National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 54‑18:2005, incorporating corrigendum January 2007.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by corrigendum is indicated in the text by tags. Text altered by CEN corrigendum January 2007 is indicated in the text by .

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee FSH/12, Fire detection and alarm systems.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 25 January 2006.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 26 October 2005.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Foreword

This European Standard (EN 54‑18:2005) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 72 “Fire detection and fire alarm systems”, the secretariat of which is held by BSI.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2006, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by December 2008.

This European Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this European Standard.

EN 54 “Fire detection and fire alarm systems” consists of the following parts:

Part 1: Introduction

Part 2: Control and indicating equipment

Part 3: Fire alarm devices – Sounders

Part 4: Power supply equipment

Part 5: Heat detectors - Point detectors

Part 7: Smoke detectors - Point detectors using scattered light, transmitted light or ionization

Part 10: Flame detectors - Point detectors

Part 11: Manual call points

Part 12: Smoke detectors - Line detectors using an optical light beam

Part 13: Compatibility assessment of system components

Part 14: Guidelines for planning, design, installation, commissioning, use and maintenance

Part 15: Point type multi-sensor fire detectors

Part 16: Voice alarm control and indicating equipment

Part 17: Short-circuit isolators

Part 18: Input/output devices

Part 20: Aspirating smoke detectors

Part 21: Alarm transmission and fault warning routing equipment

Part 22: Line-type heat detectors

Part 23: Fire alarm devices - Visual alarms

Part 24: Components of voice alarm systems – Loudspeakers

Part 25: Components using radio links and system requirements

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Introduction

The term input/output devices, used in this European Standard, covers a wide range of different types of devices, which are intended for different applications, and may therefore have different functions. This European Standard does not therefore include detailed functional requirements for the input/output devices but requires that their function is sufficiently specified by the manufacturer and that they function correctly in accordance with the manufacturer’s specification.

1 Scope

This European Standard specifies requirements, test methods and performance criteria for input/output devices connected to a transmission path of a fire detection and fire alarm system, used to receive and/or transmit electrical signals to or from the transmission path, necessary for the operation of the fire detection and fire alarm system and/or fire protection system.

An input/output device may be a physically separate device or its function may be integrated into another device in which case this European Standard may be used to assess this function.

Control and indicating equipment, and ancillary control and indicating equipment (e.g. repeater panels and fire brigade panels) are not covered by this European Standard.

2 Normative references

3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations

3.1 Terms and definitions

3.2 Abbreviations

4 Requirements

4.1 Compliance

4.2 Monitoring of detachable devices

4.3 Marking anddata

4.4 Documentation

4.5 Requirements for software controlleddevices

5 Tests

5.1 General

5.2 Performance and variation in supplyparameters

5.3 Dry heat(operational)

5.4 Cold(operational)

5.5 Damp heat, cyclic(operational)

5.6 Damp heat, steady state (endurance)

5.7 Sulphur dioxide (SO₂) corrosion(endurance)

5.8 Shock(operational)

5.9 Impact(operational)

5.10 Vibration, sinusoidal(operational)

5.11 Vibration, sinusoidal (endurance)

5.12 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Immunitytests

Bibliography

BS EN 54-18:2005

Fire detection and fire alarm systems - Input/output devices

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Published:

31 Aug 2019