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CellComSL Series Communicator Install/Programming Guide Digital Monitoring Products
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APPENDIX
Appendix
This section of the CellComSL SeriesCellularAlarmCommunicatorProgrammingGuideprovidesadditionalzone
and system information.
18.1 Status List
TheStatusLististhecurrentstatusofthesystemorrecordsofrecentsystemeventsthatdisplayonalphanumeric
keypads.
Ifaneventweretooccuronthesystem,suchasanACfailure,thekeypadwouldalsodisplaytheAC POWER
-TRBL message.ThisisasystemeventthatisplacedintotheStatusListtoalerttheusertoaproblemwiththe
system.
SomeStatusListitemsremaininthedisplayuntilmanuallyclearedandsomeareclearedautomaticallywhenthe
conditionreturnstonormal.BelowisalistofstatusandeventdisplaysthekeypadcanshowintheStatusList:
Description Must be manually cleared?
FireandSupervisoryzonetroubles No-clearswhenzonerestores
Burglaryzonealarms No-clearsatdisarming.
Allotherzonealarms No-clearswhenzonerestores
Zonemonitordisplays No-clearsafterapproximately8minutes
Dayzonealerts No-clearsafterapproximately8minutes
Systemmonitortroubles No-clearswhenconditionrestores
(ACandbatterytrouble)
Armedstatusdisplay No
(SystemOn)
Disarmedstatusdisplays No
(SystemReady,SystemNotReady)
Remotekeypadmessages No
(Senttothekeypadbyyourofceorcentralstation)
Eachiteminthelistisdisplayedforfourseconds.Whentherearemultipleitemsinthelist,youcanusethe
COMMANDorBackArrowkeystoscrollforwardorbackthroughtheitems.
18.2 False Alarm Reduction
System Recently Armed report
TheSystemRecentlyArmedreport(S78)issentwhenaburglaryzonegoesintoalarmwithintwominutesofthe
system being armed.
18.3 Diagnostics Function
The communicator containsaDiagnosticsfunctionthatallowsyoutotesttheintegrityofthecellular
communication,cellularsignal,andcheckPanelSettings.TouseDiagnostics,resetthe communicator , enter the
Diagnosticscode2313(DIAG).
Cellular Status
Thisoptionteststheindividualcomponentsofcellularcommunication.EntryintotheCellularStatus(CELL
STATUS)menuwillcauseeachcomponentofthecellularcommunicationtobetested.Thetestwillproceeduntil
therstcomponentfailureoruntilallcomponentshavebeentestedwithpositiveresults.Thetestscreenwill
displayaftereachcomponentandwillbedisplayedfortwosecondsoruntiltheCMDkeyhasbeenpressed.
Cellular Signal Strength (CELL SIGNAL)
This option provides a way to test the cellular signal strength of the nearest tower for
thecellularcarrier.PressanytoprowSelectkeytodisplaycellsignalstrength.TheX’s
represent the numerical value of the cell signal strength in -dBm. The
▐
’srepresentthe
signalstrength0-7.
Cell Roaming Indicator
TheCellularSignalStrengthoptioninthecommunicator’sdiagnosticmenucontainsa
roamingindicator.Whenthecommunicator is roaming or not in contact with a Verizon
ownedtower,ROAMwillbedisplayedonthetoplineofthekeypadalongwiththesignal
strength.Toperformthecellularactivationprocessfromakeypad,thecommunicator
MUSTbeincontactwithaVerizonownedtower.Ifthecellularcommunicatorisin
contactwithatowerownedbyanothernetwork,ROAMandthesignalstrengthdisplays,
but activation cannot be completed. This feature can be used as a diagnostic tool to
troubleshoot activation issues.
-XX dBm
SIGNAL:
▐▐▐▐▐▐▐
ROAM -XX dBm
SIGNAL:
▐▐▐▐▐▐▐