Re: Configuring CO loop on NX8E

["soup" <c@xxxxxx>]

use 2 zones?

<chasbo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've spoken with tech support people several times in the past 7 years
> in an attempt to get their software engineers to provide one or more
> circuit configurations in the NX8, and more recently the NX8E, similar
> to the fire alarm loop configuration -- for use with devices that
> initiate an alarm by shorting the circuit and initiating a trouble
> signal when either side of the loop is open.
>
> CO Detectors are available with an internal "trouble" relay, which can
> be made part of the protective circuit so that when the relay opens
> its closed contacts (as when the power fails or when the unit fails,
> etc), a trouble signal at the control panel is the result.
>
> I have had no luck in this endeavor.
>
> The configuration currently available in the NX8E for the combination
> "short on alarm" and "trouble on open" causes the FIRE light to flash
> indicating fire.  Consequently I do not wish to place my CO detectors
> in that configuration.
>
> I'm looking for the same type of circuit, but I do not want the panel
> to indicate FIRE.
>
> Do any of you NX8E techies know if this configuration is possible now?
> Am I not seeing the forest for the trees?  This type of circuit is
> extremely useful -- as anyone installing heat detectors and smoke
> detectors can attest to.
>
> Thanks.  Charles
>