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Setting Up Alarm Silences
When an alarm occurs, a horn sounds and a strobe light flashes at each installed central
alarm. An alarm banner appears in the center of the screen. An alarm message and Silence
button are on the banner. Touching this button silences the horn and turns off the lights for
configurable periods of time and causes the alarm banner to disappear. You can set different
lengths of time for keeping the horn silent and keeping the light turned off. If a new alarm
occurs, the horn sounds and the light turns on again.
To set the lengths of time for suppressing the alarm strobe and horn, complete the following
steps:
1. Go to the “System Setup” screen (Figure 3) by touching the SYSTEM SETUP button on
the MAIN MENU and pressing MORE in the STATIONS ACTIVE, PUMPS ACTIVE
and PUMP STAGING screen.
2. On the “System Setup” screen, touch the STROBE SUPPRESS button. A keypad pops
up. See page 15 “Setting Values” for kepad entry instructions.
Figure 3: System Setup Screen (Alarm Configuration)
3. Enter the number of minutes (between 0 and 99) that you want the strobe lights to stay
off. If you want the light to stay on as long as the alarm persists, change the setting to 0.
If you want the light to stay off until a new alarm occurs, enter 99 in the keypad. Use
CLR to erase any mistakes. Use ENT to enter the value. The keypad disappears and the
new setting appears under STROBE SUPPRESS.
4. On the “System Setup” screen, touch the HORN SILENCE button. A keypad pops up.
See page 15 “Setting Values” for kepad entry instructions.
5. Enter the number of minutes (between 0 and 99) that you want the horn to stay off. If
you want the horn to stay on as long as the alarm persists, change the setting to 0. If you
want the horn to stay off until a new alarm occurs, enter 99 in the keypad. Use CLR to
erase any mistakes. Use ENT to enter the value. The keypad disappears and the new
setting appears under HORN SILENCE.
Setting Up Pump Staging
To avoid an excessive power demand at your facility when the conveying system starts up,
you can stagger the times at which pumps start. Whenever a demand would cause two pumps
to start simultaneously, your choice for pump staging sets the delay between the start of one
pump and the start of the next. The factory default is a delay of three seconds. You need to
change this setting only if this delay is too long or too short for your facility.
To set the delay between the start of one pump and the next, complete the following steps:
1. Go to the “System Setup” screen by touching the SYSTEM SETUP button on the Main
Menu screen.
2. Touch the PUMP STAGING button. A keypad pops up.
3. Enter the number of seconds (between 0 and 99) for the length of the delay between the
start of one pump and the next. Use CLR to erase any mistakes. Use ENT to enter the
value. The keypad disappears, and the new setting appears under PUMP STAGING.
