Disabling And Enabling Points; Disabling A Point - Tyco 4100ES Operator's Manual

Disabling and Enabling Points

Disabling and Enabling Points
Situations such as a malfunctioning detector causing false alarms, or an activated detector that
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prevents the system from being reset, can be temporarily overcome by disabling that particular
point.
Disabling a point allows the system to be reset while repairs are being made. It takes the point
"offline". Disabling a point prevents the point from entering an Alarm or Fault condition while it
is disabled.
Disabling a
To disable a point:
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The system generates a Fault condition and message, indicating that the point is disabled.
Note: To disable a point that is in Alarm or Fault, press the <Fire Alarm Ack> or
<Fault Ack> as appropriate key to display the Alarm or Fault list, scroll to the desired
point, then press the <More Info> soft key and then the <DISABLE> soft key.
If necessary, log in at a suitable service level (see Chapter 7).
Select the point that you want to disable. Refer to Chapter 4 for information on
selecting points.
Figure 5-4. Selecting a point to disable
Press the <DISABLE> soft key. The point is disabled immediately.
Figure 5-5. Point Disabled confirmation message
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