RadioLink Ei 411 User Manual
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1. INTRODUCTIONThe Ei 411 Remote Control allows you, without the use of ladders orchairs, to:• test the smoke alarms.• locate the smoke/heat alarm sensing fire by silencing all the otheralarms (for 10 minutes). This is of great benefit, particularly at nightas the source of the fire can be quickly traced audibly. This is ideal forlarger systems as people nearest the fire can be quickly evacuatedand/or the fire controlled if it is small. (The Locate button also identi-fies which alarms have previously sensed fire. This is very usefulwhen trouble-shooting systems of many smoke and/or heat alarmssee section 4 - Alarm Memory Function).Silencing Nuisance AlarmsNuisance alarms can be silenced by turning the test button on andthen off only with the following RadioLink Smoke Alarm: Ei405,Ei405TY, Ei161R on an Ei168 base and an Ei166R on an Ei168 base.If there is a fire, immediately evacuate the premises and telephonethe fire brigade from outside. Do not silence the unit unless you aresure there is no fire.2. INSTALLATION1. Position the Ei411 Remote Control (approx) 1.2 metres up on a wall ina suitable position on an exit route. Avoid locating near metal objects.2. Securely attach the mounting base of the unit to the wall using thefixing screws supplied.3. Carefully slide the battery switch into the ‘on’ position (seefigure 1). The amber light will flash once.4. It is essential that you house code your Remote Control with yoursmoke/heat alarms and any RadioLINK accessories to prevent falsealarms and other interference with nearby systems (see below).To House Code your Remote Control:a) Place all the RadioLINKsmoke/heat alarms andaccessories into house codemode, within 15 minutes, asdescribed in their instructionleaflets.b) Also, within the same 15minutes, place the Ei411Remote Control into housecode mode by pressing andholding the house codebutton until the amber lightturns on. Release the buttonand the amber light will nowflash continuously (for 15 min-utes) to show it is in housecode mode (Note: The Remote Control flashing amber light does notindicate the number of units in the system. It just flashes rapidly toshow it is in house code mode. The Ei411 is only an RF transmitterand does not receive any RF signals).c) The Remote Control will now send a radio message every 5 sec-onds to indicate it is in house code mode. All smoke/heat alarms andaccessories within range that are also in house code modethemselves, will memorise the house code of the Remote Control.d) Check that the number of blue light flashes (for RadioLINK SmokeAlarms) or amber light flashes (for RadioLINK Bases) correspondwith the number of units in the system (e.g. smoke alarms plus theRemote Control). For example, with 3 RadioLINK smoke alarms andone Remote Control you should see 4 blue light flashes from eachalarm.e) Remove all the RadioLINK smoke/heat alarms, RadioLINK basesand other accessories from house code mode as described in theirinstruction leaflets.f) The Remote Control will exit the house code mode by itself afterapproximately 15 minutes without further user intervention.However, this could result in problems with nearby systems, if theirunits are being house coded at the same time. If this is the caseremove the Remote Control from its mounting plate and then fromhouse code mode by pressing and holding the code button until theamber light comes on (i.e. use the same method as to enter housecode mode). Release the button and the amber light will go out,indicating that the Remote Control has exited house code mode.Re-assemble and attach to box as described above.g) Using the test button, verify that the Remote Control activates allthe alarms in the system. (If some or all of the alarms have not beenactivated, then the house coding procedure should be repeated. Ifthere are still some problems, see the section 5 on “Troubleshooting”.)Clearing the House Codes:It may sometimes be necessary to clear the House Codes. (e.g. if you wantedto use the Remote Control with different alarms).To clear the house codes:• Unscrew the cover plate from the mounting box.• Press and hold the house code button for over 6 seconds until the amber lightturns on continuously and then flashes slowly. Now release the button and theamber light will go out.• then re-attach to the mounting box.Note clearing the house codes will now reset the Remote Control to the orig-inal factory setting. It will now only communicate with un-coded alarms (seeSmoke Alarm instruction leaflet for information on how to un-code the smokealarms).3. USING REMOTE CONTROL EI 411The Remote Control Ei 411 allows you to Test or Locate units as follows:-Test / Manual Alarm Switch – use to test the smoke/heat alarms orbases weekly.Switch the Test button on. The amber light comes on for 3 seconds toindicate it is transmitting an RF signal. (The amber light will continueto flash once every 5 seconds while the test button switch remainson) Then:• the RadioLINK Smoke Alarms (Ei 405 and Ei 405TY) will alarm in 10seconds, with the red light on the smoke alarm flashing rapidly. (Thisindicates that the chamber has been tested in exactly the same wayas if the test button of the alarm itself had been pressed. The alarmwill also now be in Hush mode for the next 10 minutes).• with an Ei 161R or Ei 166R on an Ei 168 RadioLINK Base, the redlight on the smoke alarm will flash rapidly. (This indicates that thechamber has been tested in exactly the same way as if the test but-ton of the alarm itself had been pressed. The alarm will also now bein Hush mode for the next 10 minutes).• with a mains Smoke Alarm (Ei161, 166, 164, 141, 144, 146) on anEi 168 RadioLINK Base the alarm will sound indicating the RF receiv-er, electronics and horn are operational.Switch the Test button off. The amber light comes on again for afurther 3 seconds to indicate transmission of the alarm cancel signal.(Note: After 5 minutes the Remote Control will stop sending RF alarmsignals and therefore the smoke alarms will stop sounding. This pre-vents the batteries in the Remote Control and in the smoke alarmsbeing depleted).Locate Switch – primarily used to identify the smoke/heat alarmsensing fire.Press and release the momentary Locate Button on. The amber lightcomes on continuously for 3 seconds to indicate it is transmitting anRF signal. (If the Locate button is held on, the RF signal will continueto be transmitted every 5 seconds and the amber light will flash).If all the smoke alarms (either RadioLINK Alarms or Bases with Easi-fit alarms attached) are in alarm due to one alarm sensing smoke,pressing the Locate button on the Remote Control, will silence all thealarms except those sensing fire.Remote ControlModel: Ei 411For use with RadioLINK range of Smoke / Heat Alarms and BasesHouse Code ButtonON/OFF SwitchFigure 1AMBERLIGHT1 2 3Contains vital information on the products operation and installation.Read and retain carefully. If you are just installing this product themanual MUST be given to the householder. |
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