Tynetec Altec Response - Dealing with Alarm Calls

DocNo.FM0548issueBPage9
11.DEALINGWITHALARMCALL
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WhenanalarmisactivatedtheAltecResponseunitwillbeep,announceanddisplaythetypeandsourceofthecall.
Atypicaldisplaywillbe;
SMOKE ALARM
Room 000010
Kitchen Area
Thelocationtextwillalternatewiththe“FreeText”informationifanyhasbeenassigned.
PresstheENTERkeyafterthespeechmessageandthebottomlineofthedisplaywillchangeasbelow;
SMOKE ALARM
Room 000010
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Back Mute Clear
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Usethekeystoselectbetween Back Mute Clear  thenpressENTER.
Selecting“Back”willreturnbacktooriginalalarmdisplayandmessage.
Selecting“Mute”willsilencethebeepandalarmmessageforthepresetmutetime(seesection8).
Selecting“Clear”willcancelthe
alarm.
CallWaiting
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Ifmorethanonecallexiststhedisplaywillshow2arrowsinthebottomcornersasbelow;
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SMOKE ALARM
Room 000010
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Kitchen
Area
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Usethekeystoviewtheothercalls.
Thecallscanbeclearedinanyorder.
12.LOWBATTERYWARNING
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IftheAltecResponseisbeingusedonbatteryanditschargeisrunninglowtheunitwillbeepandannounce“LowBattery”
andflashanemptybatterysymbolonthedisplayevery2minutes.Whenthebatteryisexhaustedtheunitwillannounce
“PoweringDown”beforeturning
itselfoff.Connectthepowerleadandleaveonchargeforatleast8hourstorestorefull
batterypower.
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Ifthebatteryinaradiosensorneedsreplacingyouwillbealertedbya“LowBattery”call.Thiscanoccuranytimebutitwill
usuallyfollowagenuinecall
fromthesamedevice.
SMOKE ALARM
Room 000010
Low Battery
Clearthecallinthenormalwaybutensurethesensorbatteryisreplacedassoonaspossible.
TheLowBatterycallwillrepeatafterallsubsequentcalls(oreachday)untilthebatteryisreplaced.
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Note:ifthereisnoobviousmeansofreplacingthebatterythenitmaybea“sealedforlife”device(eg.pendant,smoke
detector,carbonmonoxidedetector,etc.PleasecontactyourSupplierorTynetec’scustomersupportdeptforadvice.