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*UPPER CASE indicates announcements after pressing

STATUS

once. Lower case indicates announcements after pressing

STATUS

twice.

SOUND

 

CAUSE

 

DISPLAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENT*

 

INTERRUPTED

 

FIRE ALARM

 

 

FIRE ALARM

 

is displayed; zone number in

 

fire alarm + zone voice descriptor

 

Speaker and external

 

 

 

 

alarm displayed.

 

 

 

 

(Voice descriptor is interlaced

 

piezo and bell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with the siren and sounds every

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

45 seconds)

 

CONTINUOUS

 

 

BURGLARY/AUDIBLE

 

 

ALARM

is displayed; zone number in

 

alarm + zone voice descriptor

 

Speaker and external

EMERGENCY ALARM

 

 

alarm displayed.

 

 

 

 

(Voice descriptor is interlaced

 

piezo and bell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with the siren and sounds every

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

45 seconds)

 

ONE SHORT BEEP

a.

SYSTEM DISARM

 

 

a. Green LED on steady

 

 

 

a. DISARMED–READY TO ARM

 

(not repeated)

 

 

b.

SYSTEM ARMING

 

 

b. The number of the open protection zone

 

b. DISARMED–NOT READY TO

 

Speaker and external

 

ATTEMPT WITH AN OPEN

 

 

is displayed after pressing

STATUS

.

ARM

 

piezo

 

 

 

ZONE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c.

BYPASS VERIFY

 

 

c. Numbers of the bypassed protection

 

c. zones bypassed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

zones are displayed (One beep is heard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for each zone displayed).

 

 

 

 

ONE SHORT BEEP

a.

SYSTEM IS IN TEST MODE

 

 

a. Opened zone identifications will appear.

 

a. No announcement

 

(once every 45 secs)

b. LOW BATTERY AT A

 

 

b. LOW BAT

 

displayed with zone number

 

b. low battery + zone voice

 

Speaker and external

 

TRANSMITTER

 

 

of transmitter.

 

 

 

descriptor

 

piezo

 

 

c.

SYSTEM LOW BATTERY

 

 

c.LOW BAT

 

displayed with no zone no.

 

c. system low battery

 

 

 

 

d.

FAIL TO COMMUNICATE

 

 

d. FC displayed with no zone no.

 

 

d. check system

 

TWO SHORT BEEPS

ARM AWAY OR MAXIMUM

 

 

AWAY or AWAY + INSTANT

 

is displayed.

ARMED AWAY [INSTANT] –

 

Speaker and ext. piezo

 

 

 

 

Red ARMED indicator is lit.

 

 

EXIT NOW

 

THREE SHORT

 

 

a.

ARM STAY OR INSTANT

 

 

a. STAY

or

STAY + INSTANT

is displayed.

a. ARMED STAY [INSTANT] –

 

BEEPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red ARMED indicator is lit.

 

 

EXIT NOW

 

Speaker and external

b.

ZONE OPENED WHILE

 

 

b. CHIME

displayed, number of open

 

b. zone voice descriptor

 

piezo

 

 

 

SYSTEM IS IN CHIME

 

 

protection zone will be displayed if the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MODE.

 

 

Status key is pressed.

 

 

 

 

 

RAPID BEEPING

a. TROUBLE

 

 

a. FAULT

displayed.

Number of troubled

 

a. fault + zone voice descriptor

 

Speaker and external

 

 

 

 

protection zone is displayed.

 

 

 

 

piezo

 

 

b.

MEMORY OF ALARM

 

 

b. FIRE ALARM

or

ALARM

is displayed;

b. fire alarm or alarm + zone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

zone number in alarm is displayed.

 

 

voice descriptor

 

SLOW BEEPING

 

a.

ENTRY DELAY WARNING

 

 

a. Exceeding the delay time without

 

 

a. DISARM SYSTEM NOW

 

Speaker and external

 

 

 

 

disarming causes alarm.

 

 

 

 

 

piezo

 

 

b. EXIT DELAY WARNING

 

 

b. AWAY

or

AWAY + INSTANT

 

is

b. ARMED [AWAY] [INSTANT] –

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

displayed

 

 

 

 

 

EXIT NOW

 

Additional Announcements:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pressing STATUS key once will announce the following primary messages, depending on the system’s status at the time:

 

Disarmed–Ready to Arm [check system]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disarmed [not ready to arm]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Armed [away] [stay] [instant] [check system] [exit now]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pressing the STATUS key twice will announce the following secondary messages, depending on the system’s status at the time:

 

Fire Alarm + zone voice descriptor

 

Fault + zone voice descriptor

 

 

 

 

Zones Bypassed

 

Alarm + zone voice descriptor

 

Low Battery + zone voice descriptor

 

 

System Low Battery

 

Fire Fault + zone voice descriptor

 

Chime

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AC Loss

 

 

NOTE:

If there are no secondary messages, the primary status messages will be announced.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LED Meanings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARMED LED:

ON = System armed

 

 

 

 

 

READY LED: ON = System disarmed, ready to arm

 

(Red)

 

OFF = System disarmed

 

 

 

(Green)

 

Blinking = System disarmed, not ready to arm

 

 

 

Blinking = System armed, but a fault exists or

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a fault exists) or

once per second when AVM

 

 

 

once per second when AVM (VOX or Talk) or

 

 

 

 

 

 

(VOX

or Talk)

or speaker phone mode is

 

 

 

speaker phone mode is active.

 

 

 

 

 

 

active.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE:

When the system is armed, the READY LED turns off.

 

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First Alert K596-1 9 manual Zones Bypassed, System Low Battery, Chime

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