Kentec Electronics Syncro ASM Product Manual

Product Manuals/Man-1096M_SyncroAS Marine 16 Page 29 of 38For more complex applications, it is often a requirement to control plant, ventilation or access control systems in the event of firesituations to assist with evacuation or to provide safety escape routes.Because the Syncro ASM system has inherent flexibility, this is simple to achieve by applying cause and effects to inputs and outputsanywhere on the system.Cause and effects can be started or acted upon by any part of the system not just the detection loop or control panel but by both ofthese and by the additional I/O modules too.It is also network wide. Any part of the system can contribute to a cause and effect action and similarly any output can be operatedby an input or any combination of inputs.With careful planning, this can save costs on installation by reduced wiring runs and can be changed at any time to suit changes inrequirements.Cause and effect programming requires the Loop Explorer software (which will run on a Windows ® 95 compatible computer) and adownload lead to transfer the data to the control panels.Using cause and effect programming it is possible to combine inputs or zones using logical operators, to operate on outputs in anymanner desired.It should be noted here however that when using zonal cause and effects the system will act upon fire inputs in the zone ofactivation only. Inputs in the selected zone that are not configured as fire event type will not contribute to a zonal cause and effect.Cause and effects can also be used to disable any outputs or groups of outputs in response to the chosen input conditions. This isparticularly useful where normal operation of the fire system requires regular intervention by the end user as switches can beprovided anywhere on the system to allow isolations to be performed without operating the control panel.Also to assist the end user and encourage regular testing, a special "Test Mode" cause and effect facility is included which allowsspecific parts of the system to be tested without operating sounders or shutting down plant etc. This would normally have to be doneby disabling individual outputs at the control panel with the risk of missing something and shutting down an important plant orprocess.Full details of cause and effect programming are included with the Loop Explorer software, which also allows full systemconfigurations to be created and downloaded to individual or an entire network of control panels using a simple graphical userinterface.The Loop Explorer programme contains comprehensive, context sensitive help files and example applications.NOTE – When configuring the system using cause and effects, care should be taken to ensure that the system operation conformsto the local fire regulation requirements.