In some circumstances you need to put the alarm control panel in one location but have the information from the panel available somewhere else. For example, the control panel might need to be installed in the main reception area of an office complex but the information might need to be duplicated in the hut of the night-watchman. Another example might be in a school where the alarm control panel needs to be near the school office but the information also needs to be available in the caretaker's house. In these and similar situations, FirePoint-2 gives you a simple solution.
Plate Repeater is used in the fire alarm system so that it shows the same information that the main control panel does. The repeater panel looks a lot like the main control panel and can be placed up to 30 meters from the main control panel.
Repeater panels, also known as Annunciator panels are used to provide a visual display of the main panel. They can additionally provide limited control functions, such as acknowledge, silence, and reseting the main fire alarm panel.
A repeater panel looks nearly or identical to the main panel. You can control the functions of the panel that you can do on the main panel. A mimic panel just simply 'mimics' what happens on the fire alarm system. You can't do any functions like enable/disable or sound/silence alarms etc. It has an in built piezo buzzer when a fire alarm is activated, the mimic panel displays this status and tells you the zone/zone description. It may also tell you any faults that have occured. You can silence the buzzer on this mimic panel.
Mimic panel in fire alarm system 'mimics' or mirrors the signal of the Main Fire Control Panel.
Only if your building is required to have an interconnected fire alarm system. Your local and state fire codes and building codes will determine what kind of alarm system is required, if any. Many single or two-family dwellings are allowed to have individual smoke alarms that are not connected to an alarm panel, but they only give local audible/visual alarm. An alarm panel allows the system to call automatically for help, when necessary. When you have one connected in a building it will supply power to the smoke detectors and the rest of the fire alarm system and may indicate where the fire has been detected. This information can be relayed to the dispatchers, allowing the fire officer/brigade to find the source of the alarm quickly and attend to the cause.
First you locate the source of the alarm, undo the condition (e.g., valve closed, inadequate pressure, etc), then reset the alarm condition on the sprinkler control panel and reset the alarm on the fire alarm control panel (assuming they're connected, as required by many fire codes).
Mimic panel in fire alarm system 'mimics' or mirrors the signal of the Main Fire Control Panel.
To open a fire alarm, you typically need to break the glass or press a button on the alarm panel. This will activate the alarm and alert others of a fire emergency.
It is important to never disable a fire alarm unless it is a confirmed false alarm or during a non-emergency situation. To disable a fire alarm, locate the control panel and enter the code or key required to silence the alarm. If you are unsure or unable to do so, contact the building management or fire department for assistance.
Yes, as long as there is enough typical/backup/standby power for both.
It should be really located by an entrance exit for conveniant reasons. For example, when there is a fire alarm or a fire, the fire brigade can quickly access and see where abouts the fire has been reported to, instead of wondering around to find it in some random office, corridor some where. Or you could have repeater panels, two panels that nearly look identical to eachother. The main panel controls the system on its own. It then corresponds the information from the main panel to the repeater panel where it is displayed. Idealy, you should have some zone displaying panel by an exit so it can easily be accessed and looked at with the main panel being at a central office somewhere. Both ways are a good option.
Yes.