GE 4 Series User Manual

1. Disarm the system.
2. Press 

8

 + System or Partition Master 

CODE

 + 

2

.

touchpads display, “PHONE TEST” or “System Armed to PHONE TEST.”

3. If the phone test is successful:

systems with the optional voice feature will announce, “Report OK.”

Within a few minutes, the touchpad display should return to the Level 1 display. If it does not 

return in three minutes, note how long before the Level 1 display returns and contact the installer.
After the test has started, the arming level can be changed to 1—Off, then to 2—Stay or 3—

AWAY, if you wish.

The purpose of this test is to verify that the panel is activating sirens with the appropriate warning 

sounds.

1. Contact the central monitoring station to inform them that you will be activating alarms and 

they should not dispatch authorities.

2. Activate alarms of each type (fire, police, auxiliary), one at a time.
3. Listen for the appropriate siren sound when each alarm is activated (see the “Alarm Sounds 

and Status Beeps” table on page 50).

4. Contact the central monitoring station to inform them when you are finished activating 

alarms.

Your security system uses a variety of different alarm sirens, status beeps, voice messages and 

trouble beeps to communicate with you. The next few pages describe the different sounds and 

what they mean. Try to familiarize yourself with the differences. You will hear sounds each time 

you tell your security system to do something, like arm or disarm. Some sounds you will hear 

only when there is a problem with the system, like a low battery. There are also sounds you will 

only hear in an emergency. Getting to know your system sounds allows you to react quickly and 

appropriately to the messages you hear.

When your system detects a problem, it lets you know by sounding trouble beeps from system 

touchpads and sirens, and by displaying trouble signals as messages on touchpads.
Trouble beeps are a series of five short beeps once a minute.
The table on the next page lists the causes of trouble beeps, the visual display you can expect to 

see, and possible solutions for the trouble condition.

If possible, correct the situation which is causing the trouble beeps. If this is not possible, call for 

service. If the problem is not corrected, trouble beeps and messages start again 4 or 10 hours 

later.
Your security system also has a feature that will prevent trouble beeps from starting during nor-

mal sleeping hours. This “sleep time” period is normally set from 10 pm to 8 am. Contact your 

installer if you wish to verify or change this setting.

1. Perform a system status check by pressing 

*

 on a touchpad,

2. Change the arming level.
The table on the next page describes the conditions under which trouble beeps occur and when 

they begin. (These sounds are heard from interior sirens and touchpads if available.)