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Function Testing Workstation

Fire Alarm Function Testing Workstation

Simulate activating the devices in your design and watch the notification appliances respond in real time — flashing strobes, evacuation tones, and live status updates. A safe way to understand cause-and-effect before you're on the jobsite.

Simulation for training only. Real fire alarm testing must follow the manufacturer's instructions, NFPA 72, and your AHJ — and must never be performed on a live system without proper notification and authorization.

Real-World Scenarios

Case studies from the field. Read the situation, decide what you would do, then reveal each step to compare your plan against a guided answer.

System faults · Advanced

Phase I Elevator Recall Fails During the Annual Test

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Site

Six-story office tower, two traction elevators, addressable FACP with a dedicated elevator recall relay module in the machine room. Annual test with the elevator contractor on site.

FACP · Panel display

ALARM: SMOKE DETECTOR

ELEV LOBBY L3 · ADDR 118 · RECALL: NO RESPONSE

What you find on arrival

You activate the 3rd-floor elevator lobby smoke detector. The panel alarms and NACs operate, but the cars do not recall to the designated level. The elevator technician says his controller 'never saw the recall input.'

What do you do?

Life-safety function failed with the elevator contractor waiting. How do you find out where the recall command was lost?

FireAlarm BT — Fire Alarm Blueprint Trainer

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