Entering The Control Menu; Control: Reset; Control: Sensitivity - Siemens MXL-IQ Operation, Installation, And Maintenance Manual

• Arm and disarm a loop
• Send a request to the Network Command
Center (NCC) to disconnect the MXL from
the network
• Change Air Sampling Alarm Trip points
and Flow Trip points
• Change sensitivity and pre-alarm
settings in percent/ft obscuration of the
ILI and ILP detectors
• Change the application of an ASD device

Entering the Control Menu

From the Main Menu, use the arrow keys to
cause the C in CONTROL to blink.
(If you press HELP at this point, the System
explains the Control function:
TO MODIFY DATA FOR OPERATION
Press HELP again to return to the Main
Menu.)
Press ENTER to select CONTROL.
The System asks you for a password
before it allows you to use the Control
functions. Enter your one- to five-digit
password, using the numeric keypad, and
press ENTER (See the discussion under
Entering Your Password on page 3-17).
If the System accepts your password, it
displays the first Control menu, with the R in
RESET blinking:
CONTROL: RESET SENSTVTY ARM/DIS
(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.)

Control: Reset

Use Control Reset to initiate a system reset
at any time.
From the Control menu, use the Left or
Right arrow key to cause the R in RESET to
start blinking:
CONTROL: RESET SENSTVTY ARM/DIS
(If you press HELP while the R in RESET is
blinking, the System explains this function:
RESET SYSTEM
Press HELP again to return to the above
menu.)
Press ENTER to reset the System and
display the following message:
SYSTEM RESET
If the System is normal, when SYSTEM
RESET is selected, the System displays
the following:
SYSTEM ALREADY NORMAL
(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.)

Control: Sensitivity

Use Control Sensitivity to change the
sensitivity settings of smoke detectors on
analog loops.
From the Control menu, press the Right or
Left arrow key to cause the S in SENSTVTY
to start blinking:
CONTROL: RESET SENSTVTY ARM/DIS
(If you press HELP at this point, the System
displays:
CHANGE SENSITIVITY
Press HELP again to return to the above
menu.)
Note that Control Sensitivity allows you to
change the sensitivity settings of smoke
detectors only; if you attempt to change the
sensitivity setting of another type of device,
the System displays:
[001-001] NOT SMOKE DETECTOR
Operation
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