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Beeps and LEDs—
How Your System Talks to You
Touchpads and interior sirens produce a variety of operat-
ing beeps to inform you of different system states and
operations.
Key Beeps
A Key beep is the tone you hear when you press a button
on an alphanumeric, fixed display, or handheld wireless
touchpad. The sound confirms that the button was
pressed adequately. Key Beeps can be turned on or off
by the installer.
Status Beeps
Status beeps come from touchpads or speakers and are
sounded when there is a change in the current status of
the system. Status beeps are not alarms, but they do war-
rant your attention.
There is more than one type of Status beep:
• Exit Delay beeps indicate that an arming command has
been entered and the countdown to arming has begun.
• Entry Delay beeps indicate that you’ve entered the
building and the countdown to an alarm has begun.
(So disarm the system as soon as you get in!)
• Chime feature beeps tell you that a door was opened
or closed.
• Protest beeps inform you that you’re trying to arm the
system while there is an open door or window.
• Trouble beeps tell you that there is a problem with the
system or one of its components.
• Sensor test beeps are the sounds the system makes dur-
ing a sensor test to indicate that a sensor was tested
properly.
Status beeps are described in more detail throughout the
manual and in the “Appendix A: User Sheets” on page 38.
LEDs
Fixed display touchpads have 2 LEDs which allow you to
determine the current system status at a glance. The red
LED is labeled Armed and the green LED is labeled Ready.
The table below explains LED behavior.
Notification by Pager
Your system can dial the phone numbers of five different
pagers to notify pagerholders of events they may want to
be aware of. Some of the events include:
• System disarming
•System arming
• Trouble conditions
• Alarm conditions
For more information, see “Notification by Pager” on
page 15.
What Happens in an Alarm Condition
When there is an alarm condition, four things happen all
at once:
• Speakers and touchpads emit emergency tones.
• System lights flash.
• Panel notifies the central station for help.*
• Pagers are notified of the event.
* Your system may or may not be monitored.
If it is not monitored, no call will be made.
System Status Red Armed
LED
Green Ready
LED
Exit Delay Flashing
Armed to Level
1-Off
Off On
Armed to Level
2—Stay or
3—Away
On
Entry Delay Flashing Off
System Trouble
(check system
status)/Protest
Off
System OK
On
Fire and Sm oke Alarm s
If yo u r system co n tain s sm o ke an d fire
d e te c to rs, it m o n ito rs th e p re m ise s fo r sm o k e
and fire alarm s 24 hours a day and in all
a rm in g le v e ls .
These alarm s cannot be canceled or aborted
and are alw ays re p o rte d to th e c e n tra l sta tio n .
Since m any com m unities charge for
d isp a tc h in g th e fire d e p a rtm e n t in e rro r, y o u r
d e a le r m a y g iv e y o u s p e c ific in s tru c tio n s to
follow in the event of an accidental sm oke or
fir e a la rm . R e c o rd th e s e in s tru c tio n s in th e
Appendix A User Sheets under "Accidental
Sm oke and Fire A larm s."
Clearing Sm oke D etectors
O nce a sm oke detector has been in alarm , it
is c o n s id e re d "O p e n " o r in "T ro u b le " u n til it is
re se t.
P ress + C o d e , o n ce to silen ce th e alarm .
P ress + C o d e , ag ain to re se t th e sm o ke
d e te c to r.
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