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E4 Help Desk

Fire Mode

What is Fire Mode ?

Fire Mode is designed to keep the drive operating during an emergency, allowing continued motor operation until the drive can no longer sustain operation.

Typical applications include smoke extraction and emergency ventilation systems used to maintain evacuation routes during a building fire.

Caution

Fire Mode suppresses selected faults to maintain operation during an emergency condition. Only enable Fire Mode where permitted by applicable standards and the overall system design.

Before You Start

Before configuring Fire Mode:

  • Ensure the motor and drive have been fully commissioned.

  • Provide a dedicated 24 VDC signal from the Fire Alarm System.

  • Provide a run command to the drive.

    This requirement does not apply when using P-15 = 19.

Configure Fire Mode

  1. Choose an option in parameter P-15 where Fire Mode is assigned to a digital input. E.g. P-15 = 16.

    P-15

    DI1

    DI2

    DI3/AI2

    DI4/AI1

    0

    1

    0

    1

    0

    1

    0

    1

    16

    STOP

    RUN

    P-23 REF 1

    P-21 REF 2

    Fire Mode

    FWD

    REV

    17

    STOP

    RUN

    DI2

    Fire Mode

    DI2

    DI4

    0

    0

    1

    0

    0

    1

    1

    1

    18

    STOP

    RUN

    FWD

    REV

    Fire Mode

    Analogue Input AI1

    19

    STOP

    RUN

    AI1 REF 1

    PR1 REF 2

    No Function

    Fire Mode

    AI1

    Note

    When P-15 = 19 the drive will run whenever the Fire Mode input is active, even if no run command is present.

    During Fire Mode, the drive speed is taken from P-30.5 Fire Mode Speed. If no Fire Mode Speed is configured, the drive will continue to use the commanded speed from the active speed selection inputs.

  2. Connect the Fire Alarm System output to the digital input assigned for Fire Mode.

    Verify that the wiring matches the selected P-15 control macro.

  3. Set the required operating speed using P-30.5 Fire Mode Speed.

    Note

    If P-30.5 = 0 (default), the Fire Mode speed reference follows the drive's normal speed reference selection, as defined by the active control macro.

  4. Configure Fire Mode Behaviour

    Fire Mode Logic (P-30.3)

    Setting

    Description

    n.c (Default)

    Fire Mode activates when the input opens.

    n.o

    Fire Mode activates when the input closes.

    Fire Mode Latch (P-30.4)

    Setting

    Description

    Off (Default)

    Fire Mode remains active only while the Fire Mode input is present.

    On

    A momentary Fire Mode signal activates Fire Mode and latches the function.

Note

When latched, Fire Mode remains active until the drive is disabled or power is removed.

Parameters P-30.3 and P-30.4 are ignored when P-15 = 19.

When Fire Mode is active:

  • The display shows "FirE".

  • The drive operates using the configured Fire Mode settings.

  • Selected fault conditions are suppressed to maintain operation.

The following drive fault messages are ignored :

O-t (Heat-sink Over-Temperature)

U-t (Drive Under Temperature)

Th-FLt (Faulty Thermistor on Heat-sink)

E-trip (External Trip)

4-20 F (4-20mA fault)

Ph-Ib (Phase Imbalance)

P-Loss (Input Phase Loss Trip)

SC-trp (Communications Loss Trip)

I.t-trp (Accumulated overload Trip)

The following faults will result in a drive trip, auto reset and restart: -

O-Volt Over Voltage on DC Bus

U-Volt Under Voltage on DC Bus

h O-I Fast Over-current Trip

O-I Instantaneous over current on drive output

Out-F (Drive output fault, Output stage trip).

Parameter

Sub-Index

Function

P-0-56

Fire Mode Counters

.0

Hours in Fire Mode

.1

Seconds in Fire Mode

.2

Hours When Fire Started

.3

Seconds When Fire Started

.4

Fire Mode Counter

  • The display will show "FirE" when the fire mode input is active,

  • The Relay output (Terminals C, NO,NC) can be used to indicate when Fire Mode is active, to do this set P-18 to "10"

  • The Digital output (Terminal AD1) can be used to indicate when Fire Mode is active, to do this set P-25.0 to "di9" and P-25.1 to 10

Problem

Solution

Display is showing "FirE" but the motor is not turning ?

Verify a run command is present. For example, when P-12.0 = 0 (Terminal Control), DI1 must be active unless P-15 = 19 is used.

Fire Mode remains active after the Fire Mode signal is removed.

Check P-30.4 Fire Mode Latch. When set to On, Fire Mode remains active until the drive is disabled or power is removed.

Fire Mode does not activate and "FirE" is not shown on the display.

Verify the Fire Mode signal is present. Check parameter P0-01. The third digit should display 1 when the Fire Mode input is active. (0010)

Note

In the E3 series product the Fire mode (fixed) speed was set in parameter P-23, whereas E4 has a dedicated fire mode speed parameter P-30.5