User Guide

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Emergency Lighting Control
Operating and Testing Emergency Lighting
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4.4.2.2 Starting Short Duration Test
The short duration test places the device in power outage state long enough to
calculate battery capacity without fully draining the battery.
 Central function Emergency Lighting and the corresponding group are
selected.
1. Select the Emergency lighting control command.
2. In the Value drop-down, select option Start short duration test.
3. Click Change.
 The short duration test starts .
 The short duration test takes about 10 to 60 minutes depending on device
type
.
4. The test result must be read from emergency luminaires with a Report [➙ 42].
4.4.2.3 Starting Long Duration Test
The long duration test places the device in power outage state long enough to
measure battery capacity.
 Central function Emergency Lighting and the corresponding group are
selected.
1. Select the Emergency lighting control command.
2. In the Value drop-down list, select option Start duration test.
3. Click Change.
 The long duration test starts .
 The long duration test takes about 1 to 5 hours depending on device type
.
4. The test result must be read from emergency luminaires with a Report [➙ 42].
4.4.2.4 Stopping Active Test
Stops a running function or running continuous test. A cancelled test must be
repeated within a defined period as per national standards.
 Central function Emergency Lighting and the corresponding group are
selected.
1. Select the Emergency lighting control command.
2. In the Value drop-down list, select option Stop active test.
3. Click Change.