IDS X Series Training V2.3 | Global Settings
Location 16: Trouble Display
Location Type: Bitmap
When the alarm system detects any of the trouble conditions are enabled in the table below, the power
light on the keypad flashes and can be set in location 14, option 2, to beep. To view the trouble condition:
Press and hold the [7] key down until the beep.
When the trouble condition has been corrected, pressing and holding [7] until the beep, and then press
the [#] key to clear the power LED trouble condition. Some troubles will clear themselves, E.g. AC Fail
This trouble condition monitors the AC that powers the
Alarm Panel and will register a trouble condition after the
time programmed in location 15. This will only clear when
AC is restored
R
eporting c
omms
fail
trouble
display
This is if the panel tries to communicate and fails to
communicate after trying the number of times in location
47
Phone
line
trouble
display
A trouble condition will be displayed when telephone line
goes down.
Siren
tamper
trouble
display
This option looks for a load and when this load goes
missing a trouble is indicated
Low
battery
detection
trouble
display
The alarm system tests the battery every 30 min. If a
trouble is encountered a condition will be shown
When there is a short or some sort of trouble that causes
the 12V output to fail
Engineer‟s
reset
trouble
display
If this option is set in partition options (location 211 to 218)
and the alarm triggers, this option will show and the alarm
can only be armed again once the installer code has been
entered.
Box
tamper
trouble
display
If the alarm control box is fitted with a switch that is
connected to the tamper pins on the control board and
enabled in location 14 and the door of the box is opened
a trouble will be displayed
Peripheral tamper trouble display
If any peripheral‟s tamper have been set and any tampering will
cause this option to be displayed
485 bus fail
trouble
display
This will display when a device attached to the system via
the bus fails and stops communicating
P
eripheral low power/ battery
display
If an expander detects low power on the 12V terminal a
trouble condition will be displayed
When a wireless device‟s battery needs to be replaced the
device will send a battery low signal and trigger a trouble if
enabled
Wireless supervision Monitoring
Each wireless device will check in and if a device does not a
trouble is triggered
If an unknown signal that can interfere with signals from
wireless is detected a trouble will be triggered
RSSI is signal strength measurement and if lower than 20% a
trouble will be logged
If a zone is monitored for tamper and then a tamper signal is
detected by the alarm a trouble will be triggered.