Quatro User Manual
Quatro User Manual
TABLE OF CONTENTS
WHAT TO DO IF THE FIRE ALARM PANEL SHOWS A FAULT (YELLOW LED) ............................................................................................... 2
1. FIRE ALARM CONTROL PANEL SAFETY ISSUES ..................................................................................................................................... 3
2. THE PURPOSE OF A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM ............................................................................................................................................ 3
3. USER RESPONSIBILITIES & MAINTAINENCE OF THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE FACP & ITS INTEGRAL PSE ...................... 4
DAILY INSPECTION .......................................................................................................................................................................4
WEEKLY TEST (YOU MAY WISH TO TEMPORARILY DISCONNECT THE AUX RELAY DURING THE FOLLOWING TESTS) ...................4
QUARTERLY TEST (TO BE CARRIED OUT BY AUTHORISED SERVICE PERSONNEL ONLY) ............................................................... 4
ANNUAL TEST (TO BE CARRIED OUT BY AUTHORISED SERVICE PERSONNEL ONLY) ....................................................................5
EVERY FIVE YEARS (TO BE CARRIED OUT BY AUTHORISED SERVICE PERSONNEL ONLY).............................................................. 5
4. PANEL INDICATIONS & CONTROLS ....................................................................................................................................................... 7
4.1 PANEL INDICATIONS .............................................................................................................................................................. 6
4.2 PANEL CONTROLS ..................................................................................................................................................................6
4.3 IN THE EVENT OF AN ALARM ................................................................................................................................................6
4.4 ACCESS LEVELS ......................................................................................................................................................................6
5. THE FIRE CONDITION ........................................................................................................................................................................... 8
5.1 HOW THE QUATRO INDICATES AN ALARM ............................................................................................................................8
5.2 HOW TO TURN OFF THE ALARM SOUNDERS .........................................................................................................................8
5.3 A SECOND ALARM SIGNAL FROM A NEW DETECTION ZONE .................................................................................................8
5.4 TURNING ON THE ALARM SOUNDERS FROM THE FACP (TO EVACUATE THE BUILDING) .......................................................9
5.5 RESETTING THE PANEL...........................................................................................................................................................9
6. THE FAULT CONDITION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10
6.1 FAULT INDICATIONS ............................................................................................................................................................. 10
6.2 WHAT TO DO IF A FAULT CONDITION OCCURS ....................................................................................................................11
7. DISABLEMENTS .................................................................................................................................................................................. 12
7.1 REASONS FOR DISABLING CERTAIN PARTS OF A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM ................................................................................12
7.2 TO DISABLE A ZONE ............................................................................................................................................................. 12
7.3 TO DISABLE A POINT ............................................................................................................................................................ 12
7.4 TO DISABLE A SOUNDER ......................................................................................................................................................12
7.5 TO DISABLE A RELAY ............................................................................................................................................................ 12
8. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................................................................ 13
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM SUMMARY ...............................................................................................................................................13
DETAILED LOOP CONTENTS: LOOP 1..........................................................................................................................................20
DETAILED LOOP CONTENTS: LOOP 2..........................................................................................................................................21
DETAILED LOOP CONTENTS: LOOP 3..........................................................................................................................................24
DETAILED LOOP CONTENTS: LOOP 4..........................................................................................................................................25
9. FIRE ALARM LOG BOOK ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27
MAINTENANCE WORK ............................................................................................................................................................... 29
MAINTENANCE WORK (CONTINUED) ........................................................................................................................................30
UNWANTED (FALSE) ALARMS (CONTINUED) ............................................................................................................................. 32
ALL EVENTS OTHER THAN MAINTENANCE WORK OR FALSE ALARMS .......................................................................................33
ALL EVENTS OTHER THAN MAINTENANCE WORK OR FALSE ALARMS (CONTINUED) ................................................................ 34
10. COMMISSIONING THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING POWER SUPPLY EQUIPMENT P.S.E. ............................................................................ 35
10.1 DESIGN, INSTALLATION & COMMISSIONING CERTIFICATES .............................................................................................. 35
If there is a fire discovered, either attempt to douse it with a fire extinguisher if suitably trained, or call the fire brigade.
To reset the panel press the RESET button.
If the panel goes back into alarm, stop the sounders and call the engineer.
Daily Inspection
Check that the green Power LED is lit.
If there are any yellow fault LEDs lit, or the green Power LED is not lit, report the fault(s) to the designated site
maintenance engineer.
Weekly Test (you may wish to temporarily disconnect the Aux relay during the following Tests)
Set off a manual call point or sensor to test the Fire Alarm panel responds and all the sounders activate.
Do not test the same device each week. Test a different zone each week using a different call point or detector so that
eventually, all the devices will be tested.
Turn the key to CONTROLS ENABLED. Reset the System by pressing STOP SOUNDERS, SILENCE BUZZER, and RESET.
Press the LED Test button. Check that all LEDs light, and the buzzer sounds
Check that no call points or fire detectors are obstructed in any way. (e.g. New furniture or decorations)
Every Five Years (to be carried out by authorised service personnel only)
Carry out a complete wiring check in accordance with the testing and inspection requirements of the relevant National
wiring regulations (in the UK this is the IEE Wiring Regulations). The Batteries should be replaced because SLA batteries
have a working life of 5 years.
The only functions that can be performed by the user when the panel is in the normal or quiescent state are:
Ending a programmed delay when the panel is in alarm. For example, if the installation engineer has instructed the panel
to wait for 2 minutes after a fire has been detected before sounding the alarm, a user can override this delay if it is
obvious that the building needs to be evacuated immediately. The user can override the delay by pressing button F4
(above which is displayed [END DELAY] on the screen).
Putting the Panel into the Controls Enabled state – see below.
ii. CONTROLS ENABLED
This access level is obtained by turning the access control key to the controls enabled position. When the controls are enabled you
can start or stop the external sounders, silence the panel’s internal buzzer, or reset the panel. The numeric keypad is also enabled
which allows the codes to be entered for the user’s password or the installation engineer’s password.
iii. USER MENU – FOR EACH AUTHORISED USER OF THE PANEL
This access level is obtained by entering a password which has been assigned to an authorised user. The password is 4 digits long.
The initial default password value is 1111. It is recommended that this is changed for the authorised users by the installation /
commissioning engineer, to make the panel more secure. Here the user can view panel, loop, and zone and event log contents; read
individual points (i.e. detectors, call points, sounders & I/O’s); disable / enable zones, points, sounders and relays; cancel
programmed delays; and test the LEDs and LCD. The user can also enter the test mode, which permits points in selected zone(s) to
be tested without causing the alarm to be raised throughout the building.
iv. INSTALLER MENU – FOR INSTALLATION / COMMISSIONING ENGINEERS ONLY
This access level is entered via the installation / commissioning engineer’s password. At the installer level, the engineer can set up
or modify a panel’s site configuration, and use the available menus to fault find the alarm system. The engineer’s password must
not be revealed to the users.
4.5 CHECKING THE PANELS INDICATION LEDS
Turn the key switch to “Controls Enabled” position, and enter the 4-digit User password. Use the ▼button to scroll down the menu
to Test LEDs & LCD. Press the ENTER button. All the LEDs on the front panel will light, the LCD screen will fill up with black squares,
and the internal buzzer will sound. After about a second all these events will automatically reset.
4.6 WHAT THE LEDS MEAN
The LEDs on the Quatro can be grouped into the following sections:
General Indications:
These are indications to specific conditions, such as power, power supply faults, Earth faults, double address, system fault etc. They
indicate all conditions except those that relate to the zones & sounders.
Common Indications:
These are Common Fire & Common Fault. These will light in conjunction with another LED which indicates the fire or fault
condition, as a backup indication. They do not represent a specific event.
Zone Indications:
These are used to show a fire, fault, test mode, or disablement on a zone.
Mode Indications:
These are used to show which mode the panel is in. The controls active LED shows if the controls are enabled. The general test &
general disablement are used to indicate test mode & disablement mode, respectively.
FIRST ALARM: Z015 – SECOND FLOOR FIRST ALARM: Z015 – SECOND FLOOR
LAST ALARM : Z025 – FOURTH FLOOR LAST ALARM : Z025 – FOURTH FLOOR
ZONES IN FIRE : 003 POINTS IN FIRE : 005 002/005-08:10 Z086 – STAIR WELL
PRESS ◄ OR ► TO SCROLL MKII-AOP (2.4.124) - ROOM 101
More information about fires in any zone can be seen on the LCD by using the MENU NAVIGATION buttons to scroll the fire data. In
the above example, 5 points (i.e. detectors or call points) are in fire. These are located in 3 different zones. The first alarm occurred
in zone 15 and the most recent alarm occurred in zone 25. The 2nd point is located in zone 86 (STAIRWELL). The address label of this
point is ROOM 101. It is on panel number 2, loop number 4 and at address 124. The point, which is an optical detector, was
triggered at the time of 08:10.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If a zone has been disabled, it cannot be triggered into Alarm. This should be remembered when disabling part
of the system (see Disablements in Section 7).
5.4 TURNING ON THE ALARM SOUNDERS FROM THE FACP (TO EVACUATE THE BUILDING)
If a user comes across a fire in the protected building, the alarm can also be raised by operating the START / STOP
SOUNDERS button on the front of the Fire Alarm Control Panel.
With the control key in CONTROLS ENABLED position, momentarily pressing the Start/Stop will cause the Alarm sounders
to sound.
Pressing the START/STOP SOUNDERS button again will Silence the Alarm Sounders.
Note: If ALL of the Alarm Sounders have been disabled, pressing the STOP/START BUTTON will have NO effect.
To the left of this are 20 LEDs which are used to indicate Zone
Faults / Disablement / Test in Zones 1 – 20.
COMMON FAULT
The Common fault LED is lit for all types of fault.
SUPPLY FAULT
This indicates a loss of Mains power or a loss of Battery power or a loss of Battery Charger or a Battery with a High Resistance.
Battery Fault indicates that there is no battery connected to the panel. Charger Fault indicates there is a problem with the mains
supply (or one of its fuses). If the mains supply fails, the panel will only operate for the standby period dictated by the size of the
batteries fitted. If the batteries or charger fails at the same time as the Mains, the Panel will be inoperative.
OUT OF SERVICE FAULT
This is lit when the battery voltage has dropped to a value at which the alarm system is no longer fully functional (following a period
when the mains service is not supplied to the panel).
ZONE FAULT
The relevant zone fault light will flash when there is a wiring problem on a Zone or detector has been removed from its base. It
should be noted that any alarms raised on the fault zone(s) may not be recognised by the Fire Alarm Panel until the Fault Conditions
have been cleared. It can take up to 10 seconds from repairing a fault for the display to clear.
SYSTEM FAULT
The System Fault LED lights when the Panel’s micro-processor has reset, typically after excessive electrical interference, or if the
contents of its memory have been corrupted.
EARTH FAULT
The Earth Fault LED lights when the panel detects an earth fault (short circuit to earth) on the wiring to any part of the control
panel. The panel will function correctly with a single earth fault, but if a second fault occurs it could damage the panel. The screen
will show Positive or Negative to help the engineer locate the problem.
SOUNDER FAULT
If there is a fault on the loop sounders, the line sounder fault LED will light along with the zone that contains that sounder. Because
the sounder is addressable, any fault will be indicated as a device fault.
7. DISABLEMENTS
8. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Any additional information the User needs to know about should be inserted into this box including details of the routing of any additional outputs,
details of inputs utilised, etc.
ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL
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ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL
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ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL
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ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL
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ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL
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ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL
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ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL ADDR ZONE TYPE LABEL
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COMPANY:
SITE ADDRESS:
CONTRACT NO:
CONTRACT VALID UNTIL:
FOR SERVICE (NORMAL HOURS MON-FRI) TEL:
FOR SERVICE (OTHER TIMES) TEL:
RESPONSIBLE PERSON(S) ONSITE:
MAINTENANCE WORK
LOOP & ZONE/ ADDITIONAL WORK
DATE TIME REASON FOR WORK WORK CARRIED OUT SIGNED
ADDRESS LOCATION REQUIRED
CAUSE (IF
MAINTENANCE FURTHER
LOOP & ZONE/ KNOWN) OR MAINTENAN CATEGORY OF
DATE TIME VISIT NEEDED ACTION SIGNED
ADDRESS LOCATION ACTIVITIES IN CE FINDINGS FALSE ALARM
(YES/NO) REQUIRED
ALARM AREA
Certificate of DESIGN for the Premier Quatro Fire Alarm System installed at:
ADDRESS:
I/we being the competent person(s) responsible (as indicated by my/our signatures below) for the design
of the fire alarm system, particulars of which are set out below, CERTIFY that the said design for which I/we
have been responsible complies to the best of my/our knowledge and belief with the recommendations of
section 2 of BS 5839-1:2013 for the system category described below, except for the variations, if any,
stated in this certificate
The extent of liability of the signatory is limited to the system described below.
Measures incorporated to limit false alarms. Account has to be taken of the guidance contained in section 3
of BS 5839-1:2013 and, more specifically (tick as appropriate):
The System is manual. Type & siting of manual call points takes account of the guidelines contained in
section 3 of BS 5839-1:2013
The system incorporates automatic fire detectors, and account has been taken of reasonably
foreseeable causes of unwanted alarms, particularly in the selection and siting of detectors
An appropriate analogue system has been specified
An appropriate multi-sensor system has been specified
A time-related system has been specified. Details:
Fire signals from automatic fire detectors result initially in a staff alarm, which delays a general alarm /
transmission of signals to an alarm receiving centre (delete as applicable) for min.
Appropriate guidance has been provided to the user to enable limitation of false alarms.
Other measures as follows:
SOAK TEST
In accordance with the recommendations of clause 35.2.6 of BS 5839-1:2013, it is recommended that
following commissioning a soak period of should follow.
(Enter a period of at least 1 week)
As the system incorporates no more than 50 automatic fire detectors, no soak test is necessary to satisfy
the recommendations of BS 5839-1:2013.
VERIFICATION
Verification that the system complies with BS 5839-1:2013 should be carried out, on completion, in
accordance with BS 5839-1:2013 Clause 43.
Yes No to be decided by the purchaser or user
MAINTENANCE
It is strongly recommended that, after completion, the system is maintained in accordance with section 6
of BS 5839-1:2013.
USER RESPONSIBILITIES
The user should appoint a responsible person to supervise all matters pertaining to the fire alarm system in
accordance with the recommendations of section 7 of BS 5839-1:2013.
Installation Certificate
Certificate of INSTALLATION for the Premier Quatro Fire Alarm System installed at:
ADDRESS:
I/we being the competent person(s) responsible (as indicated by my/our signatures below) for the
installation of the fire alarm system, particulars of which are set out below, CERTIFY that the said
installation for which I/we have been responsible complies to the best of my/our knowledge and belief
with the specifications described below, and with the recommendations of BS 5839-1:2013, except for the
variations, if any, stated in this certificate
The extent of liability of the signatory is limited to the system described below.
The wiring has been tested in accordance with the recommendations of clause 38 of BS 5839-1:2013. The
test results have been recorded and provided to:
Unless supplied by others, the “as fitted” drawings have been supplied to the person responsible for
commissioning the system (see BS 5839-1:2013 clause 36.2m)
Commissioning Certificate
Certificate of COMMISSIONING for the Premier Quatro Fire Alarm System installed at:
ADDRESS:
I/we being the competent person(s) responsible (as indicated by my/our signatures below) for the
commissioning of the fire alarm system, particulars of which are set out below, CERTIFY that the said work
for which I/we have been responsible complies to the best of my/our knowledge and belief with the
recommendations of Clause 39 of BS 5839-1:2013, except for the variations, if any, stated in this certificate
Name (Block Letters): Position:
Signature: Date:
For & on behalf of:
Address
The extent of liability of the signatory is limited to the system described below.
Extent of the installation work covered by this certificate.
Taking into account the guidance contained in section 3 of BS 5839-1:2013, I/we have not identified any
obvious potential for an unacceptable rate of false alarms.
The documentation described in Clause 40 of BS 5839-1:2013 has been provided to the user
The following work should be completed before/after (delete as applicable) the system becomes
operational
The following potential causes of false alarms should be considered at the time of the next service visit:
Before the system becomes operational, it should be soak tested in accordance with the recommendations
of Clause 35.2.6 of BS 5839-1:2013 for a period of: (enter a period of 1 week, the period
required by the design specification, or the period recommended by the signatory to this certificate,
whichever period is the greatest, or delete if not applicable)
Acceptance Certificate
Certificate of ACCEPTANCE for the Premier Quatro Fire Alarm System installed at:
ADDRESS:
I/we being the competent person(s) responsible (as indicated by my/our signatures below) for the
acceptance of the fire alarm system, particulars of which are set out below, ACCEPT the system on behalf
of:
The extent of liability of the signatory is limited to the system described below.