More Operations

The Maintenance menu allows an operator to disarm output activations and individual devices for testing and maintenance purposes. A complete history log of events is accessible using the History menu.

Contents

  1. Disarm outputs
  2. Disarm devices
  3. Access event history
  4. Walktest mode

Disarm outputs

Disarm functions allow the disabling of horns/strobes, AHU shutdowns, elevator recall, or elevator shunt trip activation. A panel's disarm functions are local only, and will not affect other buildings.

  • Navigate to disarm functions by pressing Menu then Function Keys
  • Select function then press Execute
    • Note: Disarming or Arming an output will cause a new trouble event.
  • Navigate to main event list: Menu then Alarm

Disarm devices

The Maintenance menu allows the disabling of individual smoke detectors, manual pull stations, or monitor points. A global panel can target devices in any building.

  • Navigate to Maintenance menu by pressing Menu then Maint
  • Navigate to device using 🔼, 🔽, More Info+, or ESC
    • Note: Press Geographic View to navigate building zones or Physical View to navigate device loops. The current view is indicated at the upper left of the screen.
  • Press Control with device highlighted
  • Enter password: 12345678 then Done
  • Select Disarm or Arm then Execute
    • Note: Disarming or Arming a device will cause a new trouble event and light the LED labeled Partial System Disabled.
  • Navigate to main event list: Menu then Alarm

Access event history

A panel's history log is stored through panel resets and power failure.

  • Navigate to Report menu by pressing Menu then Report
  • Navigate to node/building using 🔼, 🔽, More Info+, or ESC
    • Note: Press Physical View to access history. Geographic View can not be used to access history.
  • Press History with node/building highlighted
  • Settings then Start Time to filter based on timestamp
  • View to display event history
  • Scroll event history using 🔼 and 🔽
  • Select to toggle between timestamp, message, and description
  • Navigate to main event list: Menu then Alarm

Walktest mode

Walktest is an alternative method of disarming outputs for the purpose of testing devices. Outputs such as horns/strobes or HVAC shutdown relays can be disabled on the scale of an entire building, or a specific geographic area, if geographic groups have been programmed. At this site, geographic groups have been programmed only for the Administration building.

Walktest vs. Disarm functions

Disarm functions (see above: Disarm outputs) achieve similar results to activating walktest mode for a building, with some key differences:

  • Walktest mode will automatically time-out after 4 hours, unless manually extended at the panel. Disarm functions, however, will remain active until functions are rearmed.
  • Activation of a walktested device will not report to remote annunciators such as those installed in control rooms or networked panels in other buildings.
  • While disarm functions can target a building, walktest mode can target a specific geographic area. For example, the Warehouse area of the Administration building can be put in walktest, leaving devices in Segregation to report alarms as normal.
  • An area in walktest mode can be configured to activate audibles for five seconds upon activation of a device. This allows a user to test functionality of devices in the field without a person watching the panel for messages.

Initiating a walktest

  • Navigate to Maintenance menu by pressing Menu then Maint
  • Navigate to area using 🔼, 🔽, More Info+, or ESC
    • Note: Press Geographic View to navigate geographic groups or Physical View to navigate device loops. The current view is indicated at the upper left of the screen.
  • Press Walktest with area highlighted
  • Enter password: 12345678 then Done
  • Press Settings to configure walktest bell options
    • No Bells: walktested devices will not activate horns/strobes
    • All Bells: walktested devices will activate horns/strobes for five seconds
    • Group Bells: this site is not configured to use Group Bells
  • Press Enable to initiate the walktest
    • Note: Initiating a walktest will cause new trouble events and light the LED labeled Partial System Disabled.
  • Navigate to main event list: Menu then Alarm

Devices activated in walktested areas will report to the panel for 30 seconds, and be stored in a report indefinitely. This report can be retrieved at any time by navigating to Menu, Report, Status, Walktest.

A walktest will remain active for 4 hours. A user can extend the walktest at any time by pressing Menu, Maint, Walktest, and Extend.

Walktest ending sequence

Five minutes before the end of the walktest, a 15-second audible activation occurs. Forty-five seconds before the end of the Walktest, a 45-second audible activation occurs. If No Bells has been configured, only strobes will be activated.

  • Note: Any devices still in alarm at the time the walktest expires will cause the system to go into alarm as normal. Do not test devices after the five-minute warning.

A walktest can be canceled prematurely by pressing Menu, Maint, Walktest, and Disable. When the walktest is completed, acknowledge the WALKTEST ACTIVATED trouble and reset the panel.