OPERATING GUIDE FOR YOUR MAGNUM ALEm-800/800s SECURITY SYmM 01955 NAPCO
You have taken a major step in protecting your home or business by having a Napco Magnum Alert-800/800S Alarm Control Center installed. Please read this guide thoroughly to familiarize yourself with your new security system. Keep this booklet handy for future reference. Note especially the ALARM PLAN on page 15. Your alarm specialist will help you fiH it out and explain the various features and operating procedures for your new Magnum Alert SOW 800s.
A delay period that allows the system to be reset before it reports to a cantml station. AlmmPlmn ororW- Reports burglary and emergencies directty to the central station over telephone lines. Identifies the areas of our premises protected by each zone orprotection and lists zone features (see page 15). Napco’s Digit-Key keypad puts Control Center functions at r fingertipa It can the Control Center or be mounted either a Y anywhere in your premises. Anrrkrg/Turning yours tern ON or OFF.
lndlcator ughts -/-n=Y l l wm 1-1 Steady - system is armed. Flashes - system is in alarm. Count the number of flashes to tell in which zone the alarm occurred. Example: Fourflashesalarm in Zone 4. smU9Mf-l l Steady - system is disarmed, all zones okay. l Flashes - zone in trouble (incapable of being armed). Count the number of flashes to determine zone(s). Example: Four flashes - trouble in Zone 4. shunt Ught (Y8lknw) l Steady - one or more zones are shunted (bypassed) from the system.
Each security system is custom tailored to the owner’s needs, but all MAGNUM ALERTBOO/ 800s have the following: 1. zones Your system contains up to six separate zones. Each zone is an independent circuit that protects specific areas of your home. For example: your afarm specialist may have set aside a zone for window protection, exit/entry delay, interior space protection, safe and valuables protection or emergencies. Each zone can be “programmed” to react in a specific manner.
uslrBgyourcdetoaml addiurmtheqs8mm If your system includes the Napco Digit-Key keypad you can choose your own private code to arm and disarm the Control Center. To program your code, slide the switch (upper left hand corner of your Control Center) into the LOAD position. Go to the Digit-Key keypad and enter any combination of numbers up to 6 digits (there is no zero). Use a number you will remember such as your birthday (12-s-47) rather than something obvious like your address.
First, check the green STATUS light at the keypad or keyswitch. If this light is on steadily, enter your code. The red ARMED/MEMORY light will come on and the green lamp will go out. Leave immediately through the entry/exit doorway before the delay time runs out. If you delay too long in leaving the premises, you will hear the Mini-Sounder warn you that the exit delay time has run out. To avoid causing an alarm, quickly return to the keypad and enter your code to reset the Control Center.
SHUNT button, labeled “S”, and enter your code. The yellow SHUNT light and the red ARMED/ MEMORY light will come on. The green light will be out. All zones programmed by your alarm specialist to respond to manual shunting will be shunted (even if some are not in “trouble”). Leave quickly when the red ARMED/MEMORY light goes on. Be sure to have all zones in “trouble” repaired as soon as possible.
Arming with zone shunting You might have chosen one or two zones that you can manually “shunt out” of the system from the keypad. A shunted (bypassed) zone cannot cause an alarm. Zone shunting may be used for turning off interior protection, or allowing you to turn on only your perimeter protection. To arm with zone(s) shunted, first check the green STATUS lamp to make sure that no perimeter zone is in “trouble”. Then press the SHUNT button, labeled “S”, and enter your code.
Panic alarm To activate a panic alarm and call for outside help, press the two buttons marked and # on the Digit-Key keypad. Makesure you press both buttons at the s8me time. The panic zone is capable of sending asilent signal to the Central Station when a Digital Communicator is being used (optional). The Penic Ai8rm is always active, whether your system is armed or not.
Your Alarm Specialist may have programmed your security system to be monitored by a Central Station. The built-in digital communicator can transmit emergency signals to the Centml Station 24 hours a day.
AbortDeby Note which zones on your alarm plan have abort delay. This is a 16 second delay that enables you to reset the system before a zone condition report is sent to the Central Station. Non-24 hour zones, however, must first be repaired. 12 Cantfal Madon mribwk The Central Station will acknowledge the fact that you have armed your system by “ringing back” with a short beep of the Mini-Sounder.
The following information is applicable only where local ordinance permits use of your alarm Control Center for fire detection Controrlklg Your Fin Circuit If your alarm specialist installed smoke detectors or heat sensing thermostats, you have 24 hour fire protection. This optional Fire Protection Zone is always active, even though your system may be disarmed. An optional Fire Supervision and Indicator Station on the Control Center provides the following fire circuit controls.
an escape plan Even with the most advanced fire alarm system, adequate protection requires an escape plan. To prepare your plan: Draw floorplans of your building (see sample). Show two exits: a front or back door and a window from each room. (Make sure the window works. You may need a special fire escape ladder if the window is high up.) Write cipaw,~ your outside meeting Rehearse: (1) Everyone in their room with the doors closed. (2) One person sounds the alarm. (3) Each person tests his door.
Zone Area Protected Zone Features Contacts (doors, windows, etc.) 1 3 I 4 I Aux.
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