Testing The Keypad; Text Programming; Accessing The Engineers Menu On Any Keypad - Pyronix PCX-256 Programming Manual

PCX 256 PROGRAMMING MANUAL
4 . 4 T e s t i n g T h e K e y p a d
With the system disarmed, press the
LEDs on that keypad to illuminate, and the LCD screen to scroll a display testing each pixel. The
keypad will revert to normal display approximately 10 seconds after the key is released.
4 . 5 T e x t P r o g r a m m i n g
Text may be programmed for input names, for the 'sign-on' message, and to identify the arm level
being armed / disarmed. Each keypad key is allocated characters as shown below:
To type a word, press the the relevant key the appropriate number of times – e.g. for the letter 'k'
press the key twice, or for the letter 's' press the
In addition, the
= make the character into a capital
= move cursor left
= clears cursor / adds a space
= moves cursor right
4 . 6 A c c e s s i n g t h e E n g i n e e r s M e n u o n A n y K e y p a d
On the PCX 256, it is possible to access the Engineer menu on any keypad. For example, if you
are in the Engineer menu in keypad address 00, the other keypads will display 'System Busy', to
access the Engineer menu on any other keypad, press the
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key for 10 seconds at any keypad. This will cause all the
keys are used as follows:
key four times.
key.
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