There are several differences between conventional & addressable fire alarm systems. These differences include;
- Addressable fire alarm systems give information about individual detectors, whereas conventional systems only give information about specific circuits (zones).
- Due to this, addressable systems allow a courtesy text label to allow easy identification of any event. For instance detector 1 may be given the label “Bedroom 1”.
- Most addressable systems allow an early “pre-alarm” warning, which allows the responsible person to investigate potential alarms before the system activates it`s sirens
- Many addressable systems can alter the alarm threshold of the detectors, in order to meet the needs of different environments in different areas of the system
- Addressable systems are usually wired in a loop. Conventional systems are usually wired as radial circuits.
- Addressable systems usually have a real time clock & event log to record system events.
- Larger addressable systems usually have the ability to use sophisticated programming options to operate certain outputs only with specific events.
- Historically, addressable systems have tended to be complicated to configure, and cost between 50% to 100% more than a conventional equivalent.
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