Specifications
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Panel > System Status
The Alarm Silence option allows you to turn off the alarms connected to a panel.
To silence an alarm, select Command > Alarm Silence. A pop-up window will appear with the message
"Alarm silenced successfully."
If the alarm can not been silenced you will receive the message, "Unable to silence alarm."
Panel > System Status
The Sensor Reset option allows you to turn off the power on the panel's switched auxiliary power
terminal for 5 seconds. This causes devices such as smoke and glassbreak detectors to power down
and reset when the power is restored.
To execute a sensor reset, select Command > Sensor Reset. A pop-up window will appear with the
message "Sensors Reset Successfully" to notify you that the reset command completed successfully.
If the sensor reset command failed, a window will appear on your screen with the message "Unable to
reset sensors."
Panel > System Status
This option allows you to synchronize the time and date in the panel with the time and date on your
Remote Link computer.
When you select Set Time and Date in the System Status window, a pop-up window will appear with
the message "Time and Date set successfully"
If Remote Link cannot set the time on the panel, you will see the message "Unable to set Remote Time
and Date."
Note: The XR6 and XR10 panels do not have an internal clock.
Panel > System Status
Send Message to a Keypad
The Send Message feature allows you to send a message to a panel that will display on the keypad or
on a printer connected to the panel.
Select Send Message from the System Status window. Enter the message up to 16 characters long in
the Message to Send field.
If you want to send the message to one or more keypads, select the Keypad option, then check the
box beside each keypad that you wish to display the message. Click the Send button.
When the Send Message command is successful, you will see "Message Sent Successfully" in a pop-up
window.
This message will cycle on the keypad display until it is turned off. To remove the message, you will
need to send a blank message. In the Message to Send field, press the space bar once, then click
Send.
To remove the message on-site, perform a J16 panel reset.