No, not if it is not integral to the system. A typical annunciator panel does not need a smoke. Only for items that if lost would take some of the system down with it, e.g. a power supply, voice evac amp, etc.
So you don't think a dead short on a data bus at an annc, might not affect everything else on that data bus??
Maybe, maybe not, just asking the question.
2007 72.4.4.5 The last few engineered projects I have done, the engineer has required smokes at remote annc/keypads, using this as a reference.
However 2010 10.15 states FACU, does not annunciators, in fact its specifically states:
The term fire control unit does not include equipment such as annunciators and addressable devices.
I agree. a true annunciator, such as an LED or graphical style, does not need coverage.
There are AHJ's that will make the argument, the intergral operator interface built into an annunciator changes it to a FACU, because its
controls not just annunciates. In fact, we had a graphical annunciator, that had key switches for a silence feature. Since the key feature, controlled the system, a smoke was required.
Mileage will vary with AHJ.
