output shall be compatible with the associated device.
2.3.2
Fire Alarm Console
Console shall contain a complete and independent fire alarm receiving
system, consisting of, as a minimum, a radio receiver/transmitter, signal
to message decoder, audio alarm signaling devices, audio alarm silence
switch, visual display, alarm reset switch(es), alarm recording printer,
primary and emergency power supplies, power supply monitors, memory
devices, and all necessary interconnecting cables.
2.3.2.1
Audible Fire Alarm
The audible alarm signaling devices used to indicate the receipt of fire
alarm messages shall produce a unique sound. The device shall be
internally mounted in the console and shall be activated upon receipt of
all fire alarm signals. The audible devices used to indicate the receipt
of transmitter/interface trouble messages, including tamper and low-battery
voltage, shall be separate and distinct from the device used to denote
receipt of fire alarm messages.
2.3.2.2
Visual Display
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NOTE: Listed displays are minimum requirements, but
if additional visual displays are required, such
displays must be added to the list.
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Console display shall indicate, as a minimum, the originating transmitter
identity code number and shall include the following message designations:
a.
Fire
b.
Trouble
c.
Battery
d.
Test
e.
Tamper
f.
Master Zone [_____] thru [_____]
2.3.2.3
Console Memory
Console shall have a memory buffer capable of retaining a minimum of [500]
[_____] transmitter codes, together with the specific message designations
associated with each transmitter. The system shall reject any received
message not matching the programmed transmitter codes where such message
identification code is not stored in the system. Upon command, the console
shall display and print a summary of transmitters which have transmitted a
low-battery or trouble message, or failed to transmit a message during the
previous 24 [_____]-hour test period. Any incoming transmitter signal
shall pre-empt the command display and printout function, and be processed,
displayed, and printed. The 24-hour memory shall not be purged and shall
always be current and available. Transmitter memory data shall not be lost
in the event of a total loss of operating or emergency power supplies.
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