Edwards Signaling FSC Series - Manual (Page 44)

Chapter 3: Panel programming
36 FSC Series Technical Reference Manual
Configuring initiating device circuits
To configure the initiating device circuits (IDCs), assign values to the IDC
program options as indicated in Table 12. Record your settings on the IDC
programming worksheet in Appendix B.
Follow this general sequence of steps:
1. Select the IDC zone type option. IDC 1 is automatically selected for you.
2. Enter the IDC zone type value for each IDC. To select a different IDC, press
the IDC’s disable button. The panel indicates which IDC you are programming
by turning on the IDC’s trouble LED.
If the IDC is an alarm zone type or a waterflow zone type, press the Disable
button for each NAC that you want the IDC to turn on. The panel indicates
which NAC you selected by turning on the NAC’s trouble LED.
3. Select the next option and enter a value for each IDC before proceeding to
the next option.
The IDC programming options are described below.
IDC Zone Type: Determines the type of event that the IDC activates and other
operating characteristics. The values that you can select are:
• Alarm-unverified: Activates alarm events. Select this zone type when the
IDC is connected to two-wire smoke detectors, dry contact devices, or both.
• Alarm-verified: Activates alarm events immediately for dry contact devices
and at the end of the alarm verification cycle for two-wire smoke detectors.
Select this zone type when the IDC is connected to two-wire smoke detectors,
dry contact devices, or both.
• WaterFlow-retard: Activates alarm events when a waterflow switch remains
closed for as long as the panel’s waterflow retard/delay setting. Select this
zone type when the IDC is only connected to waterflow switches.
• WaterFlow: Activates alarm events when a waterflow switch closes,
regardless of the panel’s waterflow retard/delay setting. Select this zone type
when the IDC is only connected to waterflow switches.
• WF-retard/Supv: Activates alarm events when a waterflow switch remains
closed for as long as the panel’s waterflow retard/delay setting and
supervisory events when a supervisory device is activated. Select this zone
type when the IDC is connected to waterflow switches and supervisory
devices.
• WF/Supervisory: Activates alarm events when a waterflow switch closes,
regardless of the panel’s waterflow retard/delay setting, and supervisory