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3-4 Lamp Test Button

HN4000 Hardware Installation Guide 920550-5020 Rev 14

3.3 Lamp Test Button

TheLAMPTESTbutton(Figure 3‐4)providesmultiplefunctions,basedonhowlong

thebuttonispressed.Startingwithrelease5.0.0ofthesystemsoftware,theHN4000’slamptest

buttoncanbeset(usingtheconfigsystemcommand’slampTestButtonargument)tooperate

inoneofthefollowingways:

1. thebasic

lamptestandalarmcutoffoperations(pressthebuttonforlessthantwoseconds

totestthelampsandpressthebuttonformorethantwosecondstoresetthealarmport’s

relaycontacts).

2. aswitchrebootoperationinadditiontothebasicoperations(pressthebuttonformore

than10

secondstoreboot).

3. aswitchrenumberingoperationinadditiontothebasicandrebootoperations(pressthe

buttonformorethanfiveseconds,butlessthan10seconds).Theswitch‐numberLEDwill

blink.Pressthebuttontoselectanewswitchnumber(whichmustbeuniquewithinthe

stack).

Afteryoumaketheselection,theswitchwillreboot.

Figure 3-4 Lamp Test Button

3.3.1 Testing the Device’s Lamps

❒ IfyoupressandholdtheLAMPTESTbuttonforlessthantwoseconds,allofthedevice’s

LEDswillilluminatewhilethebuttonispressed.

❒ Ifyoupressandholdthebuttonformorethantwosecondsbutlessthanfiveseconds,the

LEDsreturntonormaloperation.

Note

The default setting is to support all four operations as described in #3 above (lamp test, alarm cut-

off, reboot, and renumbering).

Note

In releases of the system software prior to release 5.0.0, all three lamp test operations are

enabled.

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