Dealing With Alarms And Emergencies; Fire Alarms - DSC Power8 PC5005 User Manual

Section 3: Dealing With Alarms and Emergencies
If you return to the premises and the bell or siren is on - DO NOT ENTER. Contact
local authorities from a nearby safe location.
Read this section carefully so that you will know what to do if your system goes into alarm.
Your installer will tell you if fire detection equipment has been installed and enabled on your
system.
NOTE:
A fire alarm always has priority over an intrusion (burglary) alarm.

Fire Alarms

A pulsing bell or siren indicates a fire alarm. If there is a fire, or if you are not sure, fol-
low your evacuation plan immediately. (See "Fire Escape Planning" on page 22.)
If remote monitoring is enabled, the system will send a fire message to the central station.
Your installer may have set up the keypad Fire keys and other fire equipment to send a fire
alarm message to the central station as soon as they are activated. Your installer may have
set up other equipment (e.g., smoke detectors) to have a 30 second delay before sending
the alarm message to the central station. Your installer will inform you how the equipment
on your system operates.
Equipment that has been set up with a 30 second delay (e.g., smoke detectors) gives you
time to correct the problem before a false alarm is sent to the central station. Your installer
may have implemented an auto-verify fire zone for your smoke detector(s). Consult your
installer for a detailed explanation of its function, purpose and use.
NOTE: If you suspect that a fire message has been transmitted, but there is no fire
condition, call the central station to avoid an unnecessary response.
If there is no fire condition, to silence the fire alarm:
1. Press within 30 seconds of the beginning of the alarm. The fire alarm will sound
again if the smoke detector is not reset within 90 seconds.
2. To reset the smoke detectors, press
if it still detects smoke the alarm will sound again. If there is no smoke, the system will
return to normal.
3. To silence the fire alarm after the 30 second delay has expired, enter your [access code].
NOTE:
Your installer may have programmed the system to operate differently than
described above. Ask your installer for more information regarding your system's
operation.
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. After the smoke detector has been reset,
Us in g A dv an ce d F u nc t io n s : I de n t if y in g Tr ou b le C o nd i t io n s
Identifying
Your system continuously checks for a number of possible trouble conditions. If one of
these trouble conditions occurs:
Trouble
Conditions • the Trouble indicator will be ON until the trouble is fixed;
• the keypad will beep twice every 10 seconds until you press any key;
• if AC power is lost, the Trouble LED will flash and the keypad buzzer will not sound.
NOTE:
A Trouble condition reduces the level of security your system is designed to
provide. Call your installing company for service.
Viewing Troubles with an LCD5500Z keypad
1. Press . The keypad will display "View Trouble" < > "Trouble Message".
2. Use the keys to scroll through the troubles present on the system.
3. If the keypad shows a "*" beside the trouble message, more information is available.
Press to see the rest of the trouble message.
4. To exit trouble viewing, press
Viewing Troubles With a PC55XXZ or LCD5501Z Keypad
1. Press . On PC55XXZ keypads, one or more zone lights will turn ON, to indicate
which trouble conditions are present. On the LCD5501Z keypad, one or more of the
eight trouble/programming indicators will turn ON:
Indicator Type Of Trouble
1 Service required. Call your installation company for service. Press [1] and
one or more of the indicators corresponding to the following system
troubles will turn ON:
1. Low Battery
2. Bell Circuit Trouble
3. General System Trouble
4. General System Tamper
2 AC power lost.
3 Telephone line trouble.
4 The system has failed to communicate with the central station.
5 Zone fault. Press [5]. On PC55XXZ keypads, the zone light(s) correspond-
ing to the zones with faults will turn ON, provided the corresponding
zone light is available on the keypad. On LCD5501Z keypads, the keypad
display will scroll through the numbers of zones with faults.
6 Zone tamper. Press [6]. On PC55XXZ keypads, the zone light(s) corre-
sponding to the tampered zones will turn ON, provided the correspond-
ing zone light is available on the keypad. On LCD5501Z keypads, the
keypad display will scroll through the numbers of tampered zones.
.
5. General System Supervisory
6. Not used
7. PC520X Low Battery
8. PC520X AC Failure
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