Re: Napco MA3000 - Dialer Test on both Lines?

["Doug L" <vssdoug@xxxxxxx>]

I think the NFPA 72 requirement is that the system alternates its daily test
between the two lines.

Doug

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"Frank Olson" <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Robert L Bass wrote:
>>>Does anyone know how to get the MA3000 to send a daily test signal, as
>>>required by NFPA, on both phone lines.  No problem sending test on telco
>>>1, just don't know how to make it test on telco 2.  On our commercial
>>>fire alarms, each line calls into a different account number and
>>>different receiver for each line.  We get no test on the second line.
>>
>>
>> Allan,
>>
>> You could set up a programmable Napco relay to interrupt phone line 1
>> from the panel, then run the test report.
>>
>
>
> I think the bigger issue here is that the Napco equipment must meet all
> the UL requirements to be listed.  If UL requires test signals generated
> from "line 2", then Napco is obligated to provide this to maintain their
> UL listing.  Besides, the "daily test" can't be duplicated.  All the ULC
> communicators I work with have provision for only one daily test report,
> and that's typically on the primary line.