First Alert FA160C User manual

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USER'S
MANUAL
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SYSTEM OVERVIEW ....................................................4
General ...................................................................... 4
A Partitioned System................................................4
Zones ........................................................................4
Burglary Protection .................................................5
Security Codes ......................................................... 5
Fire Protection..........................................................6
Alarms.......................................................................6
Memory of Alarm ......................................................6
Phone Access & Voice Response ...........................6
ENTRY/EXIT DELAYS .................................................. 7
General Information.................................................. 7
Exit Alarms................................................................ 8
ABOUT THE KEYPADS ................................................9
FUNCTIONS OF THE KEYPADS ................................ 12
CHECKING FOR OPEN ZONES ................................. 14
ARMING PERIMETER ONLY (STAY)......................... 15
ARMING PERIMETER ONLY (INSTANT)................... 16
ARMING ALL PROTECTION (AWAY)........................ 17
2-Partition Away Arming........................................ 17
ARMING ALL PROTECTION (MAXIMUM)................. 19
DISARMING AND SILENCING ALARMS................... 20
Memory of Alarm .................................................... 20
BYPASSING PROTECTION ZONES .......................... 21
Quick Bypass ......................................................... 22
Displaying Bypassed Zones...................................22
CHIME MODE ..............................................................23
PANIC KEYS ............................................................... 24
USING DEVICE COMMANDS..................................... 25
USING THE KEYSWITCH ........................................... 26
SECURITY CODES ..................................................... 27
General ....................................................................27
Babysitter Code ......................................................27
Duress Code........................................................... 27
Quick Arming ..........................................................27
To Add or Change A User ...................................... 28
To Delete A User ..................................................... 28
TESTING THE SYSTEM.............................................. 29
TROUBLE CONDITIONS ............................................31
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM ............................................... 33
NFPA RECOMMENDATIONS..................................... 34
EMERGENCY EVACUATION...................................... 35
MAINTAINING YOUR SYSTEM .................................. 36
QUICK GUIDE TO SYSTEM FUNCTIONS..................38
SUMMARY OF AUDIBLE NOTIFICATIONS............... 40
GLOSSARY .................................................................41
INSURANCE CREDIT REQUEST FORM ....................47
INDEX .......................................................................... 50

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General Congratulations on your ownership of a First Alert Professional Partitioned Security
System. You've made a wise decision in choosing it, for it represents the latest in
security protection technology today.
This system offers you three forms of protection: burglary, fire and emergency. Your
system consists of at least one keypad which provides control of system operation,
and includes various sensors which provide perimeter and interior burglary protection,
plus smoke or combustion detectors designed to provide early warning in case of fire.
The system uses microcomputer technology to monitor all protection zones and
system status and provides appropriate information for display on the keypad(s) used
with the system, and initiates appropriate alarms. Your system may also have been
programmed to automatically transmit alarm or status messages over the phone lines
to a central alarm monitoring station.
A Partitioned
System Simply stated, a partitioned system is a single physical alarm system that provides two
independent areas of protection intended for use by separate users. For the most part,
you need not know about other users and their structure in the system. However, when
the system is set up for 2-partition operation, you may see display messages from time
to time which indicate that the system is in use by another user. Do not be concerned,
this is normal.
Zones Your system's sensing devices have been assigned to various "zones." For example,
the sensing device on your Entry/Exit door may have been assigned to zone 01,
sensing devices on windows in the master bedroom to zone 02, and so on. These
numbers will appear on the display, along with a description for that zone (on Alpha
display keypads only, if programmed) when an alarm or trouble condition occurs.

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Burglary
Protection Your system provides four modes of burglary protection: STAY, AWAY, INSTANT and MAXIMUM, and allows you to BYPASS selected zones while leaving the rest of the
system armed. You must turn on or "arm" the burglary protection portion of your
system before it will sense burglary alarms. The system also provides a CHIME mode,
for alerting users to the opening of protected doors and windows while the system is
disarmed. Refer to the other sections of this manual for procedures for using these
features.
The following table lists the four different arming modes and the results of each.
Arming Features For Each Arming Mode
Mode Exit Delay Entry Delay Perimeter Armed Interior Armed
AWAY Yes Yes Yes Yes
STAY Yes Yes Yes No
INSTANT Yes No Yes No
MAXIMUM Yes No Yes Yes
Security Codes At the time of installation, you were assigned a personal four-digit security code,
known only to you. You must enter the security code when arming and disarming the
system, and when performing other system functions. As an additional safety feature,
other users who do not have a need to know your code can be assigned different
security codes. Refer to the SECURITY CODES section for procedures on adding
security codes to the system.

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Fire Protection The fire protection portion of your security system (if used) is always active and will
sound an alarm if a fire condition is detected. Refer to the FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
section for important information concerning fire protection, smoke detectors and
planning emergency exit routes from the premises.
Alarms When an alarm occurs, both the keypad and external sounders sound, and the keypad
displays the zone(s) causing the alarm. If your system is connected to a central
monitoring station, an alarm message is also sent. To stop the alarm sounding, simply
disarm the system.
Memory of Alarm When an alarm condition occurs, the keypad displays the number(s) of the zone(s) that
caused the problem, and displays the type of alarm (ex. FIRE, ALARM). It remains
displayed until it is cleared by disarming the system (see DISARMING THE SYSTEM
section).
Phone Access &
Voice
Response
Capability
Your system may include a voice module that will permit you to access the system via
a Touch-tone phone, either on-premises or by call-in when away. The phone access
feature will enable you to do the following:
•Receive synthesized voice messages over the telephone regarding the status of the
security system.
•Arm and disarm the system and perform most function commands via the telephone,
with voice confirmation provided after each command entry.
Complete information regarding the use of this feature is provided in a separate
manual entitled PHONE ACCESS USER'S GUIDE, which accompanies the voice
module.

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General
Information Your system has preset time delays, known as exit delay and entry delay. Whenever
you arm your system, exit delay gives you time to leave through the designated exit
door without setting off an alarm. Exit delay begins immediately after entering any
arming command, and applies to all modes of arming protection. If programmed, slow
“beeps” will sound throughout the exit delay period.
Entry Delays give you time to disarm the system when you re-enter through the
designated entrance door. But you must disarm the system before the entry delay
period ends, or an alarm will occur. The keypad beeps during the entry delay period,
reminding you to disarm the system. There are two entry delays (if programmed). The
first is for your primary entrance and the second may be used for a secondary
entrance, where a longer delay is required to walk to the keypad to disarm the system.
The secondary entry delay is 30 seconds longer than your primary entry delay.
You can also arm the system with no entry delay at all by using either INSTANT or
MAXIMUM arming modes. These modes provide greater security while on the
premises or while away for extended periods of time.
See your installer for your delay times.
Partition 1 Exit Delay: seconds Entry Delay 1: seconds
Entry Delay 2: seconds
Partition 2 Exit Delay: seconds Entry Delay 1: seconds
Entry Delay 2: seconds

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Exit Alarms
To minimize false alarms
sent to the alarm
monitoring company,
your system may have
been programmed for
this feature. Ask your
installer if "Exit Alarm" is
active for your system.
Exit Alarm Active
Whenever you arm the system, the exit delay begins. If an entry/exit door or interior
zone is faulted when the exit delay ends (e.g., exit door left open), the system sounds
an alarm and starts the entry delay timer. If you disarm the system before the entry
delay ends, the alarm sound stops and the message "CANCELLED ALARM" or "CA" is
displayed on the keypad, along with a zone number indicating the faulted zone. No
message is sent to the alarm monitoring company.
To clear the exit alarm condition, the open zone must be made intact; to clear the
display, enter your code plus OFF.
If you do not disarm the system before the entry delay ends, and an entry/exit door or
interior zone is still open, the alarm sound continues and an "exit alarm" message is
sent to the alarm monitoring company. The message ""EXIT ALARM" or "EA" is
displayed on the keypad, along with a zone number indicating the faulted zone.
To stop the alarm, the system must be disarmed (your code plus OFF); to clear the
display, enter your code plus OFF a second time.
An “exit alarm” also results if an entry/exit door or interior zone is faulted within two
minutes after the end of the exit delay.

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General Your keypads allow you to control all system functions. The keypads feature a
telephone style (digital) keypad and a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) which shows the
nature and location of all occurrences.
The keypads also feature a built-in sounder which will sound during alarms and
troubles. The keypads also "beep" during certain system functions, such as during
entry/exit delay times, in CHIME mode, and when depressing any of the keys (to
acknowledge the key press).
There are two basic types of keypads – a Fixed-Word keypad and an Alpha key-
pad (both described below). Fixed-Word and Alpha keypads are functionally the
same, even though they have different types of displays.
2-Line Alpha Keypad 2-line Alpha keypads feature a 2-line, 32-character alphanumeric LCD which can
display system messages in friendly English. These keypads can also be
programmed with custom zone descriptors. The screen displays depicted
throughout this manual are examples of displays that would typically appear
on a 2-line Alpha keypad.
1-Line Alpha Keypad 1-line Alpha keypads feature a 16-character alphanumeric LCD which can display
system messages in friendly English. Messages are the same as those for 2-line
Alpha keypads, but are displayed one line at a time. To view the second line of the
message, simply press the # key. To return to the first line, press the # again,
or wait 3 seconds.
After pressing the # key, wait at least 3 seconds before entering a command.
Fixed-Word Keypad Fixed-Word keypads are functionally identical to Alpha keypads, but the LCD display
uses pre-designated words to identify the nature and location of occurrences.
Fixed-Word keypads are available with two styles of displays, “A” or “B” (see page
11), depending on keypad used.

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FA550KP has a 2-line display.