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About the Display and Indicators

Display Definitions (for other displays, see

Trouble Messages

)

 

AWAY

LOW BAT

AC

 

INSTANT

CHIME

TEST

ALARM

STAY

REC MESSAGE

FIRE

BYPASS

FAULT

ALARM:

 

Appears when the system is armed and an intrusion has been

detected

(also appears

 

 

during a fire alarm or audible emergency alarm). Accompanied

by the

protection zone

 

 

that is in alarm.

 

 

AWAY:

 

All burglary zones, interior and perimeter, are armed.

 

 

INSTANT:

 

Entry delay is turned off.

 

 

STAY:8/

 

Perimeter burglary zones, such as protected windows and doors, are armed.

 

 

 

ReadyGuard-REN is not intended for UL985 Household Fire applications unless a 24-hour backup

 

battery (P/N LYNXRCHKIT-HC) is installed.

 

 

FIRE:

 

 

 

Appears when a fire alarm or fire fault is present. Accompanied by a display of the zone

 

 

that is in alarm.

 

 

LOW BAT:

 

Low battery condition in a wireless sensor (if zone number is displayed) or low system

 

 

battery (if no zone number is displayed). If 00 is displayed, a wireless keypad (5827) has

 

 

a low battery condition.

 

 

AC:

 

Appears when AC power is present. If not displayed, the system is operating on backup

 

 

battery power.

 

 

CHIME:

 

Appears when the Chime feature is activated.

 

 

TEST:

 

Appears when the system is in Test mode.

 

 

REC:

 

Appears when the system is in Recording mode.

 

 

MESSAGE:

 

Appears when a message has been recorded and has not yet been played back.

 

BYPASS:

 

Appears when one or more burglary protection zones have been bypassed.

 

FAULT:

 

Appears at any time a malfunction is discovered in the system; or any time an open is

 

 

detected in a fire zone; or when a fault in a day/night burglary zone is discovered during

 

 

a disarmed period. Accompanied by a display of the zone number in trouble.

PH:

 

Appears in place of the clock when the speaker phone mode is active.

 

PC:

 

Appears during a remote phone control session.

 

 

LED Meanings

 

 

 

ARMED

LED:

ON = System armed

 

 

(Red)

 

OFF = System disarmed

 

 

 

 

Blinking = System armed, but a fault exists

 

 

 

 

Blinking alternately with READY LED = AVM (VOX or Talk) or speaker phone mode

 

 

is active

 

 

READY

LED:

ON = System disarmed, ready to arm

 

 

(Green)

 

OFF = System armed

 

 

 

 

Blinking = System disarmed, not ready to arm (a fault exists)

 

 

 

 

Blinking alternately with ARMED LED = AVM (VOX or Talk) or speaker phone mode

 

 

is active.

 

 

 

 

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First Alert K596-1 9 manual About the Display and Indicators

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