USER INTERFACE
Description of Keys
To manage the panel from the User interface the follow
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ing controls are used:
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the Alphanumeric keypad;
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the Cursors Keys UP ( ), DOWN ( ), RIGHT ( )
and LEFT ( );
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ESC Key;
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ENTER Key ( );
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The Help button to open the Help pages on the
display (see example in Figure 2).
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The Command Keys.
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The Cursors Keys UP, DOWN, RIGHT and LEFT
and the Command Keys LAMP TEST and
SILENCE BUZZER are used to enter the charac
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ters A,B,C,D,E,F respectively, to quickly enter hex
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adecimal numbers (future use).
The function of the Cursors Keys, ESC key, ENTER
Key and Command Keys is different in every LCD dis-
play and is fully described in the following pages. Also
the pressure time of the keys will have a different use in
function of the different LCD display. Use the Help key
for explanations.
n Panel Command keys description (Table 1)
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Only the Lamp Test, Silence Buzzer and Evacu-
ate Command buttons can be operated without the
access code (access level L1), all the other Com
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mand buttons can be operated after the access
code is entered (access level L2 and L3)
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Silence/Resound/Sounders
The control panel can operate in DAY or NIGHT Mode.
If the system is silenced during DAY Mode, SILENCE
status will be held until the system is unsilenced (i.e. un
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less new alarms or faults occur). If the system is si
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lenced during NIGHT Mode, SILENCE status will be
held until the Night Mode Silence time expires (refer to
“Silence” ). On power up (at default) the system will set
to DAY Mode. During this operating mode, silenced
alarms/faults will not be unsilenced automatically.
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This Control panel will generate an Instant Alarm if
alarm conditions are detected during Night Mode
or if an alarm is triggered from a Callpoint.
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Reset
RESET will stop Alarm, Delay to Alarm, Warning and
FAULT conditions. Access to this command is limited to
authorized personnel only (installer or user access code
).
The system will reprocess any alarm, delay to alarm,
warning or fault signal which is not cleared by RESET op-
erations. Command keys cannot be used when RESET is
running.
The repeaters can be RESET by the installer or user ac-
cess code.
6 Addressable Fire Control Panel FC501
Key Icon DESCRIPTION
Lamp Test This key can be used to test the buzzer , the LEDs and LCD module . If this key is pressed
(when the Control panel is functioning as intended), all the LEDs will glow and the buzzer
will emit a continuous beep.
Silence/
Resound/
Sounders
This key can be used to restore the Silenceable outputs to standby status. Silence status
will be held until the Silence key is pressed again in Day Mode, or if the Control panel is
operating in Night Mode, until the Night mode Silence time expires or until a new
Alarm/Trouble condition is detected.
Investigation
Delay
This key can be used to refresh the “Delay to alarm time”; if this key is pressed during “De
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lay to Alarm”, the remaining Delay to Alarm time will be increased with the programmed
"Investigation delay".
Silence
Buzzer
Key to silence the local buzzer of the control panel; the buzzer will operate every time a
new event occurs.
Reset This key can be used to reset the Fire detectors and restore all outputs to standby status
(Supervised/Silenceable outputs, NON-Supervised/Non-Silenceable outputs and Alarm
zone outputs).
Evacuation Key to activate the evacuation; if this key is pressed, the system will generate an alarm.
Table 1 Command keys description (The icons are not shown on the UK panel.)
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