Installed equipment testsPreparation¨ Check to ensure access will be provided to areas where installed equipment is to betested, such as to locked or secure areas.¨ Ensure all sensor dust covers are removed from sensor devices.¨ Tests may be made easier by having: sensor extractor tool, smoke poles, smokecanister, heat gun, beam obscuration filter, sensor removal kit and MCP test key, pluskeys to open system equipment. Where applicable read the instructions supplied withthe test kit.Communication to site occupants¨ Before undertaking any of these tests and to prevent unnecessary building evacuation,ensure:• all affected personnel on the site are informed, via a responsible person that thefire alarm system is being commissioned.• where there is a link to an alarm receiving centre, the appropriate action should betaken to ensure they are informed that tests are being carried out on the system.Commissioning ToolIt is much easier for the panel and system to be configured from the Commissioning tool, see theCommissioning tool manual.Plant equipment" Prior to any functional tests being carried out on the system, all the plantequipment interfaced to the fire alarm system should be isolated.¨ Tests should be carried out following customer consent. It may also be necessary toobtain third-party consent dependent on what plant equipment is connected to thepanels auxiliary contacts.¨ All the tests on plant equipment should be as agreed during the project design stage.Zone 'Test' mode (for EN panels only)The Zone Test mode is applicable for EN VIGILON 4/6-loop panel, VIGILON Compact panel andVIGILON Compact VA panel only and is used when testing devices in a zone. It allows theengineer to test zones without having to return to the panel to silence alarms and reset the system.While the panel is in the Zone test mode, following a fire event the alarms sound for 5 seconds andthen automatically the alarms are silenced followed by a panel reset. The panel inhibits theoperation of delay block functions, network functions, auxiliary and clean contact relay's operationin Zone test mode.¨ All zones of the system that are not in zone test mode will operate normally.¨ To put the control panel into or out of the 'zone test mode': Press Menu On/Offbutton and select [Test/Eng] -> [UserCode] and enter the Engineering password, thisneed only be done if an Engineering password is set up. Press and select [Test]and then select [Zone] and [On] / [Off]. Now enter the zonenumber and select [Enter]. The 'Test' LED is lit:" On completion of all tests, switch Off the [Test] mode and notice the 'Test'LED also switches Off.'Commission' mode (for BS panels only)The Commissioning mode is applicable for BS VIGILON 4-loop panels only. It places all the zonesof the system into test state.¨ The 'Commission' mode may be used when testing the system. It allows the engineerto test devices without having to return to the panel to perform silence alarms andreset. While the panel is in the Commissioning mode, following a fire event the alarmwill sound for 5 seconds and then automatically a silence alarm sequence isperformed and thereafter a panel reset.¨ To put the control panel into or out of the 'commissioning mode': Press Menu On/Offbutton and select [Test/Eng]. Select [UserCode] and enter the Engineering password,this need only be done if an Engineering password is set up. Press and select[Commission] and [On] The 'Commission' LED is lit: ." On completion of commissioning, switch Off the [Commission] mode andnotice the 'Commission' LED is also switches Off.4188-856_issue 7_07/15_Generic Vigilon (Compact + VA) Comms. 81Vigilon 4/6 loops & Compact (VA) panels & network nodesInstalled equipment testsTestCommission