The primary purpose of a fire alarm system is to provide an early warning of a fire so that people and animals can be evacuated and action taken to stop the fire as soon as possible – all to a predetermined plan.

Unlike conventional fire alarm systems, Context Plus analogue addressable systems use ‘intelligent’ detectors, sounders and call points that communicate constantly with the control panel, reporting a vast amount of data almost ‘invisibly’. This sophisticated communication system allows a degree of control and reporting unattainable with conventional systems. Very accurate control and monitoring of many parameters is easily achievable, without the need for expensive and complex wiring schemes.

One of the main advantages of an analogue system over a four wire conventional system is that a total of 126 addressable detection and output devices can be wired in a single loop configuration.

Key features of the Context Plus range of analogue addressable fire alarm equipment include:

• A wide choice of fire alarm control panels (including the XFP range of 1 to 2 loop panels and the FirePlus range of 4 to 32 loop panels).
• A powerful panel networking facility
• Digital protocol for error-free transmission
• Automatic addressing of detectors using the patented ‘XPERT’ card
• A wide range of sounders, beacons and sounder/beacons
• The ability to carry out many additional functions (switch monitoring, etc) via a comprehensive range of compatible interface units.

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