Chapter 2: Product description
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Table 5: User interface operator controls and indicator descriptions
Control/Indicator Description
LCD screen Backlit liquid crystal display, 240 × 320 pixels, 24 lines of 40
characters. The LCD
provides information relevant to the current
condition of the control panel.
Rotary controller Scrolls through and selects messages and menu commands.
Reset button and LED Pressing the button activates the system’s reset sequence to
restore the system to normal. The LED flash
smoke power-down phase, flashes slowly during the power-up
phase, is on steady during the system restore, and is off when
the system has reset.
You can configure the Reset button to require an access level
password.
Panel Silence button
and LED [1]
For Local systems, pressing the button turns the control panel
buzzer off after all events have been acknowledged.
For Proprietary systems, the Panel Silence button is not
operational.
The LED indicates the panel is in an off-normal condition and
that the panel has been placed in panel silence mode.
You can configure the Panel Silence
button to require an access
level password.
Alarm Silence button
and LED
Pressing the button turns off the emergency voice/alarm
communications (EVAC) and Alert channels, and all active
audible and visible notification appliance circuits. Pressing the
button a second time turns the notification appliance circuits
back on. The LED i
ndicates that the active notification appliance
circuits have been silenced.
You can configure the Alarm Silence
button to require an access
level password.
Acknowledge button
and LED
Acknowledges all current events. The LED
is active.
[1] The control panel buzzer can be configured to resound at a regular interval to remind the
operator that the panel has been silenced.