When a trouble occurs on your Maxsys 4020 commercial security alarm monitoring panel, a yellow light on the keypad will illuminate and start a beep, and the LCD screen will then display a message to help guide you through how to figure out what is going on. Examples of a trouble on your Maxsys security alarm monitoring panel can be a low battery, a wiring fault, a power failure, or a communications failure. A trouble condition can be a wide variety of issues with your monitoring equipment, but in general, when this happens, your alarm panel is telling you that there is something wrong. From time to time, you may experience a ‘trouble condition on your alarm monitoring panel. More often than not, Maxsys panels are used in businesses and commercial properties for security alarm monitoring and fire alarm monitoring, however they may be used from time to time in larger residential installations. In this Tech Tip, we’ll look at how to check and acknowledge a trouble on the keypad of a DSCMaxsys 4020 Commercial Security Alarm Monitoring Panel. The following applies to all PowerSeries panels, which include PC1616, PC1832, PC5010, PC5015 and others. Is the yellow ‘trouble’ LED lit on your alarm keypad? DSC uses LED codes to indicate trouble details for all keypads that don’t have an LCD readout display. If a customer has a yellow trouble light have them press star two on keypad and tell you what number light comes on.
The 2km range refers to when a PowerG Sensor is used with a DSC PowerSeries NEO System.In these regular posts, we’ll walk you through “How-To’s” for equipment that we service, and questions that we are regularly asked from you, our customers. This is considerably less than the advertised 2km range.
NOTE: The maximum range for a PowerG Sensor when used with an IQ Panel 2 Plus System is only 2,000 feet in open air. A test button allows for easy testing of transmissions with the panel. It also features a built-in tamper cover. The LED light will also activate upon detecting smoke or high heat to provide a visible notification of a fire alarm. A maintenance condition means that the smoke detector sensing chamber needs to be cleaned.
The device has a status LED light to assist with device enrollment and for displaying trouble conditions, such as maintenance. The typical battery life is three (3) years The sensor weighs 8.75 oz. It uses three (3) AAA batteries for power, which come included. The PG9936 measures about 5 inches in diameter, and it is 2.5 inches deep. The PG9936 is enrolled by putting the panel into its auto-enrollment mode and powering on the sensor by inserting its batteries. Remember that you will need an appropriate monitoring plan to take advantage of these features. It is also the only way you can receive an automatic emergency response from a central station. This is the only way you will be able to receive text and/or email alerts from regarding any sensor activity. This feature is common among hardwired high-voltage smokes, but we're very pleased that it was included with the wireless PowerG Smoke Detectors as well.Įnrolling the PG9936 with your system is very important. This can be crucial for making sure that all building occupants are alerted to the fire. This means that if one PowerG Smoke Detector is activated, all of the other PowerG Smokes Detectors also enrolled with the system will activate as well. The PG9936 also utilizes one-go-all-go technology. All wireless communications for the sensor utilize military-grade 128-bit AES encryption for enhanced wireless security. Depending on the panel, the sensor can communicate from up to 2km away in an open air environment. This includes all versions of the Qolsys IQ Panel 2 Plus and all versions of the DSC PowerSeries NEO with an added PowerG Wireless Receiver. Meanwhile, the heat detector activates upon sensing a temperature of 135° F or higher.Īs a PowerG Sensor, the PG9936 operates at 915 MHz, and it works with any PowerG compatible system. The photoelectric technology used for smoke detection works very reliably, and it is accurate to reduce the likelihood of false alarms. With dual-function smoke and heat detection, the PG9936 is more likely to respond quickly to a fire than a standalone smoke or heat sensor. An 85 dB sounder alerts building occupants to the fire. This combination life-safety sensor features both a photoelectric smoke detector and a 135☏ fixed temperature heat sensor. The DSC PG9936 is a PowerG Smoke and Heat Detector that offers reliable fire detection for a home or business.