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Open-Area Alarm Devices

Technical Data
All data is supplied subject to change without notice. Specifications
are typical at 24V, 25°C and 50% RH unless otherwise stated.

Supply voltage 17-28 V dc polarity sensitive

Maximum Loop Current Consumption at 24V dc
Quiescent 333 µA
Switch-on surge 1.2 mA for <1 second
Operated sounder 5 mA
Operated sounder Visual 8 mA
indicator
Operated Visual indicator 3.1 mA
Sound output - maximum 100 dB (A)
Product Overview
Operating temperature -10°C to +55°C
Product Sounder - Red - Apollo, Slow-
Humidity (no condensation) 0-95% RH
whoop and DIN tones
Designed to IP Rating IP65
Part No. 55000-001
Standards and approvals CPR, LPCB, VdS, VNIIPO, CNBOP,
Product Sounder - White - Apollo, CCMG, Kazaksthan
Slow- whoop and DIN tones Dimensions 104 mm diameter x 97.5 mm
Part No. 55000-002 height
Weight Sounder 225 g
Product Sounder Visual indicator - Red
Sounder Visual indicator 260 g
- Apollo, Slow-whoop and DIN Visual indicator 205 g
tones and Apollo flash
Materials Body - red polycarbonate.
Part No. 55000-005 Diffuser- translucent
polycarbonate
Product Sounder Visual indicator - Notes:
White - Apollo, Slow-whoop 1. All dB (A) figures are to within ± 3 dB (A).
and DIN tones and Apollo flash 2. For sound pressure levels measured to EN54-3 see document PP2203
and for isolator operation information see document PP2090, both
Part No. 55000-006 available from www.apollo-fire.co.uk
Product Visual indicator - Red - Apollo
Product Information
flash
Part No. 55000-009 CAUTION: Product Use
Visual Indicators have not been approved as a Visual
Product Visual indicator - White - Alarm Device and the visual element alone may not
Apollo flash be suitable for use as a fire warning device.
Part No. 55000-010 The Open-Area Alarm Devices are loop-powered, wall
Digital Communication XP95, Discovery and mounted devices designed for use in open areas and can be
CoreProtocol® compatible connected to any XP95, Discovery or CoreProtocol system.
The range includes sounders, Visual indicators and Sounder
Compliance* Visual indicators all designed to fit a common mounting base.
• Three tones on standard devices; Apollo, Slow-whoop
and DIN all of which comply with EN 54-3
• Two volume settings 92 dB (A) and 100 dB (A)
• Synchronisation of tones and flashes
• Individual and group addressing
Notes:*
55000-001 - All Approvals, 55000-002 - CPR, LPCB, VNIIPO and CCMG • EN54 versions available with built-in isolator
only, 55000-005 - CPR, LPCB, VNIIPO and CCMG only, 55000-006 - CPR,
LPCB and VNIIPO only, 55000-009 - VNIIPO, Kazaksthan and CCMG only, • Wire-to base for simple interchange of devices
55000-010 - VNIIPO only • Device locking facility

All information in this document is given in good faith but Apollo

36 Brookside Road, Havant Tel: +44 (0)23 9249 2412 Email: sales@apollo-fire.com Fire Detectors Ltd cannot be held responsible for any omissions or
Hampshire, PO9 1JR, UK. Fax: +44 (0)23 9249 2754 Web: www.apollo-fire.co.uk errors. The company reserves the right to change the specifications
of products at any time and without prior notice.

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Features Addressing
A nominal sound output of 100 dB (A) is achieved at a current The Open-Area Alarm Devices respond to their own individual
consumption of 5 mA in the case of the sounder and 8 mA addresses set with a DIL switch.
for the sounder Visual indicator. Many control panels will be
They can also respond to a ‘Group Address’ which enables
able to drive up to 20 sounders and up to 15 sounder Visual
multiple sounders to be controlled simultaneously. A group
indicators per loop on average. However, the maximum
address may be any spare address between 112 and 126
number of devices that may be connected to a particular loop
and is selected by means of a four segment DIL switch. A
should be determined by a loop loading calculation using the
device under group address control must have an individual
Apollo Loop Calculator, which is available as a free download
address between one and 111 otherwise a fault value of four
from www.apollo-fire.co.uk/loop calc.
is transmitted. Devices not using the group address facility
Since the Open-Area Alarm Devices are intended for use may be addressed at any address (1 - 126).
in open areas it is possible for more than one device to be
audible at any given point in a building For this reason the Protocol compatibility
operation of all may be synchronised by the control panel. The features of the Open-Area Alarm Devices are available
The devices can be assigned either group or individual group only when the sounder is connected to a control panel with
addresses so that the functional options of the sounder are the appropriate software.
identical with those of the Sounder Control Unit, Part No. EMC Directive 2014/30/EU
55000-182.
The Open Area Alarm Devices comply with the essential
Electrical operation requirements of the EMC Directive 2014/30/EU, provided that
The Open-Area Alarm Devices are powered directly from they are used as described in this datasheet.
the loop and need no external power supply. They operate at A copy of the Declaration of Conformity is available from the
17 V - 28 V dc and are polarity sensitive. Apollo website: www.apollo-fire.co.uk
Tone frequency and volume control Conformity of the Open Area Alarm Devices with the EMC
Directive, does not confer compliance with the directive on
The Open-Area Alarm Devices have three selectable tones
any apparatus or systems connected to them.
and flashes, either Apollo, Slow-whoop or DIN.
The volume control can be used to adjust the sound from Construction Products Regulation 305/2011/EU
100 dB (A) to 92 dB (A) if required. The Open Area Alarm Devices comply with the essential
The Apollo tone version produces a pulsed alert tone of requirements of the Construction Products Regulation
984 Hz, one second off and one second on, and a continuous 305/2011/EU.
evacuation tone of 644 Hz for 0.5 seconds followed by 984 Hz A copy of the Declaration of Performance is available from
for 0.5 seconds. the Apollo website: www.apollo-fire.co.uk.
Synchronisation
The sounder also offers synchronisation of continuous and
pulsed tones. This ensures the integrity of alert-signals -
tones from different sounders do not merge into one signal
that could be mistaken for an ‘evacuate’ tone.

Tone Selection
DIL
switch Output Bit 1 Output Bit 0 Output Bit 0 and 1
setting Tone
Set to logic 1 Set to logic 1 Set to logic 1
5 6
0 0 Apollo Standard Apollo alert and visual Apollo evacuate and visual Apollo evacuate and visual
indicator indicator indicator
1 0 Slow-Whoop Constant tone and visual Dutch NEN2575 and visual Dutch NEN2575 and visual
indicator indicator indicator
0 1 DIN Tone Constant tone and visual German DIN33404 and visual German DIN33404 and visual
indicator indicator indicator
1 1 Apollo Standard Apollo alert and visual Apollo evacuate and visual Apollo evacuate and visual
indicator indicator indicator