TRAINING

Module 1: Detection Principles & Device Selection

• Ionisation smoke detector
• Optical smoke detector
• Rate-of-rise heat detector
• Carbon Monoxide (CO) detector
• Selecting the right device

Module 2: Conventional Detector Operation

• Quiescent and alarm characteristics
• Control panel sense windows
• Zone circuit limitations
• Detector head removal systems
• Sav Wire system
• Relay base operation and applications

Module 2.1: AlarmSense

• Sensing of Alarms
• Activation and powering of sounders
• Differentiation between manual call points and detector alarms
• Multiple alarms in a zone
• Disablement of manual call points
• Disablement of detectors
• Sensing of zone wiring faults
• Sensing the removal of a detector
• Compliance with Standards
• Cable requirements

Module 3: Analogue Addressable Principles

• Analogue value from detectors and A–D conversion
• Control panel thresholds
• Drift compensation and variable sensitivity
• Addressability

Module 3.1: XP95

• Smoke and heat detectors
• Manual call points
• Isolators
• Interfaces — description
• Interfaces — selection and applications
• Mains Operated Input/Output Unit
• Three Channel Input/Output Unit
• Interfaces with Isolators
• Beam Detectors
• Flame Detector
• Sounders
• Beacon

Module 3.2: Discovery

• Ionisation detector modes
• Optical detector modes
• Heat detector modes
• Multisensor detector modes
• Carbon Monoxide Detector modes
• User bytes and other stored data
• Conventional alarm facility
• Flashing LED
• Remote test feature
• Drift compensation
• Choice of detector type
• Choice of response mode

Module 3.3: XPlorer

• Smoke and heat detectors
• Manual call points
• Isolator
• Switch Monitor
• Output Unit
• Sounder

Module 4: Intrinsically Safe Equipment

• What is intrinsic safety?
• Series 60 intrinsically safe smoke and heat detectors
• Conventional barriers and IS circuits
• XP95 IS manual call points
• XP95 protocol translators and barriers
• XP95 IS circuit design

Module 5: Service, Test & Maintenance

• Recommended maintenance programme
• What can Apollo offer?
• Ionisation detectors
• Disposal of ionisation detectors
• Date codes

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