hich combines the com!onents to one unit. -ll system com!onents such
as '(net sectional control !anels6 remote dis!lay and o!erating units6 gate%ays6 etc. connected to
this data line are named GSSnet members. Each GSSnet member is assigned a GSSnet member
number during !utting the system into o!eration.
Interdependence of t3o detectors
Measure to 5erify an alarm. 8he state of alarm is only attained after t%o fire detectors of the same
detector @one ha5e detected signs of fire. #s the second detector not acti5ated %ithin a short time
<e.g.6 ) minutes= after the acti5ation of the first detector6 the first detector is reset automatically by
the control !anel. 8he acti5ation of the first detector is sho%n on the L(-dis!lay as H!re-alarmH. &s-
ing the fire detection control !anel '()*+-* or %hen using the fire detection control !anel
'(net)*+ in each of '(net sectional control !anels6 also more than t%o detectors can be combined
to a Hmulti!le detectorH - de!endency6 still called Hinterde!endence of t%o detectorsH for sim!licity.
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4oop
?ing-sha!ed %iring %ith bi-directional data-bus to connect intelligent fire detectors <e.g.6 sensors6
detectors= and actuation de5ices to the fire detection control !anel. - %ire breakage in the loo!
leads to a fault dis!lay on the control !anel but does not affect the functions of the connected de-
5ices. #solation elements limit the effect of a short-circuit in the %iring6 so that a short-circuit %ill
either ha5e no effect at all or im!air only one or a fe% de5ices.
)ain operating unit
8he o!erable '(net sectional control !anel of a fire detection control !anel '(net)*+ %hich6 be-
sides su!er5ising the fire detectors6 etc.6 also reali@es net%ork administration of a GSSnet. -ll
e5ents of the fire detection control !anel '(net)*+ are basically dis!layed on the main o!erating
unit and all '(net sectional control !anels can be o!erated 5ia the main o!erating unit.
)aintainer
8he com!any <or its re!resentati5e= %ho carries out maintenance6 reconditioning and re!airs. Simi-
lar reAuirements a!!ly to the maintainer and to the com!etent installer but the maintainer addition-
ally has to be trained !eriodically <at least once a year= by the manufacturer of the fire detection
system and the fire detection control !anel in maintenance and reconditioning.
)aintenance
8he totality of !re5enti5e measures to maintain the functions of a fire detection system.
+et3or< control panel
8he control !anel consists of single '(net sectional control !anels %hich are arranged locally
s!read in the sur5eillance area of the fire alarm system and connected 5ia a redundant net%ork.
8hese '(net sectional control !anels together form a 5irtual o5erall control !anel.
-t least one of these '(net sectional control !anels is defined as main o!erating unit 5ia %hich the
net%ork administration is eBecuted. 8he main o!erating unit is eAui!!ed %ith a dis!lay and o!erat-
ing unitL all further '(net sectional control !anels may also be eAui!!ed %ith a dis!lay and o!erat-
ing unit but also can %ork %ithout dis!lay and o!erating unit.
rgani9ation in case of an alarm
8he total of all !lanned measures that are in !lace to %arn6 rescue6 !re5ent the fire from s!reading6
fight the fire and for orientation.
/re%alarm
8he information that the first detector in an interde!endence of t%o detectors has detected signs of
fire. 8he !re-alarm is sho%n on the L(-dis!lay6 but usually no other signalling is taking !lace. 8he
!re-alarm is either terminated automatically after a short %hile or turns into a fire alarm %hen a sec-
ond detector of the interde!endence of t%o detectors is acti5ated.
/rimary alarming de$ice
See H-larming de5iceH
/rimary transmitting de$ice
See H8ransmitting de5ice for fire alarm messagesH
-eset
-n acti5ated de5ice <e.g. an alarming de5ice= is returned to inacti5e condition by a resetL this de5ice
%ill not be disabled !ermanently. - reset de5ice can be rene%edly acti5ated automatically by a ne%
e5ent <e.g. a ne% alarm=.
Setting of the parameters
Setting of the site-s!ecific !arameters on the fire detection control !anel by the authori@ed installer
%hen the system is !ut into o!eration or modified. 8he user can not modify the !arameters.
Signs of fire
(hanges in measurable conditions in the 5icinity of an initial fire6 e.g.6 tem!erature.
0ransmitting de$ice for fire alarm messages
EAui!ment for transmitting a fire alarm to a !ublic fire re!ort !ost <e.g.6 fire brigade=. 8he fire
alarm6 e5aluated by the control !anel6 is transmitted to the transmitting de5ice6 %hich is usually
mounted close to the control !anel. 8he transmitting de5ice alarms the !ublic fire re!ort !ost by us-
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ing !ro!er eAui!ment for transmission <e.g.6 continually monitored tele!hone cables=. 8he transmit-
ting de5ice for fire alarm messages %hich can also be o!erated - additionally to the menu control -
5ia the buttons in the field >8?-0SM. E7#(E *> of the key !ad of the control !anel is called !ri-
mary transmitting de5ice. 8he !ossibility of alarm delay <also see the terms H-larm delay !roce-
dureH6 Helay timeH= is eBclusi5ely eBisting for the !rimary transmitting de5ice.
03o%9one dependency
Measure to guard against dece!ti5e acti5ation of actuations <e.g.6 of an eBtinguishing system=. 8he
acti5ation of the corres!onding !arts of the system takes !lace only after at least one fire detector in
each of the t%o linked detector @ones ha5e detected signs of fire. &sing the fire detection control
!anel '()*+-* or %hen using the fire detection control !anel '(net)*+6 in e5ery '(net sectional
control !anel6 also more than t%o detector @ones can be combined to a Hmulti!le detector @oneH - de-
!endency6 still called Ht%o-@one de!endencyH for sim!licity.
;ser
Person<s= %ho are res!onsible for the o!eration and the use of the fire detection system.
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8he construction of a ty!ical fire detection system6 the most im!ortant features of the fire detection
control !anels Series '()*+ and the connection of the !eri!heral com!onents of a fire detection sys-
tem to the fire detection control !anel are described in this cha!ter.
2(1 0ypical construction of a fire detection system 3ith control panel BC216%1
Fire brigade
Siren Flashlight control unit
Key safe Fire brigade
Ma! 16 detector lines in
concentional technology
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Con$entional detectors
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Door actuation 'entilation S(o)e esca#e
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Figure 2: View of a typical fire detection system constructed with the fire detection control panel BC216-1
he system consists of
the fire detection control panel BC216-1 including the power supply!
the automatic and non-automatic fire detectors that are com"ined into detector #ones!
the acoustic and$or optic alarming devices!
the transmitting device lin%ed to a designated alarm respondent!
fire control systems! information devices and information systems&
8he fire detection control !anel is the com!act !rocessing unit of a fire detection system - all informa-
tion from the system is recei5ed here. -utomatic fire detectors that react to signs of fire such as smoke6
radiation6 heat6 etc.6 as %ell as manual call !oints are combined in detector @ones and are %ired to the
control !anel. 8he data transmitted by the fire detectors are analy@ed and rated in the fire detection
control !anel. 8he fire detection control !anel decides if the situation is to be rated as a fire alarm.
oes the control !anel decide for Hfire alarmH6 the alarming de5ices and the fire control systems are
automatically acti5ated by the fire detection control !anel6 and the alarm is transmitted to the !ublic
fire re!ort !ost.
(ontrols that are acti5ated by the fire detection control !anel can com!rise single functions <e.g.6
s%itching off the 5entilation= as %ell as elements combined to @ones <e.g.6 se5eral door closers in a fire
area=.
2(2 0ypical construction of a fire detection system 3ith net3or< control panel
BCnet216
'asically the net%ork fire detection control !anel '(net)*+ does not %ork differently than described
from !age *3 in (ha!ter ).*E H8y!ical construction of a fire detection system %ith control !anel
'()*+-*H. 8he most essential difference to a single control !anel is that the net%ork fire detection con-
trol !anel does not form a !hysical unit but consists of single sectional control !anels %hich are ar-
ranged throughout the sur5eilled area of the fire detection system and %hich are combined to a 5irtual
control !anel by a net%ork cable interconnected in a circular !attern. - maBimum of failure !roofness
and cost-efficiency is achie5ed %ith this techniAue of o!timi@ing the cabling system.
BC216-2 (A)
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BC216-3
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BC216-2
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Figure ': View of a typical fire detection system constructed with the fire detection control panel BCnet216
he system consists of
one BCnet sectional control panel parameteri#ed as main operating unit ()*!
further BCnet sectional control panels BC216-2 (with display and operating unit*!
further BCnet sectional control panels BC216-' (without own display and operating unit*!
the automatic and non-automatic fire detectors that are com"ined into detector #ones!
the acoustic and$or optic alarming devices!
the transmitting device lin%ed to a designated alarm respondent!
fire control systems! information devices and information systems which are connected either
directly to one or more of the applied BCnet sectional control panels or via gateways to the networ%&
he stated devices can "asically "e connected to every BCnet sectional control panel& he operation
of these devices is independent from which BCnet sectional control panel it is connected to and is
made via one or more therefore parameteri#ed opera"le BCnet sectional control panels BC216-2&
'asically all fire detectors and other de5ices that may be connected to a stand-alone control !anel of
ty!e '()*+-* may also be connected to e5ery single of these '(net sectional control !anels <see from
!age *3 in (ha!ter ).*E H8y!ical construction of a fire detection system %ith control !anel '()*+-*H=.
8he o!eration of the net%ork control !anels by the user is made as usual like %ith a Hone caseH - fire
detection control !anel. Either the %hole control !anel can be o!erated 5ia one or more dis!lay and o!-
erating units of '(net sectional control !anels or 5ia remote dis!lay and o!erating units or only !arts
of the %hole system can be o!erated by the dis!lay and o!erating units6 de!ending on the reAuirements.
#n none of the different !ossibilities the user %ill recogni@e that in reality the control !anel consists of
se5eral com!onents s!read o5er a %ide range of s!ace.
;urther de5ices <e.g. remote dis!lay and o!erating units6 gate%ays for the connection to foreign net-
%orks6 etc.= can be embedded in the net%ork of a net%ork fire detection control !anel as GSSnet mem-
ber in addition to '(net sectional control !anels.
2(3 Features of the fire detection control panel Series BC216
2(3(1 Fire detection control panel BC216%1 7stand%alone8
8he fire detection control !anel '()*+-* is designed as com!act stand-alone control !anel to be used in
a modern fire detection system of small and medium si@e as a recei5ing and controlling unit. ue to its
modular construction and its fleBibility in the setting of !arameters6 it can be 5ery easily ada!ted to
different demands and thus generally can be used in a large 5ariety of circumstances. 8he fire detection
control !anel '()*+-* sets ne% standards for user comfort6 5ariety of functions and security in the fire
alarm technology6 %hich benefit the user as %ell as the installer of the fire detection system. -n o5er-
5ie% of the most im!ortant features of the control !anel is !ro5ided in the follo%ing list.
e!ending on the built-in technology6 the detectors of the fire detection system are connected to the
control !anel either by one or t3o loops in intelligent -MP?"- or -M-technology %ith u! to *)9
detector @ones in each loo!6 or by & or 16 detector 9ones in addressable con5entional technology6 or
by a combination of the t%o technologies. 8he decision6 %hich technology should be used6 therefore
can be made %ithout com!romises6 considering only fire !rotection criteria.
8he !arameters of the detector @ones can be set for detector @ones for fire6 detector @ones for fault or
for detector @ones for technical messages.
- su!er5ised siren output6 dry relay contacts for fire alarm and fault alarm6 and *+ open%collector
outputs %ith o!en !arameters for general acti5ation !ur!oses are su!!lied to sho% conditions of o!era-
tion and to acti5ate fire !rotection systems.
8he #nfo dis!lay %ith its 4%line illuminated 4C%display !ro5ides teBt to kee! you informed of all cur-
rent e5ents. 8eBt consisting of ). characters each line can be used not only for detectors and detector
@ones6 but also for acti5ation out!uts6 transmitting de5ices6 etc. 8his information makes it !ossible to
locate the occurrence of the e5ent eBactly and to act fast in case of an emergency.
;or se!arate dis!laying of e5ents of detector @ones6 actuations6 transmitting de5ices6 etc.6 and thus to
!ro5ide higher trans!arency6 the o!tional :9 dou"le 4!D%display %ith o!en !arameters can be used.
;or lettering the dis!lay insert and letter the su!!lied insertable labels indi5idually.
;our le$els of authori9ation guarantee high safety against unauthori@ed access. 8%o of these authori-
@ation le5els are secured by the use of freely setable codes.
8he sim!le operating structure enables the user to o!erate the control !anel %ithout stress. &sing
easy understandable menus6 logically connected seAuences are combined into sim!le o!erations. 8he
eB!erienced user can eBecute the most im!ortant o!erations 5ery fast %ithout ha5ing to scroll through
e5ery single menu !oint6 by using the menu%=uic<%operation.
8he su!er5ised connection of t%o inde!endent transmitting de$ices for connecting the fire detection
system to a designated alarm res!ondent <e.g.6 the fire brigade= and to a country-s!ecific fire "rigade
control unit6 the o!tional ;ire 'rigade #nterface is to be used.
#n case of an alarm6 the user can eB!lore the !ossible danger !rior to the transmission of the fire alarm
to the fire brigade by using the alarm delay procedure %ith deadmanSs handle.
8he standard built-in I+F%"us makes the connection of a fire brigade control unit and of dis!lay de-
5ices6 transmission de5ices for remote indication units and of other information de5ices using %ire-
sa5ing technology !ossible.
- 32%"it high performance microprocessor system together %ith additional eBtra auBiliary micro-
!rocessors on the com!onentries is o!erated by a s!ecial real time multi tasking o!erating system and6
together %ith redundant logic for !rocessing6 !ro5ides clarity and security.
"!en !arameters of the control !anel6 !arameters of detectors and modules6 as %ell as dis!lay teBts6
out!uts and interfaces to !eri!heral de5ices em!hasi@e the uni$ersal fle'i"ility of the control !anel.
8he parameters of the control !anel are set by the authori@ed installer either by using the key!ad of
the control !anel6 by using a standard P( keyboard6 or by using a P( <0otebook= and the comfortable
!arameter setu! soft%are. 8eBt6 for eBam!le6 can be entered or changed easily by using a P( keyboard.
8he po3er supply from the mains !o%er is ensured by a s%itched !o%er unit %ith 5:6 rated po3er6
that also su!!lies enough energy for the connected !eri!heral de5ices. Lo% current consum!tion6 lo%
heat emission and by that6 high reliability is guaranteed by the high efficiency of the s%itched !o%er
unit.
- sufficiently dimensioned o!tional stand%"y "attery ensures that the fire detection system %ill con-
tinue to %ork unaffectedly for a long time in case of mains !o%er shut do%n. 8he stand-by battery is
charged tem!erature-controlled by the !o%er unit6 and is secured against total discharge in case of
mains !o%er shut do%n. 8he case of the fire detection control !anel is built for accommodating the
stand-by battery.
-n optional case %ith the same dimensions as the standard case is a5ailable to house a second set of
batteries <in case of increased !o%er consum!tion=6 as %ell as for housing additional com!onentries for
eB!ansion.
8he e$ent memory sa5es the last 3.. e5ents that ha5e been registered by the control !anel. Rou can
dis!lay the contents of the memory at any time on the L(-dis!lay. - filter enables you to limit dis!lays
of the sa5ed e5ents by selecting e5ents according to criteria that are needed freAuently. 8he contents of
the memory are6 like all other !arameters of the control !anel6 !reser5ed indefinitely in case of a total
!o%er failure for unlimited time.
8he built-in cloc< su!!lies the time-information for the dis!lay of e5ents as %ell as for the e5ents
sa5ed in the memory. 8he s%itch bet%een summer% and 3intertime is automatic. 8he user can define
the date for the neBt t%o time s%itches in ad5ance.
8he timer 3ith 3ee<ly program enables the timed s%itching of day o!eration of the control !anel for
alarm delay o!eration of the transmitting de5ice for fire alarm messages.
8he connections for a tool for setting !arameters or for an e'ternal serial printer are !ro5ided by t3o
serial interfaces. Since the interface for the !rinter has o!en !arameters6 the !rinter may be used as a
!rotocol !rinter6 maintenance !rinter6 to !rint measured 5alues of detectors6 or as a setu! !rinter.
With the *;0%setup feature the fire detection control !anel recogni@es all connected com!onents of
the system and sets their setu! to standard setu! %hen it is !ut into o!eration.
&nder normal circumstances6 elaborate measures for com!ensating !o%er s!ikes and high freAuency
fields enable the control !anel to o!erate in an unshielded net3or<.
-emote maintenance is !ossible %ith an o!tional interface con5erter that connects the fire detection
system to the Security System Manager <S-M= of LS8.
-utomatic fire detectors are in steady contact %ith the air of the sur5eilled area. ue to the dirt in the
air <e.g.6 dust=6 e5ery detector %ill get dirty as time !asses. irty detectors are one of the main reasons
for false fire alarms. 8he fire detection control !anel '()*+-*6 besides automatic ad$usting of the sen-
siti5ity of the detectors6 is ca!able of dis!laying a dirt message on the control !anel before the detec-
tors acti5ate false alarms due to dirt6 by using -M-6 -MP?"- as %ell as addressable con5entional
technology.
8he control !anel is ca!able of making a forecast for each detector about the time of the neBt cleaning
by analy@ing the measured 5alues !ro5ided by the automatic detectors of -MP?"- and
-M-technology.
2(3(2 Fire detection control panel BCnet216 7net3or< control panel8
8he net%ork fire detection control !anel '(net)*+ <consisting of '(net sectional control !anels
'()*+-) and '()*+-/= is designed to be used in a modern fire detection system of medium to 5ery
large si@e as a recei5ing and controlling unit. ue to its com!act modular construction of the single
'(net sectional control !anels and its fleBibility in the setting of !arameters6 it can be 5ery easily
ada!ted to different demands and thus generally can be used in a large 5ariety of circumstances. 8he
control !anel sets ne% standards for the security in the fire alarm technology %hile reducing the costs
due to the sim!licity of cabling.
8he listed features from !age *4 in (ha!ter )./.*E H;ire detection control !anel '()*+-* <stand-alone=H
of the stand-alone control !anel are 5alid also for e$ery BCnet sectional control panel of the net%ork
control !anel '(net)*+.
8he operation of the %hole net%ork control !anel '(net)*+ is made 5ia the dis!lay and o!erating
units of one or more '(net sectional control !anels or 5ia remote dis!lay and o!erating units in the
same %ay as the o!eration of a com!act control !anel. 8he user %ill not recogni@e that in reality the
control !anel consists of se5eral com!onents %hich are s!read o5er a %ide range of s!ace.
is!lay and o!erating units of '(net sectional control !anels or remote dis!lay and o!erating units can
also be configured as sectional display and operating units for dis!laying and o!erating area !arts of
the %hole system6 de!ending on the reAuirements.
8he net%ork is constructed circularly and redundant( #n case of a line fault of the net%ork through
%ire breakage or short circuit all '(net sectional control !anels and other GSSnet members kee! %ork-
ing uneffectedly. E5en in case of multi!le faults of the net%ork cabling all GSSnet members kee!
%orking6 but in this case dis!laying and o!erating is !robably only !ossible directly on the '(net sec-
tional control !anels and limited to the corres!onding sur5eillance area. "!tionally the acti5ation of a
transmitting de5ice can be constructed so that e5en %ith a double fault in the net%ork cabling no im-
!airing of the function occurs. (onnection of the '(net sectional control !anels to the net%ork is made
by one of the serial interfaces built into the sectional control !anels.
&! to 12# ,SSnet mem"ers <i.e. '(net !artial control !anels6 remote dis!lay and o!erating units6
gate%ays6 etc.= can be connected to the net%ork. 8he line length bet%een t%o neighbouring GSSnet
members may be u! to *)..m6 for larger distances repeaters can be inter!osed.
&! to 1+11 detector @ones6 1+11 actuations6 11 transmitting de5ices and 11 alarming de5ices can be
managed in a net%ork fire detection control !anel '(net)*+.
2(4 /eripheral de$ices for the fire detection control panel Series BC216
#n a fire detection system a series of !eri!heral de5ices such as fire detectors6 sirens6 transmitting de-
5ices6 dis!laying de5ices6 etc. are used %hich are acti5ated and,or monitored by the fire detection con-
trol !anel.
2(4(1 Detectors
;ire detectors of a fire detection system are combined locally to fire !rotecti5e efficient detector @ones
and connected to the fire detection control !anel '()*+-* or to the '(net sectional control !anels of a
fire detection control !anel '(net)*+. 8he location of fire is identified by the @one number<s= dis-
!layed on the control !anel. #n addition to the @one number6 the fire detection control !anels Series
'()*+ are ca!able of dis!laying a @one-s!ecific teBt for e5ery detector @one and a detector-s!ecific
teBt for e5ery single fire detector. 8hereby rele5ant information is !ro5ided for the safety !ersonnel
fast and %ithout delay.
'esides %ith automatic and non-automatic fire detectors6 the fire detection control !anels Series '()*+
are also eAui!!ed for the connection of fault detectors and the !rocessing of their information <e.g.6
sur5eillance of %eight of the eBtinguishing agent in an eBtinguishing system= and of technical de-
tectors <e.g.6 the indication of the !osition of fire dam!ers=. 8hese detectors too are combined to fault-
detector @ones and to detector @ones for technical messages. 8he !rocessing of the information of these
detector @ones is similar to the !rocessing of fire alarm information. 8he only difference is the kind of
alarm acti5ated in case of an e5ent.
8he fire6 fault and technical detectors connected to the fire detection control !anel '()*+-* or to e5ery
'(net sectional control !anel of a control !anel '(net)*+ can be combined into u! to *:: detector
@ones. Each detector @one can be disabled and enabled inde!endently and is dis!layed on the L(-
dis!lay of the control !anel %ith its @one number and information teBt. "n the control !anel6 indi5idual
detectors can be enabled and disabled also6 de!ending on the built-in function modules.
8he o!erating and dis!laying of detector @ones are described starting !age /1 in (ha!ter :.4.4E His-
!laying and o!erating detector @ones - menu !oint C2oneEDH.
2(4(2 *coustic and optic alarming de$ices
Persons %ho are in danger can be %arned by the fire detection control !anel '()*+-* or by e5ery
'(net sectional control !anel of a fire detection control !anel '(net)*+ by acoustic alarming de5ices
<e.g.6 sirens= or o!tical ones <e.g.6 flashlights= that are combined into u! to ten inde!endent @ones. 8he
acti5ation of the alarming de5ices is de!endent on logic combinations of the alarm acti5ation of detec-
tor @ones or of single detectors. 8hereby6 e5acuation alarms6 for eBam!le6 can be ada!ted to the le5el of
danger !resent in the local situation.
Each alarming @one can be enabled6 disabled and silenced indi5idually in case of an alarm. 8he dis-
!laying and o!erating of alarming de5ices are described starting !age :/ in (ha!ter :.4.*.E His!laying
and o!erating alarming de5ices - menu !oint C-larming de5iceEDH.
8he o5erall number of all @ones of alarming de5ices is limited to 11 in a fire detection control !anel
'(net)*+.
2(4(3 0ransmitting de$ices
&! to ten inde!endently o!erating transmitting de5ices can be acti5ated by the fire detection control
!anel '()*+-* or by e5ery '(net sectional control !anel of a fire detection control !anel '(net)*+ to
alarm the designated alarm res!ondent <e.g.6 the fire brigade=. 8he acti5ation of each transmitting de-
5ice is de!endent on logical combinations of the alarm acti5ation of detector @ones or of indi5idual de-
tectors. 8hereby an alarm acti5ated by a manual call !oint can be distinguished from one acti5ated by
an automatic fire detector6 for eBam!le6 at the transmission of the alarm information to the fire brigade.
8ransmitting de5ices can also be set for the transmission of fault messages <e.g.6 to a central fault re-
!ort !ost= or for the transmission of technical messages.
Each transmitting de5ice can be enabled and disabled indi5idually. 8he dis!laying and o!erating are
described starting !age :) in (ha!ter :.4.1E His!laying and o!erating transmitting de5ices - menu
!oint C8ransmit. de5iceEDH.
8he o5erall number of all transmitting de5ices is limited to 11 in a fire detection control !anel
'(net)*+.
2(4(4 *ctuations
Practically any number of actuations can be acti5ated by the fire detection control !anels Series
'()*+. 8he acti5ation of each actuation is de!endent on logic combinations of the alarm acti5ation of
detector @ones and of single detectors. -ctuations can be set for the case of fire <Hfire control systemH=6
as %ell as for faults and technical messages.
Each actuation can be enabled and disabled indi5idually. 8he dis!laying and o!erating of the actua-
tions are described starting !age :* in (ha!ter :.4.9E His!laying and o!erating actuations - menu !oint
C-ctuationsEDH.
2(4(5 Information de$ices for the fire "rigade
8he fire detection control !anels Series '()*+ su!!ort the functions of 5arious de5ices used in a fire
detection system for the information of and use by the fire brigade. 8hese are6 for eBam!le6 fire brigade
control units6 key safes and key de!ots6 fire brigade ma! systems6 etc. 8he modular construction of the
fire detection control !anels Series '()*+ facilitates the sim!le ada!tation to country-s!ecific designs
of these de5ices.
2(4(6 Information systems
'esides the standard de5ices mentioned abo5e6 !rinters6 additional com!uter aided information systems
and su!erior managing de5ices and main control !anels are often used in a fire detection system. Such
de5ices are connected to and managed by the control !anel 5ia the serial interfaces contained in the fire
detection control !anel Series '()*+6 or %ith fire detection control !anels '(net)*+6 also 5ia gate-
%ays %hich are connected to the net%ork.
22 (ha!ter / G is!laying and o!erating elements &ser Manual Series '()*+ , Part -
3 Displaying and operating elements
8he functions and effects of the dis!laying and o!erating elements of the fire detection control !anel
Series '()*+ and the o!tional !rotocol !rinter are described in this cha!ter. 8he o!eration of the con-
trol !anel itself is described starting !age )1 in (ha!ter :E H'asic o!eration of the fire detection control
!anels Series '()*+H and starting !age :1 in (ha!ter 3E H"!erating conditions of fire detection control
!anels Series '()*+H.
;or reasons of sim!licity the '(net sectional control !anels of the fire detection control !anel
'(net)*+ eAui!!ed %ith an dis!lay and o!erating unit are named Ho!erable '(net sectional control
!anelsH in the follo%ing !aragra!hs of this cha!ter.
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