First Alert FA142C Installation Instructions

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION............................................................................................ 9
Section 2. INSTALLING THE CONTROL .................................................................................... 11
Mounting the Cabinet ....................................................................................................... 11
Installing the Lock (if used) .............................................................................................. 11
Installing the Control's Circuit Board Alone or (if used),
With a 4204, 4219, or 4229 Module.......................................................................... 12
Installing Control and RF Receiver Circuit Boards Together in the Cabinet..................... 12
Standard Phone Line Connections ................................................................................... 14
Wiring the AC Transformer ............................................................................................... 14
Installing the Back-Up Battery .......................................................................................... 14
Earth Ground Connections ............................................................................................... 15
Section 3. INSTALLING REMOTE KEYPADS ............................................................................ 16
Keypads that May Be Used .............................................................................................. 16
Wiring to the Keypads ...................................................................................................... 16
Wiring Run Chart for Devices Drawing AUX Power From the Control....................... 16
Mounting the Keypads ...................................................................................................... 16
Using A Supplementary Power Supply To Power Additional Keypads............................. 17
Preliminary Check-Out Procedure .................................................................................... 18
Section 4. BASIC HARD-WIRED ZONES 1–6........................................................................... 19
Installing the Hard-Wired Zones ....................................................................................... 19
Common Characteristics For Zones 1–6.................................................................... 19
Wiring Burglary and Panic Devices to Zones 1–6 ............................................................ 19
Wiring 4-Wire Smoke/Combustion Detectors on Zones 5 ................................................ 19
Compatible 4-Wire Smoke/Combustion Detectors..................................................... 20
Turning Off Fire Alarm Sounding ............................................................................... 20
Programming Hard-Wired Zones...................................................................................... 20
Check-Out Procedure for Hard-Wired Zones ................................................................... 20
Section 5. WIRED ZONE EXPANSION (4219, 4229) ............................................................ 23
Installing Zone Expansion Units ....................................................................................... 23
Connections and Set-Up .................................................................................................. 23
Programming Wired Expansion Zones ............................................................................. 24
Check-Out Procedure for Wired Expansion Zones........................................................... 25
Section 6. WIRELESS (RF) ZONE EXPANSION (5700 and 5800 RF SYSTEMS)........... 27
Wireless Systems Available ............................................................................................. 27
Wireless System Operation and Transmitter Supervision ................................................ 27
Transmitter Battery Life .............................................................................................. 28
Receiver Supervision........................................................................................................ 28
Installation and Setup of the 4281/5881 Series Wireless Receivers ................................ 28
Installing the 5800TM Module........................................................................................... 29
5700 Series Transmitter Setup ......................................................................................... 29
Setting the DIP Switches on 5700 Series Wireless Transmitters............................... 30
Wireless Zone/ID Assignments for 5700 Series Transmitters ................................... 30
DIP Switch Tables for 5700 RF System Wireless Devices ............................................... 31
Compatible 5700 Series Transmitters .............................................................................. 32
Programming the Control For a 5700 Wireless System ................................................... 33
Using the House ID Sniffer Mode (5700 Systems) .................................................... 33

First Alert FA142C Specifications

General

Brand	First Alert
Model	FA142C
Category	Security System
Language	English