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Chapter 9.0 Testing Your System
9.0 Testing Your System
Inform your Monitoring Station when you begin and end system testing.
Household fire alarm systems shall be tested by a qualified service technician at least every 3 years
in accordance with NFPA72. It is the user's responsibility to test the system weekly (excluding
smoke detectors). Ensure you follow all the steps identified in the following sections.
Should the system fail to function properly, call your installer immediately for service.
9.1 System Test
The system test activates a 4-second check of the system status indicators, keypad lights, buzzer,
and siren. I t is a partition-based test must be done when the system is disarmed.
To start a system test, do the following steps:
The following conditions indicate a system test is in progress:
All system status indicator lights flash for 4 seconds.
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A system test transmits to the central monitoring station
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The system checks the backup battery level.
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The keypad lights illuminate for 4 seconds.
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The system buzzer sounds for 4 seconds, or the partition buzzer and siren sound for 2
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seconds each in series.
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