Aritech 1X-E4 Series User manual

1X-E4 Series Operation
Manual
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1X-E4 Series Operation Manual i
Content
Important information ii
Limitation of liability ii
Product warnings and disclaimers ii
Advisory messages iii
Introduction 1
Product range 1
Operating modes 1
Control panel overview 2
User interface for the 1X-E4 control panel 2
Operator controls and indicators 3
Audible indicators 6
Summary of status indications 6
Sounder activation during a fire alarm 10
Control panel operation 11
User levels 11
Public user level operation 12
Operator user level operation 15
Maintenance 21
Regulatory information 22

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Important information
Limitation of liability
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regardless of whether Carrier has been advised of the possibility of such
damages and regardless of whether any remedy fails of its essential purpose.
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Advisory messages
Advisory messages alert you to conditions or practices that can cause unwanted
results. The advisory messages used in this document are shown and described
below.
WARNING: Warning messages advise you of hazards that could result in injury
or loss of life. They tell you which actions to take or to avoid in order to prevent
the injury or loss of life.
Caution: Caution messages advise you of possible equipment damage. They tell
you which actions to take or to avoid in order to prevent the damage.
Note: Note messages advise you of the possible loss of time or effort. They
describe how to avoid the loss. Notes are also used to point out important
information that you should read.

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1X-E4 Series Operation Manual 1
Introduction
This is the operation manual for 1X-E4 Series conventional fire alarm and
evacuation control panels. Read these instructions and all related documentation
entirely before operating this product.
Product range
The 1X-E4 Series includes the models shown below.
Table 1: 1X-E4 Series models
Model
Description
1X
-E4 Four-zone conventional fire alarm and evacuation control panel, supporting four
evacuation areas without alarm counter
1X
-E4-NL Four-zone conventional fire alarm and evacuation control panel, supporting four
evacuation areas with alarm counter
Operating modes
Supported operating modes are shown in the table below. The default operating
mode is NEN 2575 with four evacuation areas.
Table 2: Operating modes
Operating mode
EN 54-13 option [1] Region
NEN
2575 4E (default) Available [2] European Union
NEN
2575 2E Available European Union
NEN
2575 1E Available European Union
[1] EN 54
-13 supervision requires compatible system wiring and devices and must be enabled
by the installer in the control panel configuration.
[2] Requires a 2010-1-SB expansion board to be installed (not supplied).
As there is no visual indication of the active operating mode, your installation or
maintenance contractor should provide full details of your configuration.

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Control panel overview
This topic provides an introduction to the control panel interface, operator
controls, and indicators.
User interface for the 1X-E4 control panel
Figure 1: User interface for the 1X-E4 control panel
1
. Zone buttons and LEDs
2
. Evacuation Area buttons and LEDs
3
. Supply LED
4
. General Fault LED
5
. General Fire Alarm LEDs
6
. All Sounders Stop button
7
. Confirm button
8
. Networking Fault LED
9
. Service Detector LED
10
. Expansion I/O Fault/Disabled LED
11. General Disable button and LED
12. General Test button and LED
13. Configuration controls
14. Reset button and LED
15. Panel Silence button and LED
16. All Sounders Start button and LED
17. System Fault LED
18. Out of Service LED
19. Earth Fault LED
20. Supply Fault LED
21. Fire Routing Delay button and LED
22. Fire Routing Start button and LEDs

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Configuration options
Configuration options may result in changes to interface buttons and LEDs. See
Table 3 below.
Table 3: Configured changes to interface buttons and LEDs
Item
NEN 2575 NEN 2575 with EN 54-13
9
Service Detector Fault Output Fault/Disabled
Operator controls and indicators
The following table gives an overview of the control panel operator controls and
indicators. Item numbers refer to Figure 1 on page 2.
Operational features described here may not be available to all users. Further
information on control panel operation and access restrictions can be found in
the topic “Control panel operation” on page 11.
Table 4: Operator controls and LED indicators
Item
Control/LED LED colour Description
1
Zone buttons and
LEDs
Red/Yellow Disables or tests a zone (when pressed with the
General Disable or General Test button).
A red LED indicates an alarm in the
corresponding zone.
A flashing red LED indicates that the fire alarm
was activated by a detector. A steady red LED
indicates that the fire alarm was activated by a
manual call point.
A yellow LED indicates a fault, test, or
disablement in the corresponding zone.
A flashing yellow LED indicates a fault. A steady
yellow LED indicates that the zone is disabled or
is being tested.
2
Evacuation Area
buttons and LEDs
Red/Yellow Disables or tests the evacuation area (when
pressed together with the General Disable or
General Test button).
The red LED indicates an evacuation alarm in the
corresponding evacuation area.
A flashing yellow LED indicates a fault. A steady
yellow LED indicates that the evacuation area is
disabled or is being tested.
3
Supply LED Green Indicates that the system is powered up correctly.
4
General Fault LED Yellow
Indicates a fault. The corresponding zone, device,
or function fault LED also flashes.

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Item
Control/LED LED colour Description
5
General Fire Alarm
LEDs
Red Indicates a fire alarm.
Flashing LEDs indicate that the fire alarm was
activated by a detector.
Steady LEDs indicate that the fire alarm was
activated by a manual call point.
The corresponding zone alarm LED indicates the
source of fire alarm.
6
All Sounders Stop
button
Yellow Stops sounders in all evacuation areas.
7
Confirm button Yellow Confirms an evacuation alarm (when pressed
with the corresponding evacuation area button or
the All Sounders Start button).
8
Networking Fault
LED
Yellow The control panel is not connected to a fire
network if this LED is off.
A flashing LED every 10 seconds indicates the
control panel is connected to a fire network with
no faults.
A steady LED for 30 seconds indicates the contro
l
panel is showing local information.
A flashing LED indicates network faults.
9
Service Detector
LED
Yellow Indicates a fault of detectors requiring service
(only for detectors supporting CleanMe
functionality).
Note: For zone information, press and hold the
Panel Silence button – a flashing yellow Zone
LED indicates a zone with a detector that requires
service.
— or —
Fault Output
Fault/Disabled LED
A flashing LED indicates a wiring fault of the fault
warning output. A steady LED indicates that the
feature is disabled. (For EN 54-
13 configurations.)
10
Expansion I/O
Fault/Disabled LED
Yellow Indicates that an installed expansion board has a
fault or is disabled.
A flashing LED indicates a fault with an expansion
board. A steady LED indicates that an expansion
board is disabled.
11
General Disable
button and LED
Yellow Disables a zone, evacuation area, fire routing,
fault warning (for NEN 2575 with EN 54-13
supervision), or expansion I/O boards (when
pressed with the corresponding button).
A steady General Disable LED and a steady
yellow LED for the corresponding zone,
evacuation area, or fire routing, fault warning (for
NEN 2575 with EN 54-13 supervision) or
expansion I/O indicates a disablement.

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Item
Control/LED LED colour Description
12
General Test button
and LED
Yellow Tests a zone, evacuation area or fire routing
(when pressed with the corresponding button).
A steady General Test LED and a steady yellow
LED for the corresponding zone, evacuation area,
or fire routing indicates a test.
13
Numeric keypad
and Enter button
N/A Used to enter the operator user level password.
The Enter button is also used to disable or test
selected features (when pressed with the General
Disable or Test button).
For control panels in a network with repeater
functionality, the Enter button is used to show
control panel local events.
14
Reset button Yellow Resets the control panel and clears all current
system events (except expansion I/O board fault
communication).
A steady LED indicates that operator user level is
active (see “User levels” on page 11).
15
Panel Silence
button and LED
Yellow Silences the control panel buzzer and
acknowledges all current events.
A steady LED indicates that all current events
were acknowledged.
16
All Sounders Start
button and LED
Red Activates the sounders in all evacuation areas
(when pressed with the Confirm button). Pressing
the All Sounders Stop button stops them.
A steady LED indicates that the sounders are
active (sounding)
17
System Fault LED Yellow Indicates a control panel processor failure.
18
Out of Service LED Yellow Indicates that control panel power supply
conditions put fire detection zones and inputs out
of service.
Other system functions remain operational
(including networking and output activation).
A steady yellow LED indicates that there is no
mains power and the battery power is insufficient.
A flashing yellow LED indicates that the mains
power is insufficient and there is no battery
power.
19
Earth Fault LED Yellow Indicates an earth isolation fault.
20
Supply Fault LED Yellow Indicates a fault with the power supply.
A flashing LED indicates a battery or battery fuse
fault. A steady LED indicates a mains or mains
fuse fault.

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Item
Control/LED LED colour Description
21
Fire Routing Delay
button and LED
Yellow Enables or disables a previously configured fire
routing delay.
A steady LED indicates that a fire routing delay is
configured and enabled. A flashing LED indicates
that a fire routing delay is counting (fire routing
will be activated when the configured delay
elapses).
22
Fire Routing Start
button and LED
Red/Yellow Cancels a previously configured delay and
activates fire routing.
A flashing red LED indicates that fire routing has
been activated. A steady red LED indicates that
the fire routing signal has been acknowledged by
the remote monitoring equipment.
A flashing yellow LED indicates a fault. A steady
yellow LED indicates that the function is disabled
or is being tested.
Audible indicators
The control panel buzzer acts as an audible indicator to highlight system events.
It can sound a continuous tone or an intermittent tone.
Table 5: Audible indications
Indication
Description
The control panel buzzer sounds
continuously
Indicates a fire alarm or a system fault
The control panel buzzer sounds
intermittently
Indicates all other faults
Summary of status indications
This section includes a summary of the default control panel status indications.
Standby (normal status)
Standby, or normal status, is indicated as follows:
• Supply LED: On steady.
• Fire Routing Delay LED: On steady if a fire routing delay was enabled.
• Control panel buzzer: Off.

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Fire alarm
Fire alarm status is indicated as follows:
• General Fire Alarm LEDs: Flashing if the alarm was activated by a detector.
Steady if the alarm was activated by a manual call point.
• Zone LED: Flashing red if the alarm was activated by a detector. Steady red if
the alarm was activated by a manual call point. Shows which zones are in
alarm.
• Evacuation Area LED: On steady to indicate that sounders are active in those
areas (sounding).
• All Sounders Start LED is steady (if all evacuation areas are active).
• Fire Routing Delay LED: Flashing slow when a fire routing delay is active
(counting). Flashing fast when an extended fire routing delay is active
(counting).
• Fire Routing Start LED: Flashing when fire routing is activated. On steady
when the fire routing signal has been acknowledged by the remote monitoring
equipment.
• Control panel buzzer: Sounding continuous.
Alarms activated by a manual call point always take priority over alarms activated
by a detector. If an alarm is activated by both devices, the Fire Alarm LEDs and
Zone alarm (red) LEDs are on steady.
Evacuation
In evacuation status, the panel activates the sounders without detection of a
zone alarm. The status is indicated as described below.
• Evacuation Area LED: On steady to indicate that sounders are active in those
areas (sounding)
• All Sounders Start LED: On steady (if all evacuation areas are active)
• Control panel buzzer: Sounding continuous
Fault
Fault status is indicated as follows:
General fault indication:
• General Fault LED: Flashing.
• Corresponding zone, evacuation area, function, or device fault LED: Flashing
yellow.
• Control panel buzzer: Sounding intermittent.
Mains power fault and mains fuse fault indication:
• General Fault LED: Flashing.
• Supply Fault LED: On steady.
• Control panel buzzer: Sounding intermittent.

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Battery power and battery fuse fault indication:
• General Fault LED: Flashing.
• Supply Fault LED: Flashing.
• Control panel buzzer: Sounding intermittent.
Earth fault indication:
• General Fault LED: Flashing.
• Earth Fault LED: On steady.
• Control panel buzzer: Sounding intermittent.
Note: Contact your installation or maintenance contractor to investigate the
cause of all reported faults.
Disablements
Disabled zones are indicated as follows:
• General Disable LED: On steady.
• Corresponding Zone LED: On steady yellow.
• Control panel buzzer: Off.
Disabled evacuation areas are indicated as follows:
• General Disable LED: On steady.
• Evacuation Area LED: On steady yellow.
• Control panel buzzer: Off.
Disabled fire routing is indicated as follows:
• General Disable LED: On steady.
• Fire Routing LED: On steady yellow.
• Control panel buzzer: Off.
Disabled expansion boards are indicated as follows:
• General Disable LED: On steady.
• I/O LED: On steady yellow.
• Control panel buzzer: Off.
Disabled fault warning (if configured) is indicated as follows:
• General Disable LED: On steady.
• Fault Warning LED: On steady yellow.
• Control panel buzzer: Off.

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Tests
A zone test is indicated as follows:
• General Test LED: On steady.
• Corresponding Zone LED: On steady yellow.
• Control panel buzzer: Off.
An evacuation area test is indicated as follows:
• General Test LED: On steady.
• Evacuation Area: On steady yellow.
• Control panel buzzer: Off.
A fire routing test is indicated as follows:
• General Test LED: On steady.
• Fire Routing Start LED: On steady yellow.
• Control panel buzzer: Off.
Out of service
The control panel is out of service when there is insufficient or no mains or
battery power. Zone and input detection does not operate, but the rest of the
system is operational. In this state, the control panel may receive network events
which activate its outputs.
Out of service is indicated as follows:
• Out of Service LED: On steady.
• Supply Fault LED: Flashing if there is no mains power and the battery voltage
is insufficient. On steady if the mains power is insufficient and no battery
power is detected.
• Control panel buzzer: Sounding intermittent.
The out of service state latches. When power is re-established, the panel must
be reset to remove this fault.
Note: When the control panel indicates out of service, your fire alarm and
evacuation system is partly inactive and your site is not properly protected.
Contact your installation or maintenance contractor immediately to investigate
the problem.

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Sounder activation during a fire alarm
The evacuation area sounders that are activated by fire alarms in fire detection
zones 1 through 4 are defined by the control panel operating mode, as shown
below.
Table 6: Sounder activation during a fire alarm
Operating mode
Sounder activation
NEN 2575 with four
evacuation areas
Sounders in evacuation area 1 are activated by a fire alarm in
zone 1.
Sounders in evacuation area 2 are activated by a fire alarm in
zone 2.
Sounders in evacuation area 3 are activated by a fire alarm in
zone 3.
Sounders in evacuation area 4 are activated by a fire alarm in
zone 4.
NEN 2575 with two
evacuation areas
Sounders in evacuation area 1 are activated by a fire alarm in
zone 1 or zone 2.
Sounders in evacuation area 2 are activated by a fire alarm in
zone 3 or zone 4.
NEN 2575 with
one
evacuation area
All sounders are activated simultaneously by a fire alarm in any
zone

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Control panel operation
User levels
For your safety, access to some features of this product are restricted by user
levels. The access privileges of each user level are described below.
Public user
The public user level is the default user level. This level allows basic operational
tasks to respond to fire alarms and/or faults at the control panel. No password is
required.
See “Public user level operation” on page 12 for more information.
Operator user
The operator user level allows additional operating tasks that command the
system or perform maintenance actions. It is reserved for authorized users who
have been trained to operate the control panel.
The default password for the operator/maintenance user is 2222.
See “Operator user level operation” on page 15 for more information.
This is a restricted user level protected by password security. To enter the
operator user level, enter the corresponding password using the numeric keypad,
and then press Enter.
A long beep and a steady Reset LED indicate that the correct password was
entered and that the operator user level is active. Three short beeps
accompanied by a flashing General Fault LED indicate that an incorrect
password was entered.
The control panel automatically exits the operator user level and reverts to the
public user level after 5 minutes if no button is pressed.
Note: The control panel is available with an access key option. The key switch is
located on the panel cover. With this option, either the key or the password can
be used to enter the operator user level.

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Public user level operation
Public user level operations are those that can be performed by any user. No
password is required to perform tasks at this level.
Public user level operation lets you:
• Acknowledge a system event and silence the control panel buzzer
• Activate an evacuation alarm
• Cancel an active fire routing delay
• Perform a control panel LED and buzzer test
• Display local indications only (for control panels with repeater functionality)
Acknowledging a system event and silencing the control panel buzzer
To acknowledge a system event and silence the control panel buzzer, press the
Panel Silence button.
A steady Panel Silence LED indicates that the buzzer was silenced and that all
current events are acknowledged.
Activating an evacuation alarm
To activate an evacuation alarm in all evacuation areas, press the All Sounders
Start button, and then press the Confirm button.
To activate an evacuation alarm in a single evacuation area, press the
corresponding evacuation area button, and then press the Confirm button.
Cancelling an active fire routing delay
If a fire routing delay is enabled and active, press the Fire Routing Start button or
the Fire Routing Delay button to cancel the delay and activate fire routing
immediately.
A fire routing delay is indicated as follows:
• Steady Fire Routing Delay LED: A delay is enabled.
• Flashing Fire Routing Delay LED during a fire alarm: A configured delay is
active. Fire routing is activated when the configured delay elapses or when
the delay is cancelled.
A fire alarm activated by a manual call point overrides any configured delay and
activates fire routing immediately.

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Performing a control panel LED indicator and control panel buzzer test
To perform a control panel LED indicator and buzzer test, press and hold the
Test button for more than 3 seconds.
The test is indicated as follows:
• General Fault LED: Flashing.
• System Fault LED: Flashing.
• All other LEDs: On steady.
• Control panel buzzer: Sounding continuous.
The test continues as long as the Test button remains pressed (with an
automatic timeout of 12 seconds). When the test is completed the control panel
returns to its former state.
Note: Devices connected to the control panel fault relay will also be activated for
the duration of this test.
Displaying local indications only
For control panels connected in an evacuation panel network with repeater
functionality, an indication is activated if any control panel in the network being
repeated has the feature activated. For zone indications which are global in the
evacuation panel network, it is not required to repeat other control panels to
show their zone indications.
Therefore all control panels display the local and remote information. If you need
to show only local status in a control panel:
• Press the Enter button for at least 3 seconds.
• A steady Networking Fault LED indicates network remote indications are
disabled momentarily.
• Only local information is shown for 30 seconds. After this time, the
Networking Fault LED turns off and the control panel shows global (local and
remote) information according to its configuration.
Example 1
If you have an eight-zone evacuation system with two four-zone evacuation
control panels where both panels repeat each other, and you need to identify
which panel has a supply fault you should press Enter for 3 seconds. The control
panel without the supply fault will turn off the supply fault indication.
Example 2
If you have an eight-zone evacuation system with two four-zone evacuation
control panels that are not repeating each other, then one panel has a zone
range of 1 to 4 and the other panel has a zone range of 4 to 7. Sharing zone 4
will allow activating evacuation area 4 and 1 of one control panel with events of
zone 4 in the other panel.

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If there is a defective device causing false alarms in zone 4 of panel 1, you can
disable it and keep some detection active (zone 4 of panel 2 operational). The
zone 4 yellow LED will activate in both panels. Afterwards, an alarm in zone 4 of
panel 2 will cause both panels to activate and the zone 4 red and yellow LEDs in
both panels will be active.
Pushing Enter for 3 seconds at panel 1 will cause the red LED indication of zone
4 to disappear, indicating that the control panel has zone 4 disabled. At this point,
you will know the alarm is from zone 4 of panel 2. You can confirm this by
pushing Enter for 3 seconds at panel 2. In this case, the yellow LED indication
disappears.