Acknowledge Menu; Entering The Acknowledge Menu; Acknowledge: Alarm - Siemens MXL-IQ Operation, Installation, And Maintenance Manual

Operation
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When you type the module number and
the device number, use the Left arrow
key as a backspace key to erase errors.

ACKNOWLEDGE Menu

The Acknowledge menu has four items
from which to choose; the shortened
terms used in the menu itself are in
parentheses:
ALARM
SUPERVISORY (SUPERVSRY)
SECURITY
TROUBLE
Use this menu to individually acknowl-
edge fire alarms, supervisories, troubles,
and security conditions.

Entering the Acknowledge Menu

Select ACKNOWLEDGE from the Main
Menu by pressing ENTER while the A in
ACKNOWLEDGE is blinking. The System
displays the first Acknowledge menu (the
A in ALARM is blinking):
ACKNOWLEDGE: ALARM SUPERVISRY
NOTE: To end a menu session and
return to the Main Menu or to
leave the menu at any time,
press the Up arrow key to go
backward one menu each time.

Acknowledge: Alarm

Use this function to individually acknowl-
edge fire alarms.
Press ENTER when the A in ALARM is
blinking to select ACKNOWLEDGE ALARM:
ACKNOWLEDGE: ALARM SUPERVISRY
If There Is No Alarm:
If there is no current alarm, the System
briefly displays the following message
and then returns you to the Acknowledge
menu:
NO ALARM EXISTS
(If your System has a printer, it prints the
above message as well.)
If All Alarms Are Acknowledged:
If all the alarms are acknowledged, the
System displays the following message and
then returns you to the Acknowledge menu.
ALL ALARMS ACKNOWLEDGED
(If your System has a printer, it prints the
above message as well.)
If There Is an Unacknowledged Alarm:
If there is at least one unacknowledged
alarm, the menu shows the most recent
unacknowledged alarm on both lines of the
display, as in the following display:
29-041 [custom message]
007 [device type]
In the above display, 29 is the module
number, 041 is the device number, the
message on the first line is the custom
message for the device at that location, 007
indicates that this is the seventh alarm,
[device type] indicates the type of device
in alarm, and IN ALR indicates that this is a
fire alarm.
(Press HELP if you want information on
what to do. The System displays:
PRESS ENTER TO ACK. PRESS NEXT
TO SKIP.
Press HELP again to return to the previous
display.)
Press ENTER to acknowledge the alarm
shown.
The System prints a message similar to the
following and removes that alarm from the
unacknowledged alarm list:
ACK ALARM 29-041 16:11:41 Aug 28,20XX
#7 [custom message], [device type]
In the above message, the time and date
are the time and date that the alarm was
acknowledged and 29-041 is the address.
The System then displays the next alarm to
acknowledge.
To skip an alarm shown, press NEXT. The
System displays the next alarm in the
series. When the System has displayed all
IN ALR