MCM CDX / CDXP manuals

CDX cheat sheet

• Arm (away)your codeON

  • MCM calls zones sections. Every section light must be out, or that section isolated, or it won't arm.
  • The Power light should be steady, not flashing. The Program, Fire and Aux lights, if fitted, should be out.
  • Key in your code and press ON. The On light flashes and the beeper warns while the exit timer runs.
  • Leave only through your exit/entry door before the timer ends.
  • Still open when the timer ends? The siren and strobe sound for 2 seconds and the entry timer starts: turn it off before that ends.

  Pages 6, 8 of the CDX Owners Guide
• Arm while homeyour codePARTIAL

  • Partial mode arms the system with the sections your technician picked left off (isolated).
  • The lights of the sections being armed must be out.
  • Key in your code and press PARTIAL. The Partial light flashes and the beeper warns while the exit timer runs.
  • The Partial light stays on while the system is partly armed.

  Pages 6, 8 of the CDX Owners GuidePage 8 of the CDX Installers guide
• Disarmyour codeOFF

  • Coming in through an exit/entry door starts the entry timer. Key in your code and press OFF before it ends.
  • The same keys silence the siren and strobe after a fire, panic or tamper alarm.
  • Fire, panic and tamper inputs, if fitted, stay armed all the time.
  • If duress is enabled, add one to your code’s last digit; a final 9 becomes 0. This sends a silent duress signal.

  Pages 5, 9, 11 of the CDX Owners GuidePage 15 of the CDX Installers guide
• Bypass a zoneyour codeISOLATE2-digit zoneONoryour codeISOLATE2-digit zonePARTIAL

  • MCM calls bypassing isolating. Key in your code and press ISOLATE. The Program light flashes.
  • Key in each section number as 2 digits, such as 04 then 07. Some 8-section panels also take a single digit.
  • Press ON to arm, or PARTIAL for partial mode, with those sections isolated.
  • Isolations clear when the system is turned off. Your technician may have them reported to the monitoring centre.

  Pages 5, 9 of the CDX Owners Guide
• Alarm memoryyour codeTEST5

  • Turn the system off first. Key in your code and press TEST.
  • Press 5. The last alarm is shown flashing until you press another key.
  • Press OFF to leave test mode.
  • Test mode can't start until all alarm messages have been sent.

  Page 12 of the CDX Owners Guide
• Reset smoke detectorsyour codeTEST6

  • If smoke detectors are fitted: turn the system off, key in your code and press TEST.
  • Press 6. Power to the smoke detectors is cut for 5 seconds, which resets them.
  • Press OFF to leave test mode.

  Page 12 of the CDX Owners Guide
• Panic alarmholdON+OFF

  • Hold ON and OFF down together for 3 seconds.
  • On a monitored system it's reported. It also sounds the siren and strobe, unless your installer has made it silent.

  Page 11 of the CDX Owners GuidePages 8, 15 of the CDX Installers guide
• Change a codemaster codeONuser numbernew codeONOFF

  • Turn the system off. Key in the 6-digit master code and press ON for program mode. Keypads with a separate CODE key use CODE instead, here and after each new code.
  • Key in the 2-digit user number, such as 01, then the new 4-digit code and ON. Repeat for any other user.
  • Press OFF to leave program mode.
  • A code can't match, or be one away from, another code or the first 4 digits of the master code.
  • The master code only changes codes; it can't arm or disarm. To change it, use 00 in place of a user number, then the new 6 digits.

  Pages 7, 10 and 11 of the CDX Owners GuidePage 3 of the CDX Installers guide
• Test the systemyour codeTEST1

  • Turn the system off. Key in your code and press TEST.
  • Press 1 for a walk test: walk past each detector. The beeper sounds and its section light comes on.
  • Press 2 for a 3-second siren test, 3 for the strobe, or 4 to turn on every light and the beeper. Not every panel has every test.
  • Press OFF to finish. Test mode lasts 10 minutes at most.
  • With a dialler fitted, 9 sends a test report to your monitoring centre.

  Page 12 of the CDX Owners Guide
• Trouble lights

  • Mains fail: the Power light single flashes and the keypad beeps. Press any key to stop the beeping.
  • If the mains stays off for more than 10 minutes, the dialler reports it.
  • A flashing Fire light must be acknowledged within 30 seconds (your code, then ON or OFF), or the alarm is reported.
  • With the system off, a section light on means that detector or door is active. When armed, a flashing one set off the alarm.

  Power light steady	Mains power and backup battery are fine
  Power light single flash	Mains power has failed
  Power light double flash	Backup battery low (the mains may be off too)
  Program light flashing	Program, isolate or test mode is on
  On or Partial light single flash	Armed, and the exit timer is running
  On or Partial light double flash	Armed, and the entry timer is running
  Fire light flashing, then on	Fire alarm; on means it has been reported
  Aux light single / double flash	Tamper input / panic input activated

  Pages 5 and 6 of the CDX Owners GuidePages 1, 15 of the CDX Installers guide
• Send a test signalyour codeTEST9

  • With a dialler fitted, test 9 sends a test report to your monitoring centre. Your installer must have programmed the account and phone numbers.
  • Turn the system off (on a CDXP, every area). Test mode won't open until any alarm messages have been sent.
  • Key in your code and press TEST: the Program light flashes. Then press 9.
  • Press OFF to leave test mode.

  Pages 5, 7, 12 of the CDX Owners GuidePage 10 of the CDXP Partitioned Owner's Guide