Installation Manual Instruction Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction
2 Concord 4 Installation Manual
Planning the installation
This section describes system capabilities to help you get familiar with the
system. Appendix A “System planning sheets” on page 117 provides planning
sheets that let you record the hardware and programming configuration of the
system. Fill in all necessary information ahead of time to help prepare for system
installation.
Standard panel
Table 1 below shows the standard panel capabilities.
Table 1: Panel capabilities
Capabilities
Concord Express v4
Concord 4/Concord Commercial
v4
Zones
32
96
Partitions
2
6
Bus devices
16
16
User codes
16
230
Table 2 describes the basic panel (out-of-box) hardware capabilities for all
panels.
Table 2: Basic panel hardware capabilities
Power
Input for an AC step-down, plug-in style transformer.
Auxiliary power output
Output that supplies 9 to 14 VDC with up to 1 amp for bus devices
and hardwired detectors, such as smoke and motion detectors.
Bus A and B
Input and output that provides communication between bus devices
and the panel.
Siren driver
Output that can drive an 8-ohm load and provides intrusion and fire
alarm sounds for partition 1 (15 watts maximum).
Two onboard outputs
Can be used to activate other signaling devices based on system
events.
Out 1 is a 9 to 14 VDC source output, limited to 1.0 amp max.
Out 2 is an open-collector output, rated up to 14 VDC, 300 mA max
Microphone input
Input used for 2-way audio when used in conjunction with the
Interrogator 200 audio verification module.
Eight supervised hardwired
zones
Inputs for various hardwired detectors. Zone 8 can be set up in
programming to accept two-wire smoke detectors. It sources 9 to 14
VDC, 90mA max.