3003 W CASINO RD BLDG 40-53 2023-12-06

Notification Appliance Circuits can be wired as Class A or Relays Class B and support 24 VDC polarized appliances such The Main Controller Board incorporates 3 programmable as horns, strobes and bells. Strobes can be either syn- Form-C Relays and 1 Form-C Trouble relay. The Expan- chronized or non-synchronized. sion Card occupies a single slot in the Card Cage The Releasing Circuits can be wired as Class A or Class Assembly and plugs directly into the backplane. The sys- B and configured to activate agent control heads. The cir- tem can be expanded by adding Relay cards to the back- cuit-on time is configurable from 55 microseconds, 90 plane. Each Relay card provides four programmable seconds, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, or On-To-Reset, Form-C relays similar to those on the MCB. The number dependant on the release device and suppression sys- of Relay Expansion Cards in a system is limited only by tem. While the circuits are power limited, utilizing this the availability of card slots—which itself is limited to 24. option for releasing requires the use of a field In-Line Each relay is independently-driven and can be pre-pro- Release Device — separate for solenoids and actuators. grammed to change state for all states of Alarm, Trouble An NFPA-72 compliant disconnect switch provides the and Supervisory conditions. Relays are normally de- means to physically isolate the circuit from its associated energized, unless configured for Trouble. A Trouble relay field wiring. is energized upon startup and changes state for any Trouble event, including failure of the Main Controller Board. R-G-Y status LEDs are provided. Contact ratings R-NAC EXPANSION CARD SPECIFICATION are 3 A at 30 VDC or 120 VAC. Number of Cards: Subject to slot availability, max 24 per RELAY EXPANSION CARD SPECIFICATION MCB Number of Circuits Per Card: Three Number of Cards: Subject to slot Circuit Specifications: Same as R-NAC on availability, max 24 per MCB MCB Number of Relays Per Card: Four Triple Redundancy Protection Relay Specifications: Same as Relays on Unlike some generic fire alarm control units adopted for MCB releasing service, at its core the ARIES NETLink is suppression-focused. Featuring the exclusive Triple-R redundancy safeguard wherein no single component fail- City Tie Card ure or combination of abnormal operating conditions, The optional City Tie Card provides connection and oper- including main microprocessor failure, is allowed to result ation for three independently operated signaling circuits in accidental release activation, the ARIES NETLink used to connect to Municipal Tie inputs as either Local provides the same high quality, dependability and maxi- Energy output, Shunt-Type Master Box output or mum protection against inadvertent release that have Reverse Polarity output. The City Tie Card occupies a been the hallmark of Kidde suppression panels for single slot in the Card Cage Assembly and plugs directly decades. The Triple-R system requires that in order to into the backplane. The ARIES NETLink allows one City activate a release, the main microprocessor issue two Tie Card per control unit. release commands of opposite polarity via separate signaling channels and that these commands combine with a signal from the control unit's watchdog timer to CITY TIE CARD SPECIFICATION confirm the microprocessor operation. The Triple-R sys- Number of Cards: Max 1 per control unit tem ensures that electrical transients or disturbances Number of Circuits Per Card: Three such as power surges that could interfere with the opera- tion of the main microprocessor will not inadvertently Local Energy Type: VDC @ 550 mA maximum activate the connected suppression system. The result is @ a more robust and reliable suppression control unit. Shunt-Type Master Box: 24 VDC @ 5 A maximum Reverse Polarity Type: 24 VDC @ 100 mA maximum - 6 -