The EDA-A6000 Radio Sounder is used as part of the Zerio Plus Radio Fire Alarm System. It cannot be used with other ranges of Electro-Detectors products.
There is no EN54 standard that covers battery operated sounders. Therefore the unit has been type approved to EN54-25 only.
To fix the base to the wall
The sounder should be fitted in an appropriate position as detailed in BS5839 Part 1. The base plate should be separated from the unit by removing the M3 screw and pulling apart. The base should be screwed to a flat surface using 2 x No 6 screws of appropriate length for the material that the unit is being mounted on. It is recommended that the base should be used as a template for the screw holes. If the surface is not flat, the unit may buckle and cause tamper conditions, when screwed tightly to the surface. The unit should be fitted away from any metal objects or electrical items to avoid radio interference and a radio survey for the position should have been carried out prior to installation.
Adding the device to the system
Before the unit will operate on a system, it must be programmed via the control panel. To program the unit the panel must be set in the appropriate mode to add a device to the system. If a device is being added or replaced on the system then the appropriate menu option should be selected on the control panel. Please refer to the panel manual for further information. Before adding/replacing the device on the system you will need to know what unit number/address the unit is to be programmed to. The volume, area and text location information should also be to hand but this can be added/changed later. Some of this information is left at default.
Zone Number
The zone number is a logical way of grouping devices and is used as a way of indicating where the alarm is in a building. Careful attention to BS5839 should be exercised when allocating devices to zones and would usually be defined when the system is designed. The number of zones available depends on the type of control panel that is being installed. There are 8, 20 and 100 zone models available.
Volume
The volume of the unit, when it is sounding, can be set inside the unit. We would recommend that this is left as its default maximum setting. Care should be exercised when changing volume levels as the appropriate sections of BS5839 should be considered. It is recommended that the volume level be left at 4-high. This is the maximum volume of the unit. The level of output is approximately 100dB at 1m. As there is no requirement to meet EN54-3 no measurements have been recorded by an accredited EN54 test house.
Area 1 and Area 2
In order to allow for sector sounding, a sounder unit can be programmed in to a logical area or group, eg 1st floor. Usually the systems are set up as all out evacuate systems which ignores this setting and so does not matter what it is set at. They default to 101 and 101 and it is recommended that they be left as this unless special cause and effects are being used. The panel can be programmed so that different areas / groups of sounders can be operated. The sounders can be put into two separate groups. If a panel instructs the system to sound a particular group then only these sounders programmed to that group will sound. If the areas are left as area 0 then whatever the panel is programmed to then sounders programmed into area 0 will always sound.
Output Timeout
This controls how long the unit will sound before automatically silencing. Once automatically silenced the panel will remain indicating the alarm but the unit will be silenced. Should another alarm condition occur then the unit will resound. This can be set in multiples of 30 minutes from 0 to 900 minutes. Setting the value at 0 will allow the unit to sound continuously. The default timeout setting is 30 minutes.
