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Expansion boards are inserted into slots on the FDP panel to provide necessary or additional functionality.
In a fire detection system, a zone is configured to represent a group of loop devices in a compartment, such as a room, of a building or a property.
Besides other functions and features, expansion boards have power outputs. The purpose of a power output is to provide other components with current.
Loop devices provide functionality for fire detection, smoke detection, input, output, and other necessary features.
A loop controller is an expansion board in the FDP that allows one or several loops to be created in the configuration. In a loop, different types of loop devices operate together to provide the required functionality for fire detection.
Fire controls reside in the FDP. Most of them provide output functionality to loop devices and expansion boards that have outputs that correspond to the fire control output.
The fire detection panel (FDP) is the control unit of your fire detection system. The panel connects objects in a configuration and allows users to interact with them.
The main purposes of a fire detection system are to save lives and to minimize damage to buildings and other properties in case of a fire. A fire detection system detects actual fire, risks of fire, and other fire-related events.
You enable a loop device or a zone to make them operate in the fire detection system.
You disable a loop device or a zone if you are going to perform maintenance work that might cause a false alarm.