Using The Alarm Silence Key; Resetting The System; Resetting A System With Active Alarms - Simplex 4010ES Operator's Manual

• If a Coded Input Device (typically a pull station) activates, the ALARM SILENCE key may be ignored until this function has completed
coding. Notification appliances (horns) cannot be silenced when a coded station is in alarm, but silence upon coding completion.
• If the Alarm Silence Inhibit Option - which is a timer that inhibits the operation of the ALARM SILENCE function – is enabled,
pressing the ALARM SILENCE key is ignored until the timer expires. The message ALARM SILENCE INHIBITED displays for a short
time to indicate the action was not taken. The message ALARM SILENCE NO LONGER INHIBITED displays when the timer expires.
• If Waterflow Sprinkler Devices are activated, Notification Appliances may or may not be silenced (depending on local code
requirements). Usually, a dedicated bell will continue to sound to indicate water flow.
• Some visual notification appliances may continue to flash until the system is reset.
3.5.1

Using the Alarm Silence Key

Press the ALARM SILENCE key and read the display. The alphanumeric display shows signal status and the ALARM SILENCED LED turns
ON steady.
3.6

Resetting the system

The function of the SYSTEM RESET key depends on whether active alarms are present at the time the key is pressed.
• Active Alarms Present. Pressing the SYSTEM RESET key when alarms are present attempts to return the system to its normal state.
This includes resetting initiating devices (pull stations and smoke detectors, for example), relays (including city relay and door holder
relays), notification appliances (horns and strobes), and all LEDs and indicators that have been programmed to be reset with the
SYSTEM RESET key. See
• No Active Alarms Present. Pressing the SYSTEM RESET key when no alarms are present causes the system to perform a hardware
reset. See Performing a hardware reset
3.6.1

Resetting a system with active alarms

Activated devices (i.e, devices in alarm) can be reset, using the SYSTEM RESET key. Doing this allows the system to return to a normal state
following alarm activation. Follow these steps to perform a System Reset when alarms are present.
Press the SYSTEM RESET key. The following message appears.
1.
2. One of the following occurs, depending on whether the activated devices reset or not.
• If all zones or devices in alarm reset, the ALARMS LEDs flash. Press either the FIRE ALARM ACK or the PRIORITY 2 ACK key or both,
and the following message appears.
• If a zone or device remains in alarm and fails to reset, the "SYSTEM RESET IN PROGRESS" message is followed by the message shown
below.
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