
Smoke/CO Detectors
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Friday, August 13th, 2021 5:50 PM
Smoke detector testing.
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davey_d
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2 years ago
Hi marc9,
Sorry for the confusion! For Gen 3 systems, there are two ways to test your Carbon Monoxide Detectors and Smoke Detectors.
First, just pressing the button on the face triggers a very loud chirping, which is echoed on the Base Station and any Wireless Siren you have attached to the system. This tests both the speakers and the connectivity between the sensor and the Base Station.
Second, if you want to test the signal between your system and Monitoring, for any sensor, you'll want to put your system into Test Mode (which you can activate through the Keypad). When you press the Test Button, you'll get a separate event on the Timeline for each press.
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1 month ago
So to confirm: So if you press the "TEST" button in LIVE mode, this will only test the signal between the smoke detector & the Base Unit? The Smoke detector will NOT send a signal to central station monitoring when you press the "TEST" button unless you place the system in TEST MODE?
The ONLY way the LIVE system will send a signal to central station monitoring is if the sensor ACTUALLY detects SMOKE?
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