Compact ICS 6.1 System Coordinator Guide

Troubleshooting

Using the alarm telephone

An alarm telephone displays Norstar system alarm codes, should they occur. Alarm telephones are Norstar telephones or Business Series Terminals with two-line displays that are specifically assigned by the installer to receive system alarm codes.

Reporting and recording alarm codes

If an alarm message appears on the alarm telephone display

1.Record the alarm number.

2.Press TIME and record the time displayed.

3.Call your installer or customer service representative and report the alarm code.

4.After speaking to your installer or customer service representative, press CLEAR.

Displays

Alarm:

61-4-2

Report this alarm and the time it occurred to your

TIME

CLEAR

installer or customer service representative.

 

 

 

 

Testing the telephone

If you suspect something is wrong with a button, the speaker, the displays, or some other part of the telephone hardware, you can do a quick test to see which part of the telephone is broken.

Tip - Ensure that the function of a button matches the

label by pressing

then the button.

You can end the telephone•‚testing session anytime by

pressing or ￿unless you are testing those buttons. The®test feature,times-out after 30 minutes of no activity.

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