Power-up and testing 
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pressing the ACK switch. Press the Connect switch. Verify 
that the display indicates: “0 calls pending,” “1 calls 
connected,” and the location of the connected call is 
displayed in reversed text. Converse over the phone 
connection to verify clear, noise free communications. 
  Take a second firefighter telephone on a different circuit 
off-hook. Verify that the incoming call buzzer sounds, the 
display indicates “1 Calls Pending,” the location of the 
incoming call is displayed in reversed text, and “1 calls 
connected” is shown in the display. Silence the buzzer by 
pressing the ACK switch. Press the Connect switch. Verify 
that the display indicates: “0 calls pending,” “2 calls 
connected,” the location of the second connected call is 
displayed in reversed text, the location of the first call is 
displayed in normal text below the second call location. 
Converse over the phone connection to verify clear, noise 
free communications. 
  Press the Review Connected switch, moving the reversed 
text to the first call’s location message. Without hanging up 
the first telephone, press the Disconnect switch. Verify the 
display indicates: 1 Calls Pending,” the location of the call 
being disconnected is displayed in reversed text at the top of 
the screen, and “1 calls connected” is shown in the display. 
Hang up the first telephone. Verify that the display indicates: 
“0 Calls Pending” and “1 calls connected.” 
6.  Repeat Step 5, connecting five (5) phones simultaneously, 
and verify acceptable voice quality. 
7.  Press the All Call and Page by Phone switches on the 3-ASU 
Audio Source Unit. When the Ready to Page LED lights 
steady, speak into the telephone still connected, and verify 
that the telephone’s audio is distributed throughout the 
facility. Press the Disconnect switch on the 3-FTCU, and 
hang up the master and remote phones. 
8a.  Class A telephone riser configuration: Disconnect the 
telephone riser wiring (TB1-2 & TB1-2) or (TB1-3 & 
TB1-4) from the 3-FTCU, and verify that a riser trouble 
message appears in the Trouble queue. Take a firefighter 
telephone off-hook (plug a phone in a phone jack). Verify 
that the incoming call buzzer sounds, the display indicates “1 
Calls Pending,” the location of the incoming call is displayed 
in reversed text, and “0 calls connected” is shown in the 
display. Restore the connection. 
8b.  Class B telephone riser configuration: Disconnect the 
telephone riser wiring (TB1-1 & TB1-2) from the 3-FTCU, 
and verify that a riser trouble message appears in the Trouble 
queue. Restore the connection.