Honeywell control panel VISTA128FBPVISTA250FBP User Manual

 
 
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Trouble Conditions (cont’d) 
• A display of COMM. FAILURE at the Keypad indicates that a failure 
has occurred in the telephone communication portion of your system. 
CALL FOR SERVICE IMMEDIATELY.  
• A display of SYSTEM LO BAT, accompanied by a once per minute 
beeping at the Keypad indicates that a low system battery condition 
exists. CALL FOR SERVICE IMMEDIATELY. 
• A display of LO BAT and a zone descriptor, accompanied by a once per 
minute beeping at the Keypad indicates that a low...

 
 
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Emergency Evacuation 
Establish and regularly practice a plan of escape in the event of fire. The following steps are 
recommended by the National Fire Protection Association: 
 
1. Position your detector or your interior and/or exterior sounders so that 
they can be heard by all occupants. 
2. Determine two means of escape from each room. One path of escape 
should lead to the door that permits normal exit from the building. The 
other may be a window, should your path be impassable. Station...

 
 
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Maintaining Your System 
Taking Care of Your System 
The components of your security system are designed to be as free of 
maintenance as possible. However, there are some things you can do to make 
sure that your system is in reliable working condition. 
1. Test your system weekly. (See TESTING THE SYSTEM and FIRE 
ALARM SYSTEM sections). 
2.  Test the system after any alarm occurs. 
Replacing Batteries in Wireless Sensors 
Wireless sensors may not have been used in your security system...

 
 
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Maintaining Your System (cont’d) 
Silencing Low Battery Warning Tones at the Keypad 
The keypad’s warning tones can be silenced by performing an OFF sequence 
(code plus OFF key), but the Keypads low battery message display will 
remain on as a reminder that you have a low battery condition in one or more 
of your sensors. When you replace the weak battery with a fresh one, the 
sensor will send a good battery signal to the control as soon as the sensor is 
activated (opening/closing of door,...

 
 
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Quick Guide to Fire System Functions 
ACTION 
PROCEDURE 
Displaying Event  
The system is programmed to lock the keypad display with the first event that 
occurred in priority order.  
1.  Fire – highest priority 
2.  Life Safety  
3. Troubles and Supervisory 
4.  System Events (i.e. low battery) – lowest priority 
To display the next event, press the [*] key.  Repeat as necessary.   
To revert to the first event displayed, press the # key.   
Silencing Fire Alarms  Enter User Code +1 (OFF)....

 
 
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Quick Guide to Burglary System Functions 
FUNCTION PROCEDURE COMMENTS 
Check Zones  Press [✱].  To view faulted zones when is system not ready 
Display All 
Descriptors Press and hold [✱] for 5 seconds.  Displays all alpha descriptors programmed by 
installer. 
Arm System  Enter code. 
Press arming key desired (AWAY, 
STAY, INSTANT, MAXIMUM). Arms system in mode selected. 
NOTE: After pressing the STAY or INSTANT 
arming key, enter 1, 2 or 3 to arm in 
the desired STAY or INSTANT mode....

 
 
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Quick Guide to Burglary System Functions 
(cont’d) 
FUNCTION PROCEDURE COMMENTS 
Delete a User  Enter master/manager code. 
Press CODE [8]. 
Enter user no. to be deleted. 
Enter master/manager code. 
Press 1 (Yes) at prompt. Master and Manager level users can delete 
users. 
A user can only be deleted by a user with 
higher authority level. 
Enter security code.  Press [#] 
Enter 71 or 72. Activate output device as programmed. 
Enter security code.  Press [#] 
Enter 70. Activate output device...

 
 
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Summary of Audible Notification 
(Alpha Display Keypads) 
SOUND CAUSE  DISPLAY 
LOUD, 
INTERRUPTED* 
 Keypad & External FIRE ALARM FIRE is displayed; descriptor of zone in alarm is 
displayed. 
LOUD, 
CONTINUOUS* 
 Keypad & External BURGLARY/AUDIBLE EMERGENCY 
ALARM  AL ARM  is displayed; descriptor of zone in alarm is 
also displayed. 
ONE SHORT BEEP 
 (not repeated) 
Keypad only a. SYSTEM DISARM   
b.  SYSTEM ARMING ATTEMPT 
WITH AN OPEN ZONE. 
c.  BYPASS VERIFY  a. DISARMED/READY TO ARM...

 
 
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION STATEMENTS 
The user shall not make any changes or modifications to the equipment unless authorized by the Installation 
Instructions or Users Manual. Unauthorized changes or modifications could void the users authority to 
operate the equipment.  FCC CLASS B STATEMENT 
This equipment has been tested to FCC requirements and has been found acceptable for use. The FCC 
requires the following statement for your information:  This equipment generates and uses...

 
 
– 70 –  “FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) Part 68 NOTICE 
This equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC rules. On the front cover of this equipment is a 
label that contains, among other information, the FCC registration number and ringer equivalence 
number (REN) for this equipment. If requested, this information must be provided to the 
telephone company. 
This equipment uses the following jacks: 
  An RJ31X is used to connect this equipment to the telephone network. 
The REN is used to...