System Overview General Description
14 IQ-301 PN 50036:F 10/29/2001
Section 1 System Overview
1.1 General Description
The AUTOPULSE IQ-301 is a compact, cost-effective, intelligent fire alarm control
panel with an extensive list of powerful features. The power supply and all electronics
are contained on a single circuit board, providing a complete fire control system for
most applications. Optional modules which plug into the main circuit board are
available for special functions.
1.2 Features
Figure 1 identifies major features of the control panel.
• Single standard communication
(SLC) loop, meets NFPA Style 4, 6,
or 7 requirements
• 198 intelligent device capacity
• Four Notification Appliance Circuits
standard
• Optional RTM-8 eight-zone relay
module with transmitter
• Optional 411, 411UD, 411UDACT,
or 911AC Digital Alarm
Communicator/Transmitter
• Optional UDACT Universal Digital
Alarm Communicator/Transmitter
• LCD-80 liquid crystal display,
mounts up to 6,000 feet (1,828.8 m)
from panel
• ACS annunciators, including LDM
custom graphic annunciators
• ACM-8R remote relay module,
increases point capacity
• Printer interface
• Real time clock, with European
format option
• History file with 650 event capacity
• Intelligent features
• Sensitivity display in percent
• Manual sensitivity adjustment
• Day/Night automatic sensitivity
adjustment
• Drift compensation (U.S. patent
pending)
• Auto detector test (meets NFPA 72)
• Maintenance Alert
• Pre-Alarm (AWACS™ — 2 levels)
• LED blink control
• Releasing features
• Four independent hazards
• Cross zone (three methods)
• Delay timer
• Soak timer
• Abort — four options
• Manual release
• Waterflow (non-silenceable)
selection per module point
• Supervisory selection per point with
separate LED
• Alarm Verification
•Walk Test
• Positive alarm sequence (PAS)
pre-signal per NFPA 72
• Silence Inhibit timer option
• Auto silence timer option
• March time/temporal code
• Two-stage option for Canada
• California code
• Tornado warning code
• Remote Ack/Silence/Reset/Drill via
Monitor Modules
• Automatic time control functions,
with holiday exceptions
• Autoprogram (learn mode) reduces
installation time
• Password- and key-protected
nonvolatile memory.
• Programmable from a PC with a
Windows®-based programming
utility
• Rapid poll algorithm for manual
stations (U.S. patent pending)
• Operates up to 1,000 feet (304.8 m)
with untwisted, unshielded wire
(U.S. Patent 5,210,523)
• Operates sounder base on Action
Pre-Alarm level with general
evacuation on alarm level.
• Burglar alarm point option.
• Read status on program via modem
using dial-up phone lines.
• Marine cabinet option (CAB-AM)