Re: 2 Partition DSC 1864 Smoke Detector Question

["Mike Schumann" <mike-nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The reset part of this is what has been bugging me.  I want the remote
building smoke detectors on a separate zone from the main building
detectors, so that I can tell which building has an alarm.  But I'm
perplexed on how to handle the reset function.

Mike Schumann

"Doug" <not@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Mike Schumann" <mike-nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I am installing DSC 1864 Alarm Panel with 2 partitions to provide security
>>in two buildings.  I am using 2 wire smoke detectors, directly connected
>>to PGM2 in the panel in the main building.
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>> I am running a 4 wire cable to the remote building for the second keypad
>> and a PC5108 Expansion Module.  I also want to put in a couple of smoke
>> detectors in the remote building.
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>> What is the best solution for providing smoke detectors in the remote
>> building?  Can I use 4 wire smoke detectors and wire them into a zone on
>> the PC5108 or do I need to do something else?
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>> Thanks,
>> --
>> Mike Schumann
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> You would probably want a way to reset the four wire smokes, this is
> normally done by using a PGM on the panel to interrupt power to the
> smokes, if you wire them into the 5108 and draw power from the 5108 then
> you don't have any easy way to reset them. I suppose you could use a 5208
> PGM module in the remote building to do this but I'm not sure if the
> manufacturer recommends it, you could even power the zone expander from
> the PGM output in the panel, but thats probably not a good idea either. I
> think I would just run a separate fire rated 4 conductor for the smokes in
> the remote building, that way you can use the PGM output in the panel per
> the manufacturers instructions.
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> Doug
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