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Faraday LW401 Operation, Installation, And Maintenance Manual
Summary of LW401
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Operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw401 fire alarm system control unit p/n 315-095997fa-2 (446106) faraday: www.Faraday firealarms .Com copyright 1997, faraday, llc all rights reserved.
Page 2: Table of Contents
I table of contents 1 introduction ....................................................................................................................... 1 standard components ........................................................................................................ 2 main board ........
Page 3: List of Illustrations
Ii list of illustrations 1. Lw-401 control panel ........................................................................................................... 1 2. Lw-401 front panel .............................................................................................................. 2 3. Lw-...
Page 4: Introduction
1 lw-401 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 introduction the lw-401 is a microprocessor based fire and life safety system with four conventional initiating device circuits (up to 8 with the addition of the optional lwze-4a or lwze-8a zone expander). All basic alarm and trouble fu...
Page 5: Standard Components
2 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 standard components a standard four zone lw-401 has one module—the main board. An expander board is added to provide four additional zones, when needed. Main board the main board of the lw-401 contains the intelligence for the system and perfo...
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3 lw-401 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 code description 1 ac power fail 2 nac 1 trouble 3 nac 2 trouble 4 ground fault 5 municipal tie fault 6 battery fault 7 system configuration fault 8 auxiliary port fault 9 outputs bypassed 0 hardware failure e enter password a password ...
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Page 8: Installation
5 lw-401 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 installation unpacking the equipment the lw-401 is shipped in two cartons; one of the cartons contains the lw-401 enclosure. The other carton contains the lw-401 electronics, the transformer, and the mounting hardware. Follow the proce-...
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6 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 installing the control panel remove all system power before installation, first battery and then ac. (to power up, connect the ac first, then the battery.) all wiring must comply with national and local codes. Install the lw-401 control panel ...
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7 lw-401 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 labeled a in figure 6, leaving a 1 / 4 inch gap between the standoff and the head of the screw. B. Place the slots on the bottom of the lw41-mb on the two screws. C. Secure the board in place by fasten- ing the remaining four screws lab...
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Page 12: Operating Modes
9 lw-401 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 operating modes the lw-401 annunciates the following modes of operation: • alarm • supervisory • trouble • normal • program/test alarm the lw-401 display board lights the appropriate red alarm led and the general alarm led to indicate t...
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10 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 to acknowledge alarms 1. Unlock and open the door. 2. Press ack to acknowledge (block acknowledge) all alarms and other conditions. The system alarm and the zone alarm leds on the front panel stop flashing and remain on. The system’s internal...
Page 14: System Features
11 lw-401 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 zone operation are described below. • shorting-type input devices and smoke detectors are compatible with all zone types. • manual fire alarm stations and smoke detectors can be mixed on zones where local codes allow. • on verified zon...
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12 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 figure 7 line graph of alarm verification alarm verification in the lw-401 is applied globally to all selected zones. Therefore, when a detector reaches its alarm threshold and begins the alarm verification time cycle, any detector on any ala...
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13 lw-401 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 set output control matrix (program level 5) the lwze-4a zone/output expander mod- ule has four output relays and four open collector outputs. The lwzr-8 relay module has eight output relays. Initiating device circuits can be mapped to ...
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14 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 1. To select the proper retard/reset time, begin with the alarm verification time required by the system owner or local authority. 2. Subtract the built-in 6 second system delay. Make sure that the result is equal to, or greater than the dete...
Page 18: Program Mode
15 lw-401 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 last event record (test level 4) this feature records the zone in which the last event occurred in each of four catego- ries: alarms, troubles, verified alarms, and supervisories. This can be used for trouble- shooting one-time reports...
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16 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 enabling the program mode enter password 1. Press the reset key and hold it down while simultaneously pressing the drill key. The system trouble led turns on steady and the letter e flashes on the seven segment display. 2. Enter the password ...
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17 lw-401 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 3. The red zone led for the selected output will be on if the output is enabled and off if bypassed. 4. Press the drill key to change the state of the output. 5. Press the silence key to select another output to be bypassed and return ...
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18 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 5. Press the drill key to map the selected zone to the desired output. 6. Press the silence key to select another zone to be programmed and return to step 3. 7. Press the ack key when done. Program level 6 - set system timing 1. Press the res...
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19 lw-401 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 level 6-4 - set simplified zone code rounds 1. The selected number of rounds is shown by the red zone leds as indicated in the following table: zone 3 led = 3 rounds zone 4 led = 4 rounds zone 5 led = 5 rounds zone 6 led = 6 rounds zon...
Page 23: Test Mode
20 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 4. Press the reset key to advance the pointer (yellow zone led) to the desired option card. 5. Press the drill key to activate the desired option card. 6. Press the ack key when done. Test mode the test mode allows the user to test that the l...
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21 lw-401 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 test level 1—one person system test important inform the person in charge of the lw-401 fire alarm system that a one person test is to be performed and that part or all of the fire detection system will be disabled. It is also advisabl...
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22 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 3. Press the drill key to change the state of the selected output. 4. Press the ack key when done. Test level 4 - last event record 1. Press the reset key 4 times to select test level 4. 2. Press the silence key to select the event to be revi...
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23 lw-401 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 1 e l b a t s l e v e l e d o m m a r g o r p l e v e l l e v e l b u s n o it p i r c s e d 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 e n o z ti u c ri c e c iv e d g n it a it i n i s s a p y b / e l b a n e 2 e n o z ti u c ri c e c iv e d g n it a it i ...
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24 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 2 e l b a t s l e v e l e d o m t s e t l e v e l l e v e l b u s n o it p i r c s e d 1 1 2 d e t a v it c a s ti u c ri c e c n a il p p a n o it a c if it o n h ti w t s e t m e t s y s n o s r e p e n o d e c n e li s s ti u c ri c e c n ...
Page 28: Maintenance
25 lw-401 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 maintenance periodic inspection and testing to insure proper and reliable operation, inspect and test the system to the latest edition of nfpa 72 signaling systems. Servicing if troubleshooting and servicing guidance is needed, contact...
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26 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 4 e l b a t s n o i t a l u c l a c y r e t t a b r o f s t n e m e r i u q e r l a c i r t c e l e t n e m e g a n a m r e w o p d n a y b d n a t s t n e r r u c m r a l a t n e r r u c t n e r r u c d r a o b n i a m a 0 1 1 . 0 a 0 2 1 . ...
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27 lw-401 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 table 5 table 5 table 5 table 5 table 5 field wiring checkout procedure field wiring checkout procedure field wiring checkout procedure field wiring checkout procedure field wiring checkout procedure measure resistance between terminal...
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28 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 6 e l b a t s n o i t a r u g i f n o c t l u a f e d l e v e l l e v e l b u s n o it p i r c s e d r e s u y r o t c a f 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 e n o z ti u c ri c e c iv e d g n it a it i n i 2 e n o z ti u c ri c e c iv e d g n it a it i n i...
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29 lw-401 operation, installation, and maintenance manual lw-401 table 7 programming sheet level sublevel description 1 1 initiating device circuit zone 1 enabled bypassed 2 initiating device circuit zone 2 enabled bypassed 3 initiating device circuit zone 3 enabled bypassed 4 initiating device circ...
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Warning: this equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions manual, may cause interference to radio communi- cations. It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class a computing device pursuant t...
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