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MS-9200 Protects Students at Denison University

 

Find out how the Fire-Lite MS-9200 sastisfied Denison safety officials' demand for a fire protection system that could pinpoint the exact location of a problem in the event of a fire or smoke emergency.

 

With that many buildings and people, Denison safety officials demand a fire protection system that can pinpoint the exact location of a problem in the event of a fire or smoke emergency. That is why they turned to Fire-Lite Alarms, of Northford, Connecticut.

 

For it’s mid-size buildings, Denison University uses the popular Fire-Lite MS-9200 Addressable Fire Alarm Control Panel, which is already the leader in its class due to its auto-programming and maintenance alert capabilities. In all there are 33 MS-9200 panels in use at Denison, protecting mostly dormitories and administration buildings.

 

For its larger buildings, Denison officials will look to the new Fire-Lite FIRE WARDEN MS-9600 Addressable Fire Alarm Control Panel, which is featurepacked, cost effective and provides up to 636 addressable points on two Signaling Line Circuits (SLC). The Fire-Lite MS-9200 panel was chosen for its efficiency in point monitoring, said Doug Hohl, president of Legend Electric, of Heath, Ohio; which installed the fire protection system at Denison University.

 

In each dormitory room, there is a Fire-Lite monitor module and SD350 photo detector which reports to the MS-9200 panel. There are also detectors in the hallways, strobes and waterflow tampers that are monitored by the MS-9200 panel. The panels report to a central safety station location on the Denison campus.

 

The Fire-Lite MS-9200 has a 198 device capacity, uses surface-mount technology and is designed for ease of installation and programming. It features the latest in fire protection technology, including maintenance alert and automatic detector test. The MS-9200 also features: alarm, trouble and supervisory relays; integral 40-character LCD display with backlighting; history file with 500-event capacity; waterflow or supervisory selection per monitor point. There is also an Integral PIM (Printer Interface Module) and DIM (Display Interface Module), which eliminates the need for customers to purchase additional hardware to use either.

 

Mr. Hohl said a welcomed addition to the overall fire protection system at Denison will be the Fire-Lite FIRE WARDEN MS-9600, which is designed to provide ease of installation, programming and maintenance, and can support up to 318 addressable smoke detectors and 310 addressable monitor control or relay modules.

 

Mr. Hohl said other mid-sized systems had been used at Denison, but problems usually arise when one device goes into alarm. The dip in voltage usually causes other devices on the system to send a trouble signal. That doesn’t happen with Fire-Lite panels because of their superior power systems, Mr. Hohl said. The Fire-Lite FIRE WARDEN MS-9600 will be installed in a 144-room dormitory at Denison University, which will use 266 addressable points.

 

The Fire-Lite FIRE WARDEN MS-9600 is fully programmable from the integral keypad, local PC keyboard, and local PC. The panel’s auto-program also reduces installation time. The new panel incorporates the latest in advanced fire protection technology, including maintenance alert, automatic detector test, one-man walk test and sensitivity testing with printable results. The MS-9600 also includes an integral 80-character LCD display with backlighting, real-time clock/calendar with daylight savings time control, a 1,000-event history file, an integral EIA-485 feature to support up to 32 remote annunciators, and an integral EIA-232 interface for printer or PC connection.

 

Fire-Lite Alarms, which is part of Honeywell International’s Fire Solutions Group, is a leading manufacturer of low- to mid-sized fire alarm control panels, control communicators, remote power supplies, annunciators and voice evacuation products. The company operates in a 302,000 square-foot state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Northford, Connecticut.

 

 

 

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