TABLE OF CONTENTS SYSTEM OVERVIEW ..........3 FIRE ALARM PROTECTION........14 General..............3 General..............14 Zones..............3 In case of Fire ............14 Fire & Emergency Protection........4 Silencing and Resetting a Fire Alarm ....... 15 Alarms..............4 EMERGENCY ALARMS ..........16 Memory of Alarm............
SYSTEM OVERVIEW General Congratulations on your ownership of an Ademco Alarm System. You've made a wise decision in choosing it, for it represents the latest in alarm protection technology today, including microcomputer technology to monitor all system status. Ademco is the world's largest manufacturer of alarm systems and millions of premises are protected by Ademco systems.
SYSTEM OVERVIEW Fire & Emergency The fire and emergency protection portions of your system are always on and will Protection sound an alarm if an alarm condition is detected. Alarms When an alarm occurs, the control's buzzer, the keypad and external sounders will sound, and a message at the keypad will identify the zone(s) causing the alarm.
ABOUT THE BUILT-IN INDICATORS The LED indicators, SILENCE/RESET button and WARNING buzzer (shown below) are located on the control's main board inside the control's enclosure. The AC POWER, BATTERY TROUBLE, COMMUNICATION FAIL, LINE DEFAULT and SILENCED LED indicators are visible through a viewing window on the door of the enclosure.
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Warning Buzzer Produces slow on/off pulsing sound for fire alarms, steady sound for emergency alarms, and rapid on/off pulsing sound for supervisory and trouble conditions. Silence/Reset Button Press to silence the built-in warning buzzer, the remote keypad warning buzzer and the external alarm sounder. A second press resets faulted smoke detectors and resets LED indicators if associated fault conditions have been corrected.
ABOUT THE OPTIONAL KEYPADS General The keypads feature a telephone style (digital) keypad and a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) which shows the nature and location of all occurrences. The keypads feature a built-in sounder which emits the same alarm sounds as the control's built-in warning buzzer during alarm conditions.
FUNCTIONS OF THE REMOTE KEYPAD DISPLAY WINDOW: Displays zone number and system status messages. OFF Key: Silences audible alarm, supervisory and trouble sounds, and clears visual display after problem's correction. BYPASS Key: Removes individual protection zones from being monitored by the system. CODE Key: Used to assign additional 4-digit user codes.
FIXED-WORD KEYPAD DISPLAYS F I R E Appears when a fire alarm is detected. Accompanied by a display of the zone # in alarm. ALARM Appears when any type of alarm is detected. "FIRE" also appears when a fire alarm is detected. Accompanied by a display of the zone # in alarm.
REMOTE KEYPAD USER CODES General If your system has a remote keypad installed, your installer will have programmed a 4-digit user code (known as User Number 2 code) that can be entered at your keypad to silence/reset alarms, bypass protection zones and activate the fire drill test.
REMOTE KEYPAD EMERGENCY KEYS Using Your installer may have programmed the keypad's A, B, or C keys to allow manual activation of fire and/or emergency alarms. The functions that might be programmed Emergency Keys are: Fire, Silent Emergency, Audible Emergency, and Personal Emergency. (for manually activating A fire alarm sends a fire alarm message to the central station and uniquely silent and/or...
REMOTE KEYPAD EMERGENCY KEYS CHECK IF EMERG. P R O G R A M M E D ZONE ACTIVE KEY(S) F U N C T I O N NUMBER ____FIRE, ____SILENT, ____AUDIBLE, ____PERSONAL ____FIRE, ____SILENT, ____AUDIBLE, ____PERSONAL SEE YOUR INSTALLER ____FIRE, ____SILENT, ____AUDIBLE, ____PERSONAL AND NOTE HERE THE KEY(S) &...
NORMAL STANDBY OPERATION Your system provides the following indications when in normal operation and there are no alarm, supervisory, or trouble conditions present: • The control's AC POWER LED is lit. • The control's built-in buzzer and keypad warning buzzer and external alarm sounders are off. •...
FIRE ALARM PROTECTION General Your system may have sensors which detect fire alarm conditions such as smoke detectors, heat detectors, sprinkler waterflow sensors, etc. You system monitors these sensors 24 hours a day for continuous protection and provides a number of indications when a fire alarm condition is detected.
FIRE ALARM PROTECTION Silencing To silence the control's buzzer, the keypad buzzer and external alarm and Resetting sounders: a Fire Alarm Press the control's SILENCE/RESET button or enter your User Code followed by the OFF key at the keypad. The control's "SILENCED" LED lights and the keypad's LCD will display "FIRE ALARM SILENCED"...
EMERGENCY AND 24 HOUR NON-FIRE ALARMS General Your system may have sensors which detect non-fire related alarm conditions, such as the unauthorized opening of a stock room door, the triggering of an HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, or Air Conditioning) temperature sensor, the pressing of a holdup alarm button, etc.
BYPASSING PROTECTION ZONES Using the This feature can only be used if a remote keypad has been 6 BYPASS Key installed with the system. User code numbers 2-6 can only be used to bypass emergency and 24 hour non-fire protected zones.
SUPERVISORY CONDITIONS General If your building has a fire sprinkler system, your installer may have installed a sensor which monitors the sprinkler system (e.g., to determine whether the main water gate valve is open or that there is adequate water pressure, etc.). Your system provides the following indications when a supervisory condition is detected.
TROUBLE CONDITIONS General Your system monitors each of your protection zones and various aspects of system operation for problems such as wire breaks, loss of AC power, faulted telephone lines, etc., which compromise proper alarm signaling operation. Your system provides the following indications when one of these problems is detected. CALL YOUR INSTALLER IMMEDIATELY FOR SERVICE, WHEN ANY OF THESE INDICATIONS APPEAR FOR A CONDITION THAT CANNOT BE CORRECTED BY YOU!
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TROUBLE CONDITIONS • A trouble message is sent to the central station. Note: If your keypad LCD displays "0C" for more than 5 minutes, then it is not receiving signals from the control. CALL YOUR INSTALLER IMMEDIATELY FOR SERVICE. reset keypad trouble Silencing...
ACTIVATING A FIRE DRILL TEST Using the This test requires that a keypad and external fire alarm sounder be installed with the system. # + 6 + 9 Keys Note: Only User Number 2's code can activate this test. This test activates the external fire alarm sounders for the purpose of conducting a This feature can be activated only while no fire alarm drill.
QUICK GUIDE TO SYSTEM FUNCTIONS FUNCTION P R O C E D U R E C O M M E N T S Silence Alarm, Press the SILENCE/RESET button or SILENCED LED lights. Memory of fault remains until cleared. Supervisory or Enter user Code + OFF key.
SUMMARY OF AUDIBLE/VISUAL NOTIFICATION ALPHA & FIXED-WORD DISPLAY KEYPADS S O U N D C A U S E DISPLAY (Fixed-Word displays are shown in parentheses) SLOW PULSING Keypad a. FIRE ALARM a. FIRE plus number and descriptor of zone in alarm (FIRE ALARM plus zone and, as selected by b.
PROTECTION ZONES LIST One or more sensing devices will have been assigned by the installer of your alarm system to protection zones 01–05 in your system . For example, fire sensing devices may have been assigned to zone 05, air conditioning temperature sensors to zone 02, and so on.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) Part 15 STATEMENT This equipment has been tested to FCC requirements and has been found acceptable for use. The FCC requires the following statement for your information: This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used properly, that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, may cause interference to radio and television reception.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) Part 68 STATEMENT This equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC rules. On the front cover of this equipment is a label that contains, among other information, the FCC registration number and ringer equivalence number (REN) for this equipment. If requested, this information must be provided to the telephone company.
WARNING! THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS ALARM SYSTEM While this system is an advanced design security system, it does not offer guaranteed protection against burglary or fire or other emergency. Any alarm system, whether commercial or residential, is subject to compromise or failure to warn for a variety of reasons. For example: •...
(continued) WARNING! THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS ALARM SYSTEM • Alarm warning devices such as sirens, bells or horns may not alert people or wake up sleepers if they are located on the other side of closed or partly open doors. If warning devices sound on a different level of the residence from the bedrooms, then they are less likely to waken or alert people inside the bedrooms.
ADEMCO ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY Alarm Device Manufacturing Company, a Division of Pittway Corporation, and its divisions, subsidiaries and affiliates ("Seller"), 165 Eileen Way, Syosset, New York 11791, warrants its security equipment (the "product") to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from date of original purchase, under normal use and service.