# Fire suppression discharged-status interface

Canonical URL: https://eloragrid.ai/symbols/fire-suppression-discharged-status-interface
Publisher: Elora Grid
Updated: 2026-11-03
Lookup label: FSDI
Drawing use: Schematic
Reference families: Manufacturer

Representation: Functional block
Installation focus: switchrooms
Input: Discharge status contact
Output: Station discharge indication

Receives the suppression installation's declared discharge-status output.

## In plain English

### What this block does

Receives the suppression installation's declared discharge-status output.

### A simple example

In a switchroom, the fire panel may report detection, system faults and a separately documented shutdown request to the station controller. These signals have different meanings and must not be combined into one unexplained alarm. For this reference, the drawing identifies “Discharge status contact” at the input and “Station discharge indication” at the output. The indication does not establish suppression effectiveness.

### What the drawings help you do

Start at the named input: Discharge status contact. Identify its source device or document and the state represented on the drawing. Follow the named output: Station discharge indication. Cross-reference its destination and separate the command from confirmation that the equipment responded.

### Terms

- Input: Discharge status contact
- Output: Station discharge indication
- Application reference: An explanation of a named drawing function or circuit relationship; the project documents define the equipment and its connections.

Concept diagram: Discharge status contact → FSDI → Station discharge indication
A reading guide. The entry's original illustration and input/output facts describe this application.

- [Indoor substation: lighting, fire and auxiliary services](https://www.electrical-installation.org/enwiki/Indoor_substation)


## What it represents

Receives the suppression installation's declared discharge-status output. A fire-system interface passes defined indications and control requests between the fire installation and electrical equipment. The receiving circuit must identify the exact purpose of the signal and the equipment it affects.
In a switchroom, the fire panel may report detection, system faults and a separately documented shutdown request to the station controller. These signals have different meanings and must not be combined into one unexplained alarm. For this reference, the drawing identifies “Discharge status contact” at the input and “Station discharge indication” at the output. The indication does not establish suppression effectiveness.
Use the coordinated fire cause-and-effect schedule to define each response. Original interface blocks describe signal roles without specifying suppression operation, evacuation behavior or life-safety performance. The functional block is an independent explanation of this named application. Equipment-specific ratings, terminal connections and operating conditions must be established in the project documentation.

## How to read it

- Start at the named input: Discharge status contact. Identify its source device or document and the state represented on the drawing.
- Follow the named output: Station discharge indication. Cross-reference its destination and separate the command from confirmation that the equipment responded.
- The indication does not establish suppression effectiveness.
- Use the coordinated fire cause-and-effect schedule to define each response. Original interface blocks describe signal roles without specifying suppression operation, evacuation behavior or life-safety performance.

## Information to show or reference

- Label the source and connection reference for discharge status contact.
- Identify the destination and defined state of station discharge indication.
- Record the equipment or control-document revision supporting this functional block.
- Check this application limit in the project design: The indication does not establish suppression effectiveness.

## Important distinction

The indication does not establish suppression effectiveness. This reference describes the named application; it does not establish a new IEC graphical symbol, an ANSI device-function number or an exact manufacturer connection diagram.

## Facts

- Representation: Functional block
- Installation focus: Switchrooms
- Input / boundary: Discharge status contact
- Output / connection: Station discharge indication
- Lookup label: FSDI is a library lookup label, not a standard device designation.

## Public references

- [Indoor substation: lighting, fire and auxiliary services](https://www.electrical-installation.org/enwiki/Indoor_substation) — Schneider Electric. Public technical context for switchroom fire and emergency interfaces. Lighting, emergency lighting, fire provisions and substation auxiliary services. Original cause-and-effect examples require project design. The application text and educational graphic are independently authored; the publisher does not certify this representation.

## Graphic scope

Independent original educational concept illustration by Elora Grid. Not a certified standards graphic or manufacturer footprint. Unitless; not to scale. Original artwork licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Publisher material is linked only.