Viewing The List Of Alarms; How To Block Acknowledge A Fire Alarm; How To Individually Acknowledge A Fire Alarm; Silencing The System - Siemens MXL-IQ Operation, Installation, And Maintenance Manual

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In the messages above, 1-001 represents
the address of the device reporting the
alarm.
NOTE:
On the display, not all leading
zeros are shown. If your System
includes a printer, note that the
leading zeros are not shown.
002 in the first message tells you that this is
the second (and the most recent) of two
alarms received.
The status information in the third message
reports the total of alarms, supervisories,
troubles, and security conditions.
If your System includes a printer, it prints a
message from two to four lines long similar
to the following:
ALARM 1-1 11:59:59 DEC 31, 20XX
#1 [custom message], [device type]
In the preceding printed message, ALARM
indicates that the type of occurrence is a
fire alarm; 1-1 is the device address; #1 is
the number of the alarm in the list of fire
alarms; [custom message] is a custom
message entered using the CSG-M Cus-
tom Software Generator (See the CSG-M
Programming Manual, P/N 315-090381);
[device type] is the type of device which
reported the alarm.

Viewing the List of Alarms

To see the alarm list when there is more
than one alarm, press NEXT on the MKB-4
(the System displays the most recent alarm
first).
How to Block Acknowledge a Fire
Alarm (NFPA 72 Local, Municipal Tie,
and Remote Station)
1. Note the specific location of the alarm(s)
by using the procedures described
above.
2. Unlock and open the door.
3. Press ALARM ACK to acknowledge all
alarms. The System displays the
following message:
ALL ALARMS ACKNOWLEDGED.
4. If your System includes the printer
option, it prints the following message:
ACK ALARM 11:59:59 DEC 31,20XX
ALL ALARMS ACKNOWLEDGED
5. If you press ALARM ACK again, the
System displays ALL ALARMS
ACKNOWLEDGED.
The ALARM LED glows steadily to
indicate that all alarms are acknowledged.
If there are no supervisories, troubles, or
security conditions in the System, the
internal audible goes silent; if any of
those conditions still exist, the internal
audible pulses.
How to Individually Acknowledge a Fire
Alarm (NFPA 72 Proprietary, UL 1076)
1. Press ALARM ACK. The System
acknowledges the alarm displayed and
then displays the next unacknowledged
alarm.
If your System has the printer option, it
prints an alarm acknowledgment
message similar to the following:
ACK ALARM 1-5 12:01:28 DEC 31,20XX
#2 [custom message], [device type]
Note that the acknowledgments
message includes the term ACK to
indicate this alarm was acknowledged.
2. Continue acknowledging alarms as
explained above until the System
displays the following message: ALL
ALARMS ACKNOWLEDGED.
The ALARM LED glows steadily to
indicate that all alarms are acknowl-
edged. If there are no supervisories,
troubles, or security conditions still in the
System, the internal audible goes silent;
if any of those conditions still exist, the
internal audible pulses.
3. If your System includes a printer, it prints
a message similar to the following:
ACK ALARM 12:05:44 DEC 31,20XX
ALL ALARMS ACKNOWLEDGED

Silencing The System

Press AUD SIL after all alarms are acknowl-
edged. The System displays the following
message: AUDIBLES SILENCED. (Pressing
AUD SIL a second time causes the internal
audible and the System to unsilence and
the message AUDIBLES UNSILENCED to
appear on the display; thus, pressing AUD
Operation
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