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VIl. Periodic Testing for the SCC Monitor
The inspection procedure listed below should be followed at the completion of the
installation, and periodically to ensure the SCC is functioning properly.
1. Start the school bus. Make sure all the doors are closed.
2. Activate the Red warning light flashers and open the door.
3. Turn off the Red warning light flashers and close the door.
4.
Turn the ignition key to the “OFF” position.
5. Overhead dome lights should come on if option is hooked up.
6. Open the front door. The horn should cycle on and off.
7.
Close the front door and walk to the back of the bus. Depress the reset switch. If
functioning properly, this will disarm the Sleeping Child Check module and the
horn should deactivate.
NOTE
:(alarm will not deactivate with front door open).
VIII. Timer Options
Two (2) timer options are available, 1) a 10 minute ARM timer and 2) a 1 minute
ALARM (Horn) timer.
Timer ARM Mode
The ARM Timer causes the module to ARM when the IGNITION/ACCESSORY input
(P5) is active continuously for 10 minutes. The module may also be ARMed the usual
way by a Battery Voltage signal on the ARM terminal (P6) if it is connected.
Some states require an additional way to ARM the module for field trips, shuttles and
other group trips when the warning lights may not be activated during loading or
unloading. Activating or ARMing the module after 10 minutes of travel or engine idling
is acceptable.
The AR
M Timer options might be used with vehicles such as vans that don’t have
warning lights, or other means to indicate passengers are boarding, and as an
alternative to ARMing by ignition on.
Timer ALARM Mode
The ALARM Timer triggers the ALARM output 1 minute after the IGNITION input is
turned off when the monitor is in an ARMed state. If a Front Door input(s) is connected,
opening the door will still trigger an ALARM. The doors must be closed to deactivate
the monitor.
This timer mode allows a maximum of 1 minute to deactivate the monitor before an
ALARM is triggered. Some states require the 1 minute maximum deactivation time.
When it is necessary that the driver open his door and enter the vehicle by another
door, this could be an alternative method to assure a vehicle is checked at end-of-trip by
depending on the ALARM Timer to trigger the HORN ALARM after a 1 minute delay and
don’t connect/use the P7 or P8 door input(s).
