Apollo REACH Wireless XP95 Loop Interface Module (RW1700-030APO)

The Apollo REACH RW1700-030APO is a wired loop interface that bridges REACH Wireless radio-frequency products to an Apollo wired loop. Communication between the wireless products are translated to Apollo wired protocol for operation via the wired fire panel.

Status LED

When one or more faults are present in the system they are shown on the LCD and the fault LED is switched on yellow. LCD is ON only when the tamper switch is not activated (cover open) regardless of the configuration of the translator tamper fault.

Device Addressing

RW1700-030APO allow REACH Wireless devices to be softaddressed via the LCD display, during commissioning.

Devices are soft-addressed automatically when pairing with the Loop Interface and can be changed manually. Hardaddressing using Apollo XPert cards are not supported.

Number of Loop Interfaces

No. of Loop-interfaces per loop is determined by the following limits:

• Available RF channel Pairs. There are 22 available for 868Mhz region usage. 1 RF channel pair is required per loop-interface (for communicating to devices). 100m spacing between loop-interfaces is required before repeating RF channel usage (we recommend contacting Apollo customer support before attempting this).
• Available loop current. 40mA is required per loop-interface (@24V). Apollo recommends only loading a wired loop to 80% of theoretical max e.g. 80% of 500mA = 400mA/40mA = 10 loop-interfaces maximum per loop (assumes no other wired devices or voltage droop).
• Available Protocol Addresses. XP95 protocol supports upto 126 addresses. Although the Loop-interface does not use an address, the REACH wireless devices do so this may limit how many loop-interfaces can be installed with the maximum number of wireless devices connected (32 devices per loopinterface). Every REACH part number takes one address, including AV bases.

Examples:

• 3 Loop-interfaces with 32 wireless devices each (XP95 protocol address limit reached)
• 10 Loop-interfaces with 12 wireless devices each (available loop-current limit reached)

Communication

REACH Wireless Devices use ‘radio-frequency’ wireless communication to connect to the Loop-Interface.

The Loop-Interface (RW1700-030APO) translates the wireless communication into wired Apollo protocol communication, with each device addressable individually by the fire panel. See datasheets for the Loop-Interface for more information.

Tamper detection

REACH Wireless devices contain an anti-tamper mechanism. In the event of removal from its base, it sends a tamper
detection message to the Loop-Interface.

Tampering detection is not signalled visually by the device LED.