Instruction Manual

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Introduction
About this Manual
This installation and operation manual provides information on installing and operating the PFC-5000 Microprocessor-Based
Fire Alarm Control Panel.
About the PFC-5000
Potter’s PFC-5000 Fire Alarm Control Panels provide 2, 4, or 8 supervised Class B (ULI Style B) Initiating Circuits, or 1,2 or 4
supervised Class A (ULI Style D) Initiating Circuits, and 2 or 4 supervised Class A or B (ULI Style Z or Y) NAC Circuits. All
Circuits are supervised for opens and ground faults, and NAC Circuits for shorts. Optional Modules include a ZA-42 Zone
Adder (required for full capacity in the PFC-5004E only), a UDACT-9100 Digital Alarm Communicator Transmitter (DACT) or
a PR-5100 Polarity Reversal & City Tie Module, and ARM-4 or ARM-8 Relay Modules. The two enclosures are fl ush or surface
mountable, and can be used for retrofi ts and on new installations.
Overall Features:
The small enclosure versions, PFC-5002, & PFC-5004, have 2 and 4 Class B (Style B) initiating circuits respectively which •
may be confi gured as 1 or 2 Class A (Style D) Circuits respectively. These also have 2 Power Limited Class A/B (Style Z/Y)
NAC circuits with individual trouble indicators.
The large enclosure version, PFC-5004E, has 4 Class B (Style B) initiating circuits which may be confi gured as 2 Class A •
(Style D) circuits respectively. It also has 2 power limited Class A/B (Style Z/Y) NAC circuits with individual trouble
indicators. With a ZA-42 Zone Adder Module, an extra 4 Class B (2 Class A) initiating circuits, and 2 Class A/B NAC
circuits are added.
Each initiating circuit is confi gurable as a normal or verifi ed alarm. In addition, on a Class B PFC-5004 or PFC-5004E, •
Initiating Circuit 3 may be a Waterfl ow Zone (as may Initiating Circuit 7 if a ZA-42 is installed), and initiating circuit 4 may
be a latched or non-latched supervisory zone (as may initiating circuit 8 if a ZA-42 is installed). On a Class A PFC-5004E
with a ZA-42, initiating circuit 3 may be a waterfl ow zone and initiating circuit 4 may be a latched or non-latched
supervisory zone.
NAC circuits can be confi gured as audible or visual and as silenceable or non-silenceable. Audibles may be Steady, •
Temporal Code, California Code, or March Time.
Initiating circuits may be individually disconnected by a slide-switch.•
Confi gurable signal silence inhibit (disabled or 1 minute), auto signal silence (disabled or 20 minutes), and one-man walk test.•
Subsequent alarm, supervisory, and trouble operation.•
Four-wire resettable smoke power supply (100 mA max.).•
Auxiliary relay contacts for common alarm and common supervisory (disconnectable), and a common trouble relay. If no •
Supervisory zones are confi gured then the common supervisory relay can be used as an extra common alarm relay.
Interface for an RTI Remote Trouble Indicator.•
RS-485 Interface for 1 to 3 Remote Multiplex Annunciators (RA8F.)•
The PFC-5002, PFC-5004 may use two of optional UDACT-9100 (DACT), PR-5100 (City Tie), ARM-4 or ARM-8 Relay Modules.•
The PFC-5004E may use optional UDACT-9100 (DACT), PR-5100 (City Tie), and one of ARM-4 or ARM-8 Relay Modules.•
The PFC-5008 is the same as PFC-5004E except the ZA-42 zone adder module is factory installed and may have UDACT-•
9100 (DACT) factory installed.
Slide Switch controls and LED Common indicators.•
Easy confi guration via DIP switches.•
Extensive transient protection.•
Technical Support
For all technical support inquiries, please contact Potter’s Technical Support Department between 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. (CDT) Monday through
Friday, excluding holidays.