I don’t know if anyone has ever thought of this before, but are there any addressable alarms that have the option to switch between conventional and addressable from the same alarm?
Can’t say specifically in the US but in the UK addressable fire alarm panels can have conventional devices using modules
There are some panels that have cards that act as monitor modules for use in retrofits. Some may offer conventional inputs too
And how about Notification Appliances?
There aren’t many manufacturers who make addressable NAs, but the ones who do don’t have any kind of conventional adapter
here there ary many manufactures who do make addressable a/v’s
there are none which i know off which can easily switch between addressable and conventional without modifying, removing or breaking anything which removes its listing (from addressable to conventional). However conventional initiating devices can be made addressable by using monitor/input modules and some addressable panels have the capabilities to have conventional zone cards.
Simplex TrueAlert Addressable power supply support not only the ones that can have individual addresses but also non-addressable ones on the same circuit.
The EPS(And ES-PS) is a FACP power supply that supports the enhanced feature set of NXNA addressable devices.
With three Signaling Line Circuits (SLC), it provides continuous power and control to three separate channels of addressable notification appliances.
These are the following supported devices with non-addressable at the end:
TrueAlert ES Appliances
AO (Audible Only). Use this device type for TrueAlert ES Audible Only devices.
VO (Visual Only). Use this device type for indoor or outdoor TrueAlert ES Visual Only devices.
VO-H (Visual Only High Candela). Use this device type for indoor-only, high-candela TrueAlert ES Visual Only devices .
AV (Audible/Visual). Use this device type for indoor or outdoor TrueAlert ES Audible/Visual devices.
AV-H (Audible/Visual High Candela). Use this device type for indoor-only, high-candela TrueAlert ES Audible/Visual devices.
SO (Speaker Only). Use this device type for TrueAlert ES Speaker Speaker Only devices.
SV (Speaker/Visual). Use this device type for wall or ceiling-mounted TrueAlert ES Speaker/Visual devices.
SV-H (Speaker/Visual High Candela). Use this device type for ceiling-mounted, high-candela TrueAlert ES Speaker/Visual devices.
VO-L (Visual Only LED). Use this device type for wall-mounted, low-candela TrueAlert ES Visual Only devices.
VO-LH (Visual Only LED High Candela). Use this device type for wall-mounted, high-candela TrueAlert ES Visual Only devices.
AV-L (Audible/Visual LED). Use this device type for indoor or outdoor, low-candela TrueAlert ES Audible/Visual devices.
AV-LH (Audible/Visual LED High Candela). Use this device type for indoor or outdoor, high-candela TrueAlert ES Audible/Visual devices
Devices
ISO. Use this device type for a TrueAlert isolator device. The isolator device has a PID beginning with 4905-xxxx.
Repeater. Use this device type for the 4009 IDNAC Repeater.
DCAI. Use this device type for the 4100-6103 Dual Class A Isolator Card.
Unused. Use this device type for unused devices.
TrueAlert Appliances
A/V. Use this device type for combination TrueAlert Audible/Visual (AV) devices. All A/V devices use 4906-xxxx series PIDs.
ASTRB. Use this device type for amber strobe-only TrueAlert Mass Notification devices. Amber strobe-only devices use 4906-xxxx series PIDs.
HORN. Use this device type for horn-only TrueAlert device. Horn-only devices use 4901-xxxx series PIDs.
STRB. Use this device type for strobe-only TrueAlert devices. Strobe-only devices use 4906-xxxx series PIDs.
I had a recent example that a while ago they did not have an addressable ceiling strobe available so they used the non-addressable version one instead(on the same circuits as the addressable ones), went back later on to change the programming to have the addressable ones instead. Main benefit was the support for the Truealert ES test.
Here is a different example:
I think that the 15cd setting for that one is an error. Might have been why the strobe was not activating in the field.
Here is a TrueAlert ES test sample:
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