Kidde VM-1 Technical Reference Manual

Chapter 2: Product description
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Status indicator Description
Supervisory The LED serves as a common supervisory event indicator. A flashing LED
indicates that there is an event in the queue that has not been acknowledged. A
steady LED indicates that all events in the queue have been acknowledged.
Trouble The LED serves as a common trouble event indicator. A flashing LED
indicates that
there is an event in the queue that has not been acknowledged. A steady LED
indicates that all events in the queue have been acknowledged.
Disable The LED indicates when a device, card, group, time control, switch, or LED has
been manually disabled.
CPU Fail The LED indicates that the VM-CPU module has detected a processor failure.
Processor failures must be reset manually.
Buzzer indicator
In coordination with visual event notifications on the user interface, the control panel employs a buzzer to alert the
operator of off-normal system conditions such as active alarms, active tests, disabled zones, active fault
conditions, and active monitor conditions. The following list shows the buzzer patterns that sound with associated
events.
• Alarm: 3-3-3 pattern
• Supervisory: 2-2 pattern
• Trouble: 30 pulses per minute
• Monitor: 3-3-3 pattern
Note: As determined by the VM-CU configuration, a reminder buzzer may sound.
LCD screen indications
The LCD screen on the user interface provides information relevant to the current functional condition of the
control panel. There are two screen modes: system normal and system off-normal.
System normal LCD screen
System normal means that the life safety system is in its normal or startup state. In this state, the LCD screen is
clear of any event messages. Only the time, date, custom banner (if programmed), and Alarm History are
displayed. See Figure 5 on page 16.

Kidde VM-1 Specifications

General

Brand	Kidde
Model	VM-1
Category	Fire Alarms
Language	English