1.1
SAFETY OF INDIVIDUALS
The general safety instructions listed below must be scrupulously followed.
Installation, commissioning and maintenance operations.
Only trained individuals are allowed to work on the installation, troubleshooting and, in general, for
any other type of intervention on the system or remote panel.
This personnel must possess the specific documentation, in particular this manual.
Untrained operators must not work on the panel for any reason.
1.2
SAFETY OF THE PRODUCT
The panel is designed for indoor use, do not install the device outdoors.
Do not position the panel near liquids or in excessively humid /damp areas.
Do not let liquid or other foreign substances get inside the device.
Do not expose the panel to direct sunlight or place it near sources of heat.
FKP500 Consolle is a remote panel to repeat and show events and commands from and to the fire
detection control panels of series Elkron FAP54. The panel is housed in a container to be used as
both a desk panel and a wall panel.
FKP500 Consolle allows active and constant control over the status of the connection to control
panel. The series of control panels FAP54 allows to manage up to 16 remote panels placed at a
maximum distance of 1200m.
The connection between control panel and remote panels is through a 2 wires 9600bps RS485
connection; the RS485 communication port of the panel is optically isolated, so the panel can be
used with power supplies other than provided by control panel.
Back-lit display with 40-character 8 lines is identical to control panel display. On the panel there
are present a number of LED indicators showing, in a cumulative way, main information such as:
alarms, faults, exclusions, test conditions and power supply presence in control panel. The panel
has available a keypad with a membrane which allows to give commands to control panel,
because from the keypad it is possible to acquire events, increment alarm delays, silence or rearm
sirens, perform global resetting operation and control the operation of the indicators that are
present on the panel.
An acoustic indicator (buzzer) inside the panel warns about failure and alarm conditions found by
control panel.
FKP500 Consolle can be powered up either directly by control panel or locally by proper power
supply. The console FKP500 is compliant and approved according the EN 54-2 standard.
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GENERAL SAFETY RULES
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION