Fire-Professionals.com Member Explains ‘Loop Booster’
Advanced Fire Systems’ Ax Series of Intelligent Fire Alarm Control Panels support 1, 2 or 4 loops in both standalone and networked (up to 200 nodes) configurations. Each high current (500 mA) SLC driver, supports up to 126 intelligent devices with unique sub-addressing expanding system capacity up to 1512 points per panel. An integral “loop booster” sustains regulated loop voltage during AC power loss eliminating degradation in system performance and may support either shielded or non shielded wire.
Each panel comes with two expandable to four, high current, voltage regulated, Notification Appliance Circuits that are compatible with virtually any listed Notification Appliance Device available on the market. An integral 5 Amp power supply may be expanded to 10 Amps. Its built-in voltage and current meters provide tremendous time savings during the install process and similar to the system status, may be viewed on or off site with its Virtual Panel Software Tool or our IP Gateway product. All of the AX Series panels and peripherals are certified to ANSI/UL-864 9th Edition.