BeaconMedaes TotalAlert 2 Installation, Operation And Maintenance Instructions page 123

Troubleshooting Guide (Cont.)
Symptom
5) Constant audible alarm that
can not be silenced by pressing
front panel MUTE button.
Green annunciator module
POWER indicator is
illuminated. No visual alarm on
any multiplexer, digital display
or multi-signal module.
6) Flashing visual indicator on
multiplexer, multi-signal or
digital display module and
audible alarm that can not be
silenced by pressing front panel
MUTE button. When MUTE
button is pressed, visual
indicator continues to flash.
7) Audible alarm activates when it
should, but sound level is too
low.
Possible Cause
a. Faulty multiplexer, multi-signal
or digital display module.
b. Faulty 20-wire ribbon cable.
c. Faulty annunciator module.
a. 20-wire ribbon cable not
connected well to annunciator
module.
b. 20-wire ribbon cable not
connected well to multiplexer,
multi-signal or digital display
module with visual alarm.
c. Faulty 20-wire ribbon cable.
d. Faulty annunciator module.
e. Faulty multiplexer, digital display
or multi-signal module.
a. Audible alarm volume is set too
low.
b. Faulty annunciator module.
Corrective Action
a. Disconnect alarm modules one
at a time from 20-wire ribbon
cables. If disconnecting a
module cancels audible alarm,
replace that faulty module.
b. After all modules have been
disconnected from 20-wire
ribbon cables, disconnect each
cable, one at a time from
annunciator module. If
disconnecting ribbon cable
cancels alarm, replace that
faulty cable.
c. If both 20-wire ribbon cables
have been removed from
annunciator module, and
audible alarm has not cancelled,
replace faulty annunciator
module.
a. Reconnect ribbon cable(s).
b. Reconnect ribbon cable(s).
c. Replace faulty ribbon cable.
d. Cause an alarm condition (by
unplugging field wiring
connector) on another module
that is connected to same 20-
wire ribbon cable. Verify visual
indicators on this test module
stop flashing when MUTE
button is pressed. If visual
indicators continue to flash,
replace faulty annunciator
module.
e. If visual indicators on test
module (step d) stop flashing
when MUTE button is
pressed, replace faulty module.
a. Adjust alarm volume
potentiometer located on
annunciator module clockwise
to increase. Factory default
setting is max. clockwise
position (max. volume).
b. Replace faulty annunciator
module.
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