FIREPOWER 5820XL - Manual (Page 5)

System Operation
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8.5.4 View Event History
Use the View Event History feature to display events on LCD. From the Main Menu, press
to select Event History. Events will begin displaying with most recent events first.
The panel can store up to 1000 events. When it reaches its 1000-event capacity, it begins
deleting, starting with the oldest events.
If a printer is attached to the system (via a Module 5824 serial/parallel interface module), you
can print event history (see Section 8.5.17).
The 5660 SKSS or 5670 SKSS can be used to retain more than 1000 events and to create
event history reports.
8.5.4.1 To clear the event history
From the Installer menu select for System Tests. From the test menu select Clear
History Buffer.
8.5.5 Conduct a Fire Drill
1. From the Main Menu, press for System Tests.
2. Press for Fire Drill. You will be prompted to press .
3. The drill will begin immediately after you press .
4. Press any key to end the drill. (If you do not press any key to end the fire drill manually, it
will time out automatically after one hour.)
If a fire drill switch has been installed, activating the switch will begin the drill; deactivating
the switch will end the drill.
8.5.6 Conduct an Indicator Test
The indicator test checks the annunciator LEDs, PZT, and LCD display.
1. From the Main Menu, press for System Tests.
2. Press for Indicator Test. The system turns on each LED several times, beeping the PZT
as it does so. At the same time it scrolls each available character across the LCD. A prob-
lem is indicated if any of the following occurs:
• An LED does not turn on;
• You do not hear a beep;
• All four lines of the LCD are not full.
This test takes approximately 15 seconds to complete. You can press any key to end manually
while the test is still in progress. When the test ends, you will be returned to the <Test Menu>.
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