12 NFS2-3030 Operations Manual — P/N 52546:N1 06/20//2014
General Information Operating Features
The keypad consists of several types of keys: alphanumerics, special function keys, soft keys, and
fixed function keys.
Keypad
The alphanumeric portion of the keypad is in standard QWERTY format. This keypad is functional
mainly when an entry is requested by the system. Otherwise, pressing these keys results in no entry.
Soft Keys
The ten keys to the right and left of the display function to select commands that appear on the dis-
play. Each screen has different information, and each key changes function to suit the screen.
Beneath each screen in this manual is a description of the function of each soft key.
Fixed Function Keys
The nine keys aligned along the upper right edge of the keypad/display are fixed function keys.
ACKNOWLEDGE - Press this key to acknowledge an off-normal event displayed on the screen.
FIRE ALARM
SCROLL/DISPLAY
SECURITY SCROLL/DISPLAY
SUPERVISORY
SCROLL/DISPLAY
TROUBLE
SCROLL/DISPLAY
OTHER EVENT SCROLL/DISPLAY
SIGNAL SILENCE - Press this key to turn off all control modules and panel output circuits that
have been programmed as silenceable. Signal Silence is disabled while the Silence Inhibit Timer is
in effect, or when a device with a Waterflow type code initiates a fire alarm.
DRILL
HOLD 2 SEC. - Press this key, holding it down for 2 seconds, to activate all silenceable fire
output circuits.
SYSTEM RESET - Press this key to clear all latched alarms and other events as well as turn off
event LEDs. If alarms or other off-normal events exist after reset, they will resound the system and
relight the LEDs. Unacknowledged events will not prevent reset from functioning unless the panel
is programmed for Receive Mode (refer to the note on page 25). The SYSTEM RESET key will not
function if the programmable Silence Inhibit Timer is running.
The System Reset key will not immediately silence active outputs. If the Control-by-event programming
conditions for the output are not met after reset, the output will deactivate. (Typically 30 seconds local,
60 seconds network.)
If both Fire and Mass Notification events exist on the fire panel at the same time, a second System Reset
will need to be performed to reset the fire panel. The NFS2-3030 will display
MN SYSTEM RESET or FIRE
SYSTEM RESET, depending on which event has priority. For information regarding event priority, refer to
the NFS2-3030 Programming Manual.
Special Function Keys
To the right of the QWERTY keypad are special function keys.
NOTE: Key functions are as described below unless the Local Control option is disabled, or the
Display and Control Center (DCC) option is enabled and the DCC is at another location. When the
Local Control option is disabled, the panel does not have local control of the Signal Silence,
System Reset, and Drill Fixed Function keys, or the SIGNAL SILENCE, SYSTEM RESET, and
ACKNOWLEDGE soft keys. These functions must be performed by a remote device preprogrammed
for this purpose. When this panel is not the DCC on a network, permission must be granted from
the DCC before Signal Silence, System Reset, Acknowledge or Drill can be performed at this
panel. Pressing one of these keys will automatically send a permission request to the DCC.
Scroll through a list of events of these types,
each of which will appear on the display once
the associated button is pushed. The OTHER
EVENT
SCROLL/DISPLAY key also scrolls
between prealarm and disabled events.