Test lamp for multi-spectrum mid-ir flame detectors

Abstract

Methods and systems for testing a flame detector include receiving, at a trigger sensor of the flame detector, a coded trigger signal from a test lamp and performing a self-test operation of the flame detector in response to detection of the coded trigger signal. The flame detectors may include a trigger sensor configured to detect a trigger signal received from an external source. The trigger sensor has a field-of-view and sensitivity that is the same a flame detection sensor of the flame detector. The flame detector will perform a self-test operation when the trigger signal is received at the trigger sensor. Test lamps include a light source configured to emit light and a controller configured to control the light source to generate and output a trigger signal, wherein the trigger signal is configured to cause the flame detector to perform the self-test operation.

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