User's Manual

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Silencing Nuisance Alarms
Alarm Features and Functions
Testing the Alarm
Every alarm should be tested weekly to ensure proper operation.
To test the alarm, press and release the button on
the front face.
The alarm will sound with 3 beeps and FIRE will flash
rapidly.
All four icons will strobe to indicate a successful
test.
The alarm will then send out a network test
command and all other alarms on the network will
perform the steps above.
If the alarm fails, the horn will sound. Clean the
alarm (as described in this manual) and retest. If the
alarm still fails, contact the manufacturer.
The Exigent family of alarms is equipped with a silence feature that will decrease
the sensitivity of the alarm and silence nuisance alarms.
If in the course of normal activity, cooking smoke,
steam or other gases cause the alarm to activate,
the alarm can be silenced for ten minutes by
pressing the button on the front face of the
alarm.
The silence feature will also silence any alarms
that were triggered remotely. However, the
initiating alarm must be silenced directly.
If the quantity of smoke is too great, the
alarm will not silence until the air has
cleared sufficiently.
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Deactivating the EX20 SMK Alarm
When the alarm’s End-of-Life signal occurs, the alarm must be deactivated and
disposed of properly. Be sure and have a replacement alarm available.
To deactivate the alarm, insert a pin or bent
paperclip into the deactivation lock-out hole.
Hold the pin down firmly.
When the switch is fully positioned the word
“OFF” will be exposed.
The switch will lock permanently into place. The
alarm cannot be reactivated!
After the deactivation switch has been thrown,
WARNING icon will light up. This will deplete
any remaining battery power over a period of a
few hours.
After the light has gone out, responsibly dispose
of the alarm and replace with a new smoke
alarm!
With the pin still pressed firmly in place, slide the
switch in the direction indicated by the arrow in
the drawing.
If the alarm’s End-of-Life signal has begun,
remove the alarm from its bracket.
Locate the slide switch and the deactivation
lock-out hole on the back surface of the alarm.
slide
switch
lock-out hole
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