User`s guide
21-0381E v4.7.4 
Welcome Report 
Control  Admin Sys Config Tech-Ref 
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Alternative: You can also click Trouble on 
the status toolbar. 
Login with your user ID and PIN if 
prompted for this. 
Panel Groups and Panels: Open your 
specific panel group and panel if these are 
listed in the 'tree'. Tip
: The 'tree' can be set 
to show Control & Status topics in a single 
list (logical tree view), or on a panel-by-panel 
basis. For details, refer to "Other Desktop 
Choices". 
If the status screen is blank or inactive (or if 
you'd like more information), refer to 
"Accessing the Control and Status Topics for 
a Panel" (under "Checking Status & 
Controlling Items", previous). 
Working with This Screen 
When the status screen appears, use the Grid 
/ Form toolbar-button to select your preferred 
view-mode. 
Forms view: All equipment topics on a graphical 
screen; 
Grid View
: A list of monitored equipment topics. 
Multi-Panel Systems
: Select the desired panel at the 
bottom of the form (if not shown/selected in the 'tree'). 
Then, refer to the selection-descriptions for this 
screen while viewing the available status 
information. 
Tip: Any alarm conditions that are in effect will be 
shown in colour. Be sure to dispatch someone to 
deal with any conditions that require attention. 
Individual items that are grey in colour are not presently 
being monitored by the system. 
To block the monitoring of a specific condition: 
Go to "ConfigurationSystemEquipment" for the 
specific panel, and set the "Preprocess" for the desired 
item to "Undefined". For details, refer to "Equipment 
Settings (Pseudo/Internal Inputs)". 
-Panel (bottom of the form): This is where you 
select a desired panel (for systems with more 
than one). 
Alternative: You can also set the 'tree' to list status 
topics on a panel-by-panel basis. For details, refer to 
"Other Desktop Choices". 
- (top of screen): Status of various items 
pertaining to a specific account or site. 
- Fuse: Whether any of the fuses on this system 
panel has failed. 
- Reporting (Alarm Communications): Status of 
communications links (phone and high-security 
HSC line), and whether or not this has affected 
an alarm transmission. 
- System Configuration: Panel programming 
issues/errors. 
- Module Status: Items pertaining to an 
expansion module (door controller, point 
expansion module, etc.). 
- [Detail Module Status]: Jumps to the 
module/POD status window (grid-view), so you 
can quickly locate the device that is in trouble. 
Checking Power Levels 
(V4.4) 
System Power Status 
The power status screen allows you to check 
the status of various items pertaining to mains 
input voltage, battery life remaining, etc. 
Note: Some features are supported only by xL panels. 
Unsupported items will be shown as zero (0). 
Also See: Control & Status, Panel Control & Status, 
System, Equipment 
 Checking the Status of Panels (Equipment) 
Control & Status Panel Control & Status 
System Equipment 










