Description

The Gamewell Flex 4 and Flex 8 Fire Alarm Control Panels

are designed for small to medium commercial, residential, in-

stitutional and industrial occupancies. Simple and easy con-

figuration of the microprocessor-based controls is accom-

plished via DIP switches.

Superior product flexibility allows compliance with the specific

job requirements at each installation. Two standard

configurations are available. The Flex 4 includes 4 Class B

(Style B) Initiating Device Circuits (IDCs), which are easily

programmed and wired to perform as 2 Class A (Style D)

circuits. For signaling an alarm condition, the Flex 4 provides

2 Notification Appliance Circuits (NACs) that may be wired for

Class A/B (Style Z/Y) performance and are rated for loads up

to 1.7 Amperes each.

With twice the circuit capacity, the Flex 8 provides 8 Class B

IDCs, which are easily configurable as 4 Class A circuits and

4 Class A/B NACs. Each NAC is also rated for a maximum of

1.7 Amps, with total notification appliance power for the Flex

8 at 5 Amps maximum. A Flex 4 may be expanded in the field

to provide the circuit capacity of a Flex 8 by installing a Circuit

Expander Module (CEM.) The CEM provides an additional 4

Class B (2 Class A) IDCs and 2 Class A or B NACs.

All initiating circuits of the Flex 4 and Flex 8 are factory set to

operate for Class B (Style B) wiring performance. Through

field programming, all circuits can easily be converted to Class

A (Style D) circuits.

An integral 6 Amp power supply is included in both products

to provide system power, 4-wire resettable smoke power (24

VDC @ 100 mA) and up to 5 Amps of notification appliance

power.

Programming

The Flex 4 and Flex 8 use simple DIP switches for

programming IDCs and NACs, as well as enabling and

disabling of system functions such as signal silence, fire drill

and auxiliary disconnect. Notification

circuits may be

configured for audible or visual devices and silenceable or

non-silenceable operation. The Flex 4 and Flex 8 allow for

alarm verification on all Initiating Device Circuits (IDCs).

Predefined IDCs may be optionally configured for Waterflow

(zone 3 [Flex 4] or zones 3 & 7 [Flex 8]) or Latching/Non-

Latching Supervisory (zone 4 [Flex 4] or zones 4 & 8 [Flex 8]).

Flex 4 & Flex 8

Conventional

Fire Alarm

Control Panels

Approvals

ULListed

CSFM, MEA Approved

Features

• Initiating Device Circuits (IDCs) may be individually

configured for:

> General Alarm

> Waterflow

> Supervisory

> Alarm Verification

• Supervisory operation may be Latching or Non-Latching

• Notification Appliance Circuits (NACs) may be

programmed as:

> Silenceable

> Non-Silenceable

> Auto-Silenceable

> Coded (March Time, Temporal Code, California

Code)

• 5.0 Amps of total NAC power

• Common Alarm, Supervisory and Trouble contacts

• Resettable four-wire smoke detector power @ 100 mA

• Integral Walk Test operation

• EIA-485 interface for up to 3 model RA8 Remote

Annunciators

• Polarity Reversal and City Tie connection (optional)

• Digital Alarm Communicator Transmitter -

DACT (optional)

• Relay-by-zone capability with RY4 (Flex 4) or RY8

(Flex 8) modules

CS-2081 Rev. 1201-3

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