First Alert FA145C Home Security System User Manual


 
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PANIC KEYS
(FOR MANUALLY ACTIVATING SILENT AND/OR AUDIBLE ALARMS)
Using
Panic Keys
Your system may have been programmed to use special keys or pairs of keys to
manually activate emergency (panic) functions. The functions that might be programmed
are:
Silent Emergency, Audible Emergency, Personal Emergency, and Fire.
A silent emergency sends a silent alarm signal to the central station*, but there is no
audible alarm or visual display.
An audible emergency sends a signal to the central station* and sounds a loud, steady
alarm at your keypad(s) and at any external sounders that may be connected (ALARM
plus a zone number is also displayed).
A personal emergency
alarm sends an emergency message to the central station* and
sounds at keypad(s), but not at external bells or sirens.
A fire alarm sends a fire alarm message to the central station* and uniquely sounds at
keypad(s) and external bells and sirens (FIRE plus a zone number is also displayed).
* If connected to a central station.
TO INITIATE A PANIC FUNCTION AT ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT:
• Press an active lettered key (A, B or C) for at least two seconds.
or, if lettered keys are not present on the keypad,
• Press both keys of an active pair at the same time.
See next page for panic functions that have been assigned to keys.
Also see
Duress Code
feature on page 10.