Honeywell 6280 Series User Manual page 27

Safe Mode
In the rare event that the TouchCenter cannot successfully communicate in its graphic mode with the control panel,
the Safe Mode is a backup mode that ensures that you can communicate with your system.
In this mode, the TouchCenter operates much like a standard non-graphic keypad so that you can control your
system until the problem is corrected.
If this situation occurs, the TouchCenter presents you with a message of "Problems detected. Start Keypad in Safe
Mode?" and requests a "Yes" or "No" response. If you answer with "Yes", the TouchCenter enters into the Safe Mode.
If you answer with "No", the TouchCenter tries to communicate with the panel again. After 3 consecutive times of
receiving no response, the TouchCenter enters the Safe Mode automatically.
Note: Use care when providing the "Yes" or "No" response. Touching the screen outside the prescribed area may
cause the background to come to the front. If this occurs, the Yes/No message that disappeared times-out in 30
seconds even though it is not visible. Then the keypad resets into the Normal Mode (or Safe Mode if this is the third
time that the warning message appeared).
While in the Safe Mode, the Home screen displays the Security Icon, Panic Icon, Message Icon, and a message at the
bottom of the screen as shown below:
Note that this is a limited mode of operation. While in this mode:
• You can use the Security icon to access the Console Emulation Mode of operation to try to clear your faults,
disarm the system, or enter additional Alpha Keypad commands specified in your panel User Guide. You can
perform almost all functions that you can perform from a standard non-graphic alpha keypad.
• You can press the "Panic" key and generate Emergency Messages as defined in the panel's home partition for this
TouchCenter.
• The Armed and Ready LEDs on the front of the TouchCenter indicates the TouchCenter's home partition status.
The Message LED (on models with Voice feature) or Trouble LED (on models without Voice feature) is not active
in the Safe Mode.
• The Chime mode functions in the Safe Mode.
• When an alarm occurs in the Safe Mode, it is displayed on the Console mode screen only and is not shown on the
Home screen.
! SAFE MODE !
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User Setup (cont'd)