
EVOLVING
Kidde Commercial’s Evolve Fire Alarm Systems are powerfully simple, simply powerful. Engineered for both advanced functionality and operational simplicity, streamlining installation, maintenance, and daily use. Off ering features like intelligent detection, electronic addressing, automatic device mapping, and optional Ethernet connectivity, these systems deliver versatile solutions for building owners and installers.
- The EVOLVE-ML panel includes a single Class A/B intelligent device loop, accommodating 250 device addresses. Loop controller modules can expand the system to 1,000 addresses in 250-address increments. The panel also features four Class A/B confi gurable Notifi cation Appliance Circuits (NACs).
- The RZI16-2 module enhances EVOLVE-ML systems, particularly for retrofi ts, by adding 16 conventional device circuits and two additional NACs, enabling the integration of intelligent detectors with existing conventional devices.
- Evolve Series supports a wide range of high-end features, including:
• 10" LCD touchscreen display/user interface
• 10A switching power supply with Voltage Boost™
• Six programmable virtual switches and supports up to 72 physical switches with LEDs (optional) and custom labeling
FEATURES
• Supports intelligent modules and detectors
• Form C contacts for alarm and trouble, Form A for supervisory
• Electronic addressing with automatic device mapping
• Built-in Ethernet port for central station monitoring service,
printing, local diagnostics and a variety of system reports
• Supports Genesis horn silence over two wires, and UL
1971-compliant strobe synchronization
• Supports GSA-REL releasing module for sprinkler control
• Ground fault detection by module
• Can use existing wiring for most retrofi t applications
• Upload/download locally
• Built-in USB-C port for programming using the confi guration
utility on a technician’s laptop
• Two-level maintenance alert reporting
• Pre-alarm and alarm verifi cation by point
• Adjustable detector sensitivity
• Standalone operation
• Transmission test frequency by hour
• Alarm ON (functionality enabled using the EVOLVE-CU)
command manually activates alarm condition
• Form C contacts for Alarm, Trouble (programmable), and
Supervisory (programmable).