Alarm Status - Johnson Controls FireClass FC501 Series User Manual

Alarm status

A detector or manual call point can initiate the
alarm status.
The following items signal the alarm status:
• Alarm LEDs switch on
• Message on the control panel and repeater
displays. See Figure
• Intermittent audible signal on the control panel
buzzer
• Output points programmed to signal the alarm
status
To terminate an alarm status, press the Reset key.
Figure 9: Alarm status screens
Callout Description
1 First zone or device in alarm
2 Number of zones and devices in alarm
(flashing)
3 Control panel status
4 If flashing, the control panel is operating
normally
5 The arrow symbols show the presence
of further information such as point or
zone coordinate, cause, and time.
6 Point or zone label
7 To view further zones in alarm
8 Last zone or device in alarm
You can view the information related to the alarm
status in point view mode and in zone view mode.
Zone view mode is the default.
For the first zone in alarm status, the display shows
the first zone's point gone into alarm status. For the
other zones in alarm status, the display shows the
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latest zone's point gone in alarm status. The display
updates this information in real time.
The point view mode shows the first point gone in
alarm status and the last point gone in alarm status,
not depending on the point's zones.
Table 11: Keys function on the alarm status
screens
Key Function
1 Displays the zones status screen
2 Displays the status screen of the first
point in alarm status
3 Displays the status screen of the last
point in alarm status
4 Displays further points in alarm status.
When point information is present in the
fourth row, press the 4 key to display
the status screen of the related device.
Up Displays the next point in alarm. The
display does not show the next point if it
is the last.
Down Displays the previous point in alarm.
The display does not show the previous
point if it is the first.
Right Displays the next auxiliary information
about the point in alarm
Left Displays the previous auxiliary
information about the point in alarm
Esc Returns to the main screen
Enter Press for at least one second: Changes
between the visualization modes.
Press for less than one second: Stops or
restarts the zone to point swap
Note: The keys function is the same for the
alarm display by zones or by points.
Figure 10 shows how to scroll the alarm status
screens.
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