Chapter 12: Powering Up & Keypad Operations; Power U P; Keypads; Testing The Keypad - Pyronix 256 System Manual

C H A P T E R 1 2 : P O W E R I N G U P & K E Y P A D O P E R A T I O N S
Before using the system, all items connected to the RS-485 communications bus must be allocated a unique
address. Please see the relevant devices to see how to address them, started on page: 113.
1 2 . 1 I n i t i a l P o w e r U p
Power up the PCX system on mains only, an alarm will be generated. Proceed to the nearest keypad, which
will display (from power up):
The following will be displayed:
(May differ depending on the panel)
After 10 seconds, the display will blank, and then
show 'Address'. Enter the 00 and then press the
key.
Press the key to exit the addressing function,
and enter 1234 (default master code) to silence an
alarms that occur.
When the display shows: 'Battery Fault' and NOT
before, connect the battery to the panel.
In this function there are also other individual options for each keypad such as: language, the status of the
keypad inputs, key-click volume, tag volume, master volume and the tag ID.
The tag ID is used to show the identification code for each proximity tag.
To enter this keypad function at any time, please follow the instructions below.
1 2 . 2 N o t e s o n A d d r e s s i n g K e y p a d s
To address further keypads on the PCX system, press and hold the
displayed. Then enter '2000' as the code. This will take you to the screens above. Once this has been done
you will need to assign the keypad in engineer's mode, see 'Assign Keypads/Readers' on page: 60.
To wire a keypad on the system please see page: 121.
1 2 . 3 T e s t i n g T h e K e y p a d
With the system disarmed, press the
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.
To Enter the Engineer Menu please see Page: 13.
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key for 10 seconds at any keypad. This will cause all the LEDs on
key until "KEYPAD CODE" is
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