AT&T 8000 User manual

Security System 8000
’
Owner’s Manual
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Contents
Introduction......................................................
Safety Procedures...............................................
Safety
Planning .........................................................................................
FireProtection
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System Operation...............................................
Sensors
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Wireless System
Keypad
(Wireless Remote Transmitter).....................
When
Leaving Home
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WhenReturningHome
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Turning
Your System
Off ..........................................................................
Soundinga
Panic Alarm...........................................................................
Opening a Door or Window When the System is Armed.......................
Alarms and Trouble Beeps..................................
Alarms.......................................................................................................
TroubleBeeps
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Contents
Components.......................................................
Central Controller......................................................................................
The Wireless System Keypad (Wireless Remote Transmitter).................
Wireless
LocalKeypad (Keypad Transmitter)..........................................
Supervised
Smoke Detector.....................................................................
UniversalTransmitter................................................................................
Passive
Infrared Transmitter (PIRT) .........................................................
WirelessSiren/Controller..........................................................................
Testing and Maintenance......................................
Replacing Batteries in Keypads and Universal Transmitters....................
ReplacingPIRT Batteries.........................................................................
ReplacingSmoke DetectorBatteries........................................................
Replacing WirelessSiren/ControllerBatteries..........................................
Weekly SystemTest.................................................................................
Warranty..........................................................
FCC Registration and Repair Information..
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Index...............................................................
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Quick Reference.............................. inside back cover
Transmitter Identification Numbers............. back cover
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Introduction
Congratulations on the purchase of your new AT&T Security System 8000.
Your dealer has demonstrated the correct way to operate your new
system. Use this booklet as a reference when you have questions about its
operation or maintenance.
Remember, no security system prevents emergencies. Instead, a security
system alerts you and your family in the event of an emergency. Your
AT&T Security System 8000 cannot be a substitute for sound safety
practices or insurance. Contact your insurance company to inform them
that you have installed a security system-you may be entitled to a
reduction in premiums.
In Case of Emergency
Contact your local police department, fire department, and alarm dealer for
advice on handling household emergencies. Ensure that every member of
your household knows exactly what to do if an emergency occurs.
This AT&T security system is
suitable for use as a Grade A
Household Burglary Warning
System
(UL1023).
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Safety Procedures
Safety Planning
Plan in advance how each member of your family should respond to
an alarm. Discuss the different alarm signals, make sure each person is
familiar with them, and make a plan for each person. If you have children,
be sure that you instruct them carefully and that they understand. Establish
a meeting place outside the house, so you can account for everyone in
case of fire or other emergency. Practice safety procedures so that
everyone can respond quickly in a crisis.
In case of a fire alarm, every member of your family should leave the
house immediately by way of planned escape routes and meet at a
planned location.
Returning Home to an Audible Alarm
If you return home to an audible alarm, do not enter your house. You might
be walking into a fire or an intruder might still be inside. Go to a neighbor or
public phone and call the fire department or police.
Using the Universal Transmitter as a Panic Button
Press Alarm on the Universal Transmitter and hold it down for 2 seconds.
Testing Your Alarm System Weekly
Test your wireless alarm system every week, using the procedures on
page 32. To prevent false alarms, check with your dealer before testing.
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Safety Procedures
Fire Protection
To Reduce the Risk of Fire
Minimize hazards:
lStore flammable materials properly. Avoid cleaning with flammable
liquids such as gasoline. If at all possible, eliminate explosive or fast-
burning materials from your home.
lUse good housekeeping techniques. A cluttered attic, basement, or
storage area increases the risk of fire.
l Never smoke in bed.
lDo not leave children unattended.
lDo not overload electrical outlets.
If you have children or invalids in your home, the fire department can
provide you with window decals that will show the fire department where to
look first in the event of a fire.
If the Smoke Alarm “Beeps” Repeatedly
The Supervised Smoke Detector beeps once every 7 seconds when the
batteries are low. Replace the batteries immediately (see page 30).
If the Smoke Alarm Is Triggered
Smoke detectors warn you of a fire in its early stages, so that you can
escape from your house before smoke reaches a dangerous concentration
level.
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Safety Procedures
When the smoke alarm is triggered, the smoke detector’s internal siren
sounds and the smoke detector transmits the alarm to the Central Control-
ler. Also, the On/Alarm light in the center of the Supervised Smoke Detector
Transmitter glows steadily. (During normal operation, this On/Alarm light
flashes about once every 7 seconds.) Immediately follow the evacuation
instructions given below. If your security system is connected to a central
monitoring service, an emergency call will be initiated.
Evacuation Procedures
Do not panic-escape may depend upon clear thinking.
Get out of the house following planned escape routes, if possible. Do
not stop to dress or collect valuables.
Open doors carefully only after feeling them to see if they are hot. If a
door is hot, do not open it-follow an alternate escape route.
Keep close to the floor-smoke and hot gases rise.
Keep doors and windows closed unless it is necessary to open them to
escape.
Meet at a pre-established meeting place after leaving your house.
Never re-enter a burning building. Use a neighbor’s phone or a street
fire alarm box to call the fire department.
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System Operation
Sensors
The AT&T Security System 8000 consists of various types of sensors.
These sensors are attached to transmitters that report to the Central
Controller. These sensors are set in one of the following ways:
24-Hour sensors are always armed. You cannot turn these sensors off.
Smoke detectors, environmental and auxiliary sensors are 24-hour
sensors.
Perimeter sensors are usually located at windows and exterior doors.
These sensors are armed when your system is in the HOME or AWAY
mode.
Interior sensors are only armed when the system is in the AWAY mode.
These sensors are usually motion detectors or intrusion sensors on
interior doors.
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System Operation
Wireless System Keypad
(Wireless Remote Transmitter)
In order to operate your system correctly, you should be familiar with the
Wireless System Keypad. Please read this section carefully and keep it
handy as a reference source.
NOTE: You need the security code to operate any keypad. When your
dealer tells you the security code, write it down and store it safely. DO
NOT WRITE YOUR SECURITY CODE IN THIS BOOK OR ANYWHERE
THAT AN INTRUDER COULD FIND IT.
The Wireless System Keypad enables you to set your system to Home,
Away, or Off. It also enables you to open any door or window that is con-
nected to this keypad. The keypad can also be used to generate a Panic
Alarm in an emergency.
The Wireless System Keypad is usually mounted at the principle access
door, but additional units can be converted for use as portable keypads.
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System Operation
When Leaving Home
Enter your security code on the Wireless System Keypad attached to
the door from which you will be leaving. The transmitter beeps once
after each number you enter and will beep three times after the entire
code is entered correctly.
Press Away. If the Central Controller beeps once, the system is secure
-continue to step 3. If the Central Controller beeps four times, one or
more of the transmitters is not secure. Go to the Central Controller to
find out where the problem exists. Check to see if:
la window or door is open
l a keypad is disarmed
lthe cover is off one of the transmitters
la transmitter has been tampered with
lsomething is triggering a motion detector.
If you correct the problem, the Central Controller will beep once when
you arm the system. If you do not correct the problem, the system will
arm itself within 40 seconds, but the alarm point that caused the
problem will remain unprotected.
Press Open and then go out the door and close it. The system will arm
itself in about 40 seconds. If you do not leave within 40 seconds, enter
your security code and press Open. You can exit through that door and
the system will remain armed.
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System Operation
When Returning Home
Enter your home through a door that is close to a Wireless System
Keypad. The Central Controller will begin beeping at an interval of once
every three seconds.
Enter your security code on the keypad within 40 seconds of entering
the door. This will cancel the delayed alarm.
Press Home. This will disable all Interior sensors. The Central Controller
will beep once to indicate the change in status.
Turning Your System Off
1
Enter your security code on the Wireless System Keypad. The keypad
will beep three times when the code is entered correctly.
2
Press Off. All internal and perimeter sensors are deactivated. All 24-hour
sensors (fire, auxiliary, environmental, tamper and panic) remain armed.
The Central Controller will beep once to indicate the change in status.
Sounding a Panic Alarm
Simultaneously press both sets of red dots in the Alarm area of any keypad
(see illustration). This will immediately sound an intrusion alarm and
activate your telephone dialer.
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System Operation
Opening a Door or Window When the System
Is Armed
1 Enter your security code on the Wireless System Keypad .
2 Press Off to disarm the system.
3 Open the door or window.
4 Rearm your system. The Central Controller will beep four times because
of the open door or window. The system will be armed but the sensor at
the open door or window will be unprotected. When you close the door
or window the sensor will be reaccepted into the system immediately.
NOTE: If there is a Wireless System Keypad or a Wireless Local
Keypad attached to the door or window sensor:
1 Enter your security code.
2 Press Open . The transmitter will beep three times.
3 Open the door or window within 40 seconds after pressing Open . You
can leave the door or window open as long as you like. When you
close it, the sensor will be reaccepted into the system.
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Alarms and Trouble Beeps
The System 8000 generates two types of warnings: alarms and trouble beeps. The
following
chart will help you distinguish between these warnings.
1 This Pattern
every 40 seconds
uninterrupted tone
repeating pattern:
long tones only
repeating pattern:
one long tone,
3 short tones
t
repeating pattern:
8 short tones
Means
Trouble Beeps-A system problem has been detected. Your
system is still operable, but the problem should be corrected as
soon as possible (see page 14).
Fire Alarm-Either the Smoke Detector Transmitter or a transmitter
configured for fire emergency has been triggered. Your system will
sound this alarm and activate your telephone dialer. Depending on
your programming, there may be a 40-second delayed alarm from
external sirens.
Intrusion Alarm-A door or window has been opened or broken;
a motion detector has been triggered; or a tamper switch has been
activated. Your system will sound this alarm and activate your
telephone dialer, unless the keypad is set on the
40-second delay.
Auxiliary Alarm-An auxiliary transmitter has been triggered. Your
system will sound this alarm and activate your telephone dialer.
Environmental Alarm-A sensor has been triggered by heat, cold,
moisture, etc. Your system will sound the alarm and activate your
telephone dialer. External sirens are silent.
NOTE: Your system may not
be equipped for all these
alarms. Ask your dealer
which alarms are included in
your system.
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Alarms and Trouble Beeps
Automatic Disarm Period
After your system sounds a fire, environmental, or auxiliary alarm, it will not
repeat the same kind of alarm for five minutes. This Automatic Disarm
Period gives you time to clear away smoke or otherwise tend to the
emergency, without having another alarm of this type go off. During this
period, AA will be displayed at the Central Controller.
Silencing Alarms
To silence any alarm, enter your security code on a keypad. This will
silence an alarm that is already sounding and will cancel a delayed alarm
that has not yet sounded. You can cancel any type of alarm this way-fire,
intrusion, environmental, or auxiliary.
The Cancel key on your Central Controller will cancel a fire, environmental,
or auxiliary alarm, but it will not cancel an intrusion alarm. Intrusion alarms
can only be cancelled by entering your security code on a keypad.
NOTE: If a false alarm occurs and your system is equipped with a
telephone dialer, call your monitoring service to inform them that there is
no emergency.
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Alarms and Trouble Beeps
The Ambush Feature
The Ambush Feature is designed to protect you in the event that you must
unwillingly cancel an intrusion alarm. Should an intruder force you to cancel
an alarm, enter your security code backwards on the keypad. For example,
if your code is 7-6-4, enter 4-6-7.
The audible alarm will immediately go silent, but your Central Controller will
continue to dial your monitoring service and will report a special Ambush
alarm. During this period, all other system functions
- such as changing
states
- will operate normally.
NOTE: If you are not connected to a monitoring service this feature is
not included in your system.
Sounding a Panic Alarm
If an intruder is attempting to enter your house, you can trigger the alarm
immediately-even before the intruder sets off the alarm at a door or
window.
Simultaneously press both sets of red dots in the Alarm area of any keypad
(see illustration). This will sound an intrusion alarm and activate your
automatic telephone dialer.
In many installations, Universal Transmitters are also set up as Panic
Alarms. To activate the Panic Alarm on the Universal Transmitter, press the
button and hold it down for 2 seconds.
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Alarms and Trouble Beeps
Trouble Beeps
If your Central Controller starts to beep twice every 40 seconds, NO ALARM
IS SOUNDING. The system is sounding Trouble Beeps to alert you to a
problem it has detected. Trouble beeps can come from the Central Control-
ler (see below), from the Wireless Siren/ Controller (see page
17), or from a
Smoke Detector (see page 17).
When You Hear Trouble Beeps from the Central Controller
1 Press Test/Demo on your Central Controller. This will silence the beeps.
2 Press Messages once. This will display any trouble messages detected
by the Central Controller.
3 Check the digital display to see where the problem is. If the display shows
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This Display
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Means
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0 through 31
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There is a problem with a numbered transmitter. Check the list of
numbers on the back cover of this booklet to identify the transmitter.
cc
There is a problem with your Central Controller (see page 18).
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(Continued)
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Check the Indicator Light to determine what the problem is.
This Light
Means
Alarm The transmitter shown in the display has recently registered an alarm
that has not been canceled. If you cannot account for a recent alarm,
contact your dealer immediately.
No Check In The transmitter has not checked in with the Central Controller during
the Controller’s normal supervisory time. Replace the battery in the
affected transmitter (see pages 28-31). If that doesn’t correct the
problem, have your dealer check the transmitter for problems.
Alarms and Trouble Beeps
Low Battery The unit indicated in the display needs a new battery (see pages
28-31).
AC Power This light should be on. If it is not, the power supply to the Central
Controller has been interrupted and your system is running on backup
batteries. (This will not be the cause of the trouble beeps, unless the
backup batteries are running low.) Check your household fuses or
circuit breakers for the source of the power interruption. The backup
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Alarms and Trouble Beeps
NOTE: If AC Power is the only indicator light on, the device shown in the
display is NOT
SECURE-it may be disarmed or its sensor may be open.
This will not cause trouble beeps, but the Central Controller will beep four
times when you try to set your system to HOME or AWAY.
5 Press Messages again to check for additional problems. The system will
display additional trouble messages, if there are any, each time you
pressMessages.
When the digital display shows -A, -0, or
-H, (Away, Off, or Home), you
have seen all the trouble messages. To run through them again, press
Messages.
6 Press Messages until the display shows -A, -0, or -H. This will silence the
trouble beeps unless the system detects a new problem. The trouble
messages will stay in the Central Controller memory until you clear
them.
7 After you have corrected the problem, press Clear Display to erase the
trouble messages shown in the digital display. Trouble messages can
only be erased if the problem has been fixed.
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Alarms and Trouble Beeps
When you hear Trouble Beeps from the Wireless Siren/
Controller
Press Test/Demo on the Central Controler to silence the trouble beeps.
When you press Test/Demo, each Wireless
Siren/Controller will respond
1,4,8, or no beeps.
1 beep means
- the Wireless Siren/Controller is okay.
4 beeps mean - the Wireless Siren/Controller needs new batteries.
See page
31 for instructions on replacing batteries.
8 beeps or no beeps mean
- a problem with the radio link between the
Central Controller and the Wireless Siren/Controller.
Call your dealer for assistance.
If the Test/Demo button fails to silence the trouble beeps at a Wireless
Siren/Controller, got to that unit, remove its cover by lifting it up and away
from the bottom, and press the area marked Cancel.
When you hear Trouble Beeps Directly from a Smoke Detector
The batteries in the smoke detector need to be replaced (see page 30).
The smoke detector’s internal warning signal will sound before sending a
low battery signal to the Central Controller.
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Components
Different systems offer different selections of components to meet your specific
needs. Your dealer will let you know what components are in your system.
Central Controller
The Central Controller is the brain of the system. When a transmitter broad-
casts an alarm, the Central Controller sounds the audible alarm. It can also
sound an alarm outside the home with optional sirens, and inside the home
with the optional Wireless Siren/Controller. If your system is equipped with a
telephone link, the Central Controller will also report all alarms to your monitor-
ing service.
This Display Means
-O
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Your system is OFF.
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-H
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Your system is set to HOME.
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-A
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Your system is set to AWAY.
~1~1
0through 31
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There is an alarm or a problem with a numbered transmitter. Check
the list of numbers on the back cover of this booklet to identify the
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transmitter, and use the indicator lights to help identify the problem.
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cc
There is a problem with your Central Controller. Check the indicator
lights to see what the problem is. Call your dealer if you cannot
determine the cause of the problem.
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