applied. After a second, the red led should turn off, then the green LED which should blink
off and on again. After a few seconds, the keypad should say “Security Off”
8
The Green LED on the Comfort board should be on steady, and may start blinking if there is
a phone trouble. The RED led should be off indicating the system is not armed.
9
Enter 1234# on the keypad. The Voice menu will be announced. This shows that the
Comfort panel and keypad is working. Press F to exit from the menu. There may be a
“Phone Trouble” announcement and beeps if the telephone line is not connected.
10 Press the Night Mode button on the keypad. You should hear the announcement “Front
Door” due to Zone 1 preprogrammed as the front door being open. Short the zone 1 with a
wire to close it to arm the system. Alternatively, press # on the keypad to Force arm the
system with the zone remaining open. The system should announce Night Mode. Enter the
user code 1234# on the keypad to disarm it. You have now armed and disarmed the
system for the first time.
11 You can now start to connect other keypads, door station and modules and security wiring,
taking care to set a unique ID on each module.
12 Switch off Comfort before installing the Local Expansion Module LEM01 connected by the
flat cable
13 Terminate all zone wiring into the respective Zone Terminal Blocks on the Main board or
Local Expansion Module (LEM) and label accordingly. Connect detector 12V supplies to the
auxiliary 12V output terminal block.
14 Check all zone jumpers are in the double EOL (1-2 away from terminal blocks) or no EOL
positions (2-3 closer to the terminal blocks) depending on the requirements.
15 Connect the Door Station if required to the 12V/COM, KA/KB (shared with keypads) and DP
Mic and Voice terminals. Note the Door stations have a separate Voice and Mic terminal on
Comfort.
16 Connect a local telephone to the TEL OUT terminal. Test the local phone operation by lifting
the handset or press Handsfree button, press within 6 seconds, then 1234 and the # key.
You should hear the Voice Menu. Press some keys to go into various menus to verify that
the local phone access is working. If you cannot get into the Voice Menu, see the
“Troubleshooting” Section.
17 The system is ready for programming, Connect the UCM/USB or UCM/ETH02 used for
programming via the 4 way cable to the white RS485 4 pin header on Comfort.
The UCM
Programming cable should NOT be connected.
The UCM red (D9) and green (D10)
LEDs on the UCM should both be blinking rapidly, showing that there is communication
with Comfort.
18 To program using Comfigurator software, refer to “Programming with Comfigurator”. For
programming by Engineer Menu using keypad or telephone refer to “Engineer Menu
Programming” Programming using Comfigurator is highly recommended except for very
simple configurations.
Remember to set Date and Time.
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