SUMMARY OF AUDIBLE/VISUAL NOTIFICATIONS

SOUND

CAUSE

DISPLAY

LOUD, INTERRUPTED

FIRE ALARM

FIRE and ALARM are displayed; protection zone in alarm is displayed.

Keypad & External

 

 

LOUD, CONTINUOUS

BURGLARY/AUDIBLE

ALARM is displayed; protection zone in alarm is also displayed.

Keypad & External

EMERGENCY ALARM

 

 

 

 

 

 

ONE SHORT BEEP

a. SYSTEM DISARM

a. Only READY is displayed. Green READY indicator (if present) is lit.

(not repeated)

b. SYSTEM ARMING ATTEMPT

b. NOT READY is displayed, open protection zone number is displayed.

Keypad only

WITH AN OPEN ZONE

Green READY indicator (if present) is not lit.

 

 

c. BYPASS VERIFY

c. The bypassed protection zone numbers are displayed. (One beep for each number

 

 

displayed.) BYPASS also displayed.

 

 

 

ONE SHORT BEEP

SYSTEM IS IN TEST MODE

Opened Zone identifications will appear.

(once every 40 seconds)

 

 

Keypad only

 

 

 

 

 

ONE BEEP every 40 sec.

a. LOW BATTERY AT XMTR

a. BAT displayed with ID number of transmitter.

Keypad only

b. TROUBLE

b. CHECK displayed. Troubled protection zone is displayed.

 

TWO SHORT BEEPS

ARM AWAY OR MAXIMUM

AWAY and (if MAXIMUM) INSTANT are displayed.

Keypad only

 

 

 

 

 

THREE SHORT BEEPS

a. ARM STAY OR INSTANT

a. STAY and (if INSTANT) INSTANT are displayed. Red ARMED indicator is lit.

Keypad only

b. ZONE OPENED WHILE SYS-

b. CHIME displayed. Pressing / READY key will display opened zone.

 

TEM IS IN CHIME MODE

 

 

c. ZONE OPENED WHILE SYS-

c. Open protection zone number is displayed.

 

TEM IS IN TEST MODE

 

RAPID BEEPING

MEMORY OF ALARM

FIRE and/or ALARM is displayed; zone in alarm is displayed.

Keypad only

 

 

SLOW BEEPING

ENTRY DELAY WARNING

None during delay; Exceeding the delay time without disarming causes alarm.

Keypad only

 

 

 

 

 

If bell is used as external sounder, fire alarm is pulsed ring; burglary/audible emergency is steady ring.

N o t e s : ¥ BAT displayed (with no beeping or zone number) indicates system main battery is weak (see page 27).

¥Also see Power Failure, and Other Displays under TROUBLE CONDITIONS on page 27.

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First Alert FA120C user manual Summary of AUDIBLE/VISUAL Notifications

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