Emergency Test Functions

There are various Emergency Test functions which you can perform:

• Emergency Identify. Identifies the emergency ballast in the system.

• Emergency Inhibit 15 minutes. Inhibits Emergency Tests for 15 minutes.
  The Inhibit function is useful, for example, in high-integrity buildings. In the event of an emergency, procedure may be to evacuate the building and (amongst other things) activate 'Emergency inhibit' for the lighting system A network of client PCs, routers, control devices, control gear, and lamps. This switches off the emergency lighting and preserves battery life for when the building is reoccupied (and lighting systems returned to normal operation).

• Emergency Inhibit cancel. Cancels the Emergency Inhibit.

• Emergency Rest. When in an Emergency Test, stops the test and the ballast goes back to using the mains supply (it 'rests' the battery of the emergency ballast).

• Start Function Test. Starts an Emergency Function Test.

• Start Duration Test. Starts an Emergency Duration Test.

• Stop Emergency Test. Stops an Emergency Test.

These functions can be performed via the emergency ballast context menu or via certain subdevices.

Via Emergency Ballast Context Menu

1. In the Devices view , right-click on the Emergency Lighting ballast. You will see the context menu, listing the Emergency Test functions.

2. Click on the function you want to perform.

Via Subdevice

Certain subdevices can be configured to perform any of the Emergency Test functions. These include:

• Control Panel buttons

• IR Stands for Infrared. Infrared radiation is a form of light that is invisible to the human eye, and is often used as a medium to send information between two devices.-enabled subdevices

• Subdevices of the Analogue Input Unit (942) and Mini Input Unit (444)

• Multisensor external switches

For example, you can configure a button A button is a digital pushbutton subdevice that can be operated by the user, either directly or via the Infrared Remote Control Handset. of a Button Panel (126) to start an Emergency Duration Test when it is pressed:

1. Click to expand the device in the Devices view.

2. Click on the subdevice A physical object that forms part of another device, with which you can interact, either directly or via Designer. .

3. If the Properties view for the subdevice is not already open, select View > Properties, or press F4.

4. In the Press section, click in the Function field.

5. Click , and then select Start Emergency Function Test from the drop-down menu.

6. Click . The subdevice will now start an Emergency Function Test when pressed.

Related Topics

• DALI Emergency Lighting

• DALI Emergency Ballast Configuration

• Scheduled Emergency Function Test

• Scheduled Emergency Duration Test

• Out-of-Box Scheduled Emergency Tests

• Subdevice Configuration

• Emergency Logging