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xDetect / legacy CF3000 / DF6000: practical field notes for testing, disablements, logic and restoration. Menu wording can vary by firmware and site configuration.

Before changing a live system: agree the test/disablement with the responsible person, identify any ARC/fire-routing connection and plant interfaces, decide what must remain operational, record every temporary change, and restore/verify everything before leaving.
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xDetect / legacy CF3000 / DF6000

xDetect is Eaton’s current modular platform; CF3000/DF6000 remain a large legacy installed base and their engineering menus differ.

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One-man / walk test

  1. Legacy CF/DF: use One Man Walk Test for repeated device testing without returning to reset after each activation.
  2. xDetect: use the current test/commissioning functions from the trained-engineer workflow and verify the chosen area/output scope.
  3. For either family, manage monitoring-centre and plant interfaces before test and verify their restoration afterwards.

Disable / enable

  1. xDetect provides touchscreen device disable/enable workflows; Eaton also publishes a short official how-to video.
  2. Legacy CF/DF panels allow outputs to be globally disabled for engineering tests; verify and restore this explicitly.
  3. Use View Disabled/active-disablement functions to prove the system is returned to service.

Cause & effect / groups

  1. xDetectWorks provides matrix-based cause/effect programming, groups and Type IDs for trained engineers.
  2. Legacy CF3000 offers detailed cause/effect but is being phased out; preserve legacy configuration files during migration work.
  3. Document software/version and network topology before programming changes.

Engineer notes

  1. CF3000 ordering ended after 2025 and Eaton positions xDetect as its successor; legacy support has a defined wind-down.
  2. xDetect supports up to 200 addresses per loop and higher loop current than the older CF family.
  3. Do not use CF3000 menu assumptions on xDetect.
Return to service:Exit test modeClear temporary disablementsRestore sounders / outputsRestore fire routing / ARCRestore delays / time controlsProve a normal event pathCheck panel = normalRecord work
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