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The things that are hard to find in a 100-page manual when you are standing at the unit: installer menu access codes, button combinations, test and diagnostic modes, how to read fault history, and how to cancel a purge or clear a lockout. 226 tips across 21 brands, written from the manufacturers’ service literature.
What you will find
- Access & passwords (22)
Installer and service menu codes, and how to get into them. - Button combinations (18)
Key presses that open menus, show readouts or switch modes. - Service & test modes (80)
Forced fan, low and high fire, test and diagnostic modes, error history and live data. - Reset & cancel (41)
Clearing lockouts, service reminders and fault history; skipping purge or de-air programs. - Settings shortcuts (37)
Where the useful parameters live and what they are set to from the factory. - Commissioning (17)
Start-up and set-up steps that are easy to miss. - Other (11)
Everything else worth knowing at the appliance.
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