Adjusting Volume, Brightness, Contrast
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Adjusting Buzzer Volume
The Buzzer, inside the LED and the LCD Keypad, will
emit an audible signal each time a valid key is pressed
and, if enabled by your Installer, will also signal:
the Exit Time (signalled by slow beeps), the Entry Time
(signalled by fast beeps), errors or Invalid requests (sig-
nalled by a Buzz), request Accepted or Done (long
beep), violation of a
Chime
zone, key/Card program-
ming done, Auto-arm Timeout.
To adjust the volume of the internal buzzer:
1)
Press and hold the
ESC
key; the internal buzzer will start
sounding a series of beeps in such manner that the opera-
tor could hear the sound level in real time. Release the
ESC
key.
2a)
To increase the volume, press the
A
key a number of
times and/or hold until the desired level is obtained:
2b)
To lower the volume, press more times and/or hold
B
key until the desired level is obtained.
3)
To confirm the chosen level, press the
ENTER
key
(or wait a few seconds for the keypad to return to the
inactive state).
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The buzzer will still emit sound alerts at extremely
low volume, even if it has been set to zero.
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Contrast Adjustment
To adjust the contrast of the LCD display, press and
hold:
Ø
C
to
decrease
contrast
Ø
D
to
increase
contrast
To confirm the selected levels, press
ENTER
, or wait a
few seconds and the keypad will automatically return to
the stand by status. See the PREMIUM keypad manual
for further information.
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Brightness adjustment
It is possible to adjust the brightness of the keypad keys
and the brightness of the backlighting of the display. It is
also possible to adjust the inactive and the active bright-
ness (the inactive brightness is the brightness to which
the keypad reverts after 10 seconds of inactivity).
To adjust the active brightness, follow the procedure
described below:
1a)
To increase the brightness, press and hold the
A
key until the desired level is obtained.
1b)
To lower the brightness, press and hold the
B
key
until the desired level is obtained.
2)
Press the
OFF
key to adjust the inactive brightness:
3a)
To increase the brightness, press and hold down
the
A
key until the desired brightness is reached;
3b)
To reduce the brightness, press and hold down the
B
key until the desired brightness is reached.
4)
Press the
ON
key to adjust the active brightness and re-
turn to step 1a), or press the
ENTER
key to confirm the
chosen levels, or wait a few seconds for the keypad to re-
turn to the inactive state.
LEDs and signals on Keypads
The keypad signals the system status by its LEDs, dis-
play and internal buzzer: Table 4 on page 37 shows the
meaning of the indicator LEDs on the Keypads.
During
standby status
, the display top line shows the
Date and Time, and the bottom line shows the message
Bentel Absoluta
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:
May/26/10
13:54
Bentel
Absoluta
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Keypads connected to the Absoluta 630 control
panel show
Absoluta 630
.
The upper line of the display can shows the following
messages, with decreasing priority.
Ø
when the control panel is in ser-
vice status: see “Service status” on page 36.
Ø
Out. silenced
when you silence the alarm out-
puts: see “Outputs (ON/OFF) (1.6)” on page 45.
Ø
SMS Received
when the GSM Module receives an
SMS message: see “Display SMS (3.4)” on page 54.
When the keypad is in standby status, each time you
press
ESC
, the temperature displays (see “Tempera-
ture display” on page 37) alternates with date and time
displays:
Int. Temp.: 20ºC
Ext. Temp.: 10ºC
If set by the installer, date and time is replaced by active
zone labels. For more information, ask the installer.
Zone
001
Bentel
Absoluta
From the standby status it is possible to access the vi-
sualization of the signals. For more information, see
“View signals” on page 37.
From the standby status, you can perform basic opera-
tions. For more information, see “Basic commands” on
page 40.
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Service status
The keypad displays the message
instead of the date and time, when the control panel is in
service status.
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When the control panel is in service status, it is
unable to report alarm conditions and other
events that may occur.
To restore normal control panel operation, contact the
installer.
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Expandable Hybrid Control Panels
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Bentel Absoluta is the default message. The user
can ask the installer to change this message.
