SPC

This section provides operator instructions relating to SPC intrusion panels.

 

Prerequisites:

  • Desigo CC is configured to integrate an SPC intrusion system.

 

Handle SPC Intrusion Events

The following procedure presents the typical steps for handling an intrusion event (red color). You can suspend/resume the procedure at any step.

  1. In Event List, select the event (one at a time).
  1. Click Acknowledge .
  • This informs the local panels that alarm handling has started from Desigo CC.
  1. If Desigo CC presents you with an operating procedure to follow, complete the required steps.
  1. Ensure that the event has terminated.
  1. Click Reset to reset the event.
  1. In Assisted Treatment only, click Close to close the event.
  1. Click the event button.
  • The event is cleared from Event List.

Alarm handling differs depending on the event category:

  • Danger: same steps as Life Safety, except for that some specific events that may not require Reset.
  • Fault: Reset is generally not required.
  • Exclusion: no Acknowledge or Reset is required.
  • Anomaly or Information: no Acknowledge or Reset is required, except for a few specific event types.
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NOTE:
In case of a Life Safety event, the Acknowledge command automatically silences the alarming devices.

 

Arm or Disarm an SPC Intrusion Area

Before arming an area, make sure it does not have any active inputs. If an alarm condition is active or a detection device is not ready (for instance, a door was left open), arming will fail with any active inputs reported as Not Ready. To check for active inputs see Get Status or Ready to Arm, below.

  1. In System Browser, select Management View.
  1. Select Project > Field Networks > SPC network > [SPC panel] > [… ] > [area].
  1. In the Operation or Extended Operation tab, you can:
  • Click Fullset to arm all zones of the area.
  • Click Partset A or Partset B to arm groups of zones (as configured in the intrusion system).
  • Click Unset to disarm all armed zones of the area
Arming or Disarming an SPC Area

 

Bypass an SPC Zone

You can bypass an intrusion zone to temporarily exclude it from the system. This enables you to, for example, arm an intrusion area even if one of its zones has active inputs.

  1. In System Browser, select Management View.
  1. Select Project > Field Networks > SPC network > [SPC panel] > […] > [area] > [zone].
  1. In the Extended Operation tab, select Mode.
  1. Using the command buttons you can:
  • Click Inhibit to turn the zone off.
  • Click Isolate to cut the communication with the zone.
  • Click Deinhibit or Deisolate to re-enable the zone.

 

Get Status: Single Read of Active Inputs

The Get Status command performs a single read of the inputs of an an intrusion area (unarmed), and reports if any are currently active. Active intrusion inputs, if not bypassed, prevent the system from being armed.

  1. In System Browser, select Management View.
  1. Select Project > Field Networks > [SPC Network] > [SPC panel] > [aggregator] > [area].
  1. In the Extended Operation tab, select Mode.
  1. Click Get Status.
    NOTE: To reach the Get Status command, you may need to expand the command list under Ready to Arm.
  • In a few seconds, if any input is active, the corresponding Active event displays in Event List.
  1. Check the active inputs in Event List.
  • In the Textual Viewer or, if available, in a dedicated graphic, you can have a convenient summary of the area inputs.

 

Ready to Arm: Continuous Monitoring of Active Inputs

The Ready to Arm command starts a continuous read of an intrusion area (unarmed), to identify and monitor any active inputs that are not ready for arming. You can use this command to help prepare an area for arming. Each not-ready input continues to be monitored until:

  • The input becomes ready (inactive).
  • The area is armed (Fullset or Partset command).
  • Communication with the SPC panel is interrupted
  1. In System Browser, select Management View.
  1. Select Project > Field Networks > [SPC Network] > [SPC panel] > […] > [area].
  1. In the Extended Operation tab, select Mode.
  1. Click Ready to Arm.
    NOTE: To reach the Ready to Arm command, you may need to expand the command list under Get Status.
  • In a few seconds, if any input is active, the corresponding Not Ready event displays in Event List.
  1. Check the active inputs in Event List.
  • In the Textual Viewer or, if available, in a dedicated graphic, you get a convenient summary of the area inputs.
  1. Remove the not-ready conditions and check the changes of state of the inputs. The Ready to Arm command will continue monitoring them
  • When all inputs are in a normal condition, the system can be armed. See Arm the Intrusion Area, above.

 

 

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NOTE:
Be aware that the Ready to Arm command only monitors the currently active inputs, and any subsequent change of state from normal to active is not reported until you start a new command (Get Status, Ready to Arm or Arm).