User`s guide

14 XR500 User’s Guide User Menu
Alarm Silence
Silences the alarm bells or sirens during an alarm.
Alarm Silence allows you to turn off the alarm bells and sirens
connected to your system during an alarm. Using Alarm Silence
does NOT stop an alarm report from being sent to the central
station and does not reset any alarmed devices. Use the Sensor
Reset function to reset devices such as smoke detectors that have
latched in alarm.
Note: You can also silence an alarm by entering your user code and
pressing COMMAND or by presenting your card to a reader while
the Status List displays. Matching areas assigned to your code are
disarmed and door access occurs.
Using the Alarm Silence Function
1. Access the User Menu.
2. The keypad displays ALARM SILENCE?.
3. Press any Select key to silence the bells and exit the User
Menu.
Sensor Reset
Resets smoke or glassbreak detectors. Also clears Fire/Supervisory
alarm and trouble displays.
Sensor Reset is used to reset smoke and glassbreak detectors after
they have tripped. Once these detectors trip, they must be reset
before they can detect any additional alarm conditions. When you
select Sensor Reset, power to the detectors is temporarily removed
by the system allowing them to reset.
Make sure all smoke is cleared from around the area of the smoke
detectors before performing a Sensor Reset to prevent the alarm
from occurring again.
Resetting the Sensors
1. Access the User Menu.
2. Press COMMAND until SENSOR RESET displays.
3. The keypad displays SENSORS OFF for Þ ve seconds followed
by SENSORS ON.
4. The keypad automatically exits the User Menu.