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How the System Operates
Your AT&T Security System 8300 has been
customized to fit your particular needs. Be sure to
refer to the checklist on page 1 if you are uncertain
whether your system includes a particular compo-
nent or feature.
Communication Control Unit (CCU)
The Communication Control Unit is the center of
your security system. Using house current, or a
backup battery during a power failure, it powers
your entire wired system. It monitors all sensors,
wired and wireless, and generates all alarms. If
you have a monitoring service, it will use your
phone line to report any alarms.
Display Control Keypad
The Display Control Keypad is the system compo-
nent that you use to program, arm and disarm your
system. With a Level 1 access code (see page
7),
you can arm your system, disarm it, bypass
sensors, generate alarms, cancel alarms, remove
alarms from the display, silence trouble beeps, add
or delete access codes, and more. The Display
Control Keypad can be set up to operate as a
telephone or an intercom. For more information on
the Display Control Keypad, see page 4.
Monitoring Service
Most systems have a monitoring service. When an
alarm or other problem occurs, your system will
contact your monitoring service and they will notify
the police, fire department, or anyone else who
may be needed.
Your monitoring service may have the ability to
arm your system or bypass a faulty sensor through
your phone connection.
NOTE: These options are not available in UL
approved installations.
Some services also provide Opening and Closing
Reports. This option provides monitoring of all
activity on your premises, such as someone
changing the Level of Protection, when your
building should not be occupied.
Ask your dealer
about your monitoring service’s capabilities.
NOTE: If you do not have a monitoring service,
any reference to one in this manual does not
apply to your system.
Sensors
The various sensors monitor the conditions in your
building. Depending on your needs, they can be
set up to detect entry and exit from the building,
motion within the building, and smoke or fire
conditions. They can also monitor environmental
conditions, such as water in your cellar, excessive
heat, or a power failure.
When the sensor reports an alarm or trouble
condition, the Display Control Keypad will tell you
what type of problem exists and it will give you a
description of the affected sensor or sensor group.
Each sensor can be set to react differently in each
Level of Protection. For example, if your system is
set to
Day, you
might want it to chime when your
front door is opened. If it is set to
Away
or
Night,
you might want it to generate an alarm. If your
system is set to Off, you might want nothing to
happen when the door is opened. Your dealer will
set each sensor, according to your needs.
Some sensors can be set to generate delayed
alarms. This is usually the way a front door sensor
is set. This enables you to enter the premises and
enter your access code at a keypad, before an
alarm is triggered. The keypad will beep while the
system is in the delayed alarm state, unless
silenced by your dealer.
The following sections of this book will help you
operate your system correctly, and help you
identify and correct any problems you may encoun-
ter.
Supervision
Your dealer can program your system to monitor
the phone line and generate a trouble warning
under various conditions. To avoid troublesome
warnings over short-term outages, most warnings
will not occur until the system detects a real (long
term) problem.
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