Operating Instructions
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4.2 LED Indicators
The five LED indicators, which are located on the front panel, operate as follows:
AC Power
This is a green LED which illuminates if AC power is applied to the FACP.  A loss of AC power 
will turn off this LED
Fire Alarm
This red LED flashes when one or more alarms occur.  It illuminates steady when the Acknowledge/
Step or Alarm Silence key is pressed.  The Fire Alarm LED turns off when the Reset key is pressed.  
The LED will remain off if all alarms have been cleared.
Supervisory
This is a yellow LED that flashes when one or more supervisory conditions occur, such as a 
sprinkler valve tamper condition.  It illuminates steady when the Acknowledge/Step or Alarm 
Silence key is pressed.  It turns off when the Reset key is pressed and remains off if all supervisory 
alarms have been cleared.
Trouble
This is a yellow LED that flashes when one or more trouble conditions occur.  It stays on steady 
when the Acknowledge/Step or Alarm Silence key is pressed.  The LED turns off when all trouble 
conditions are cleared.  This LED will also illuminate if the microprocessor watchdog circuit is 
activated.
Alarm Silenced
This is a yellow LED that turns on after the Alarm Silence key is pressed while an alarm condition 
exists.  It turns off when the Drill or Reset key is pressed.
4.3 Normal Operation
With no alarms or troubles in the system, the display message is System All Normal along with the 
current time and date as shown below.  To set the time and date, refer to the appropriate section in 
this manual. 
The FACP performs the following functions at regular intervals in Normal mode:
 Monitors AC input voltage and battery voltage
 Monitors and reports status option cards and control panel
 Refreshes LCD display and updates time
 Scans control panel keypad for key presses
 Tests memory
 Updates and reads all communications busses (EIA-485, etc.)
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 smoke detectors will be polled for maintenance and freeze conditions on initial entry 
into Normal mode.  Thereafter, each device will be polled every hour for freeze and every 
four hours for maintenance conditions
Note:  To ensure that the system is functioning properly, the FACP will perform a freeze check five 
minutes after the panel is reset, followed by a maintenance check.  If there is no freeze or 
maintenance condition, the panel will continue to monitor for freeze conditions every hour and 
maintenance conditions every four hours.
 SYSTEM ALL NORMAL
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