Flex 4 & Flex 8
Conventional
Fire Alarm
Description
Control Panels
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.
Approvals
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.
ULListed
CSFM, MEA Approved
Features
• Initiating Device Circuits (IDCs) may be individually
configured for:
> General Alarm
> Waterflow
> Supervisory
> Alarm Verification
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.
• Supervisory operation may be Latching or Non-Latching
• Notification Appliance Circuits (NACs) may be
programmed as:
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.
> Silenceable
> Non-Silenceable
> Auto-Silenceable
> Coded (March Time, Temporal Code, California
Code)
Programming
• 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)
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]).
• Relay-by-zone capability with RY4 (Flex 4) or RY8
(Flex 8) modules
CS-2081 Rev. 1201-3
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