Kidde P4010DCSCO-W Users Guide
INTELLIGENT WIREFREE
Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm User Guide
Combination Photoelectric Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarm
with Voice and Wireless Interconnect – Battery Operated
Model P4010DCSCO-W
WIREFREE INTERCONNECT:
You do NOT need a home wi-fi system to use
these units. Multiple wireless units create their
own independent wireless alarm network.
COMBINATION ALARM
10YEAR SEALED
LITHIUM BATTERY
WIREFREE INTERCONNECT
VOICE ALARM
P/N: 2558-7201-02 Rev A
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Thank You for Purchasing this Kidde Alarm
This model is powered by a non-replaceable, long-life sealed lithium bat tery system. It also contains a voice
message system and SMART Hush® Control to temporarily silence nuisance alarms. It is capable of Wireless
Interconnec t.
READ SECTION 9: Activation and Wireless Alarm Network, before powering the units. You do NOT need a
home wi-fi system to use these units. Multiple wireless units create their own independent wireless alarm
network.
Teach children how to respond to the alarm and that they should never play with the unit. This alarm is a multi-criteria
device designed to detect both smoke and carbon monoxide from any source of combustion in a residential environ-
ment. It is not designed for use in a recreational vehicle (RV) or boat.
NOTE: Please thoroughly read this user guide and save the document for future reference and to pass on to any
subsequent owner.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and
the manufacturer recommend replacing this alarm
ten years from the date code on back of alarm.
Product Support: 800-880-6788
Please write down the belo w information
and have this at hand when you cal l.
Date Code (on back): ___________________
Date of Purchase: ___________________
Where Purchased: ___________________
Date to Replace: ___________________
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Contents
1. Smoke Alarm: What To Do When The Alarm Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Carbon Monoxide Alarm: What To Do When The Alarm Sounds . . . . . . . . 5
3. Other Alarm Visual And Audible Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5. Introduction, Product Features & Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. Limitations Of Smoke And Carbon Monoxide Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7. Recommended Locations For Smoke Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8. Locations To Avoid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
9. Activation And Wireless Alarm Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
9.1 Setting Up A Wireless Alarm Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
9.2 Adding Another Device to an Existing Wireless Alarm Network . . . . . . . 19
9.3 Resetting a Device’s Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
10. Operation and Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
11. Recognizing Nuisance Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
12. Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
13. Permanently Disable Alarm / Discharge Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
14. General Carbon Monoxide (CO) Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
15. Cleaning Your Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
16. Good Safet y Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
17. Service And Warrant y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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1. Smoke Alarm: What To Do When the Alarm Sounds
Smoke alarm pat tern is three long beeps with voice “Fire!,” a 1.5 second pause, and three long beeps repeating.
The red LED blinks in time with alarm pattern.
The smoke alarm takes pre cedence when both smo ke and carbon monoxid e are present.
• Alert small children in the home as well as anyone else that might have dif ficulty recognizing the impor tance of the
alarm sounding or that might have difficulty leaving the area without help.
• Leave immediately by your escape plan. Every second counts, so don’t waste time getting dressed or picking up
valuables.
• In leaving, don’t open any inside door without first feeling its surface. If hot, or if you see smoke seeping through
cracks, don’t open that door! Instead, use your alternate exit. If the inside of the door is cool, place your shoulder
against it, open it slightly and be ready to slam it shut if heat and smoke rush in.
• If the escape route requires you to go through smoke, stay close to the f loor where the air is cleaner. Crawl if neces-
sary, and breathe shallowly through a cloth, wet if possible.
• Once outside, go to your selec ted meeting place and make sure everyone is there.
• Call the fire department from your cell phone outside, or from your neighbor’s home-not from yours!
• Don’t return to your home until the fire officials say that it is all right to do so.
• There are situations where a smoke alarm may not be effective to protect against fire as stated in the NFPA Standard
72. For instance:
a) smoking in bed
b) leaving children home alone
c) cleaning with flammable liquids, such as gasoline
NOTE: See Section RECOGNIZING NUISANCE ALARMS, for nuisance alarm situations.
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2. Carbon Monoxide Alarm: What To Do When the Alarm Sounds
2. Carbon Monoxide Alarm: What To Do When the Alarm Sounds
Carbon monoxide (CO) alarm pattern is four quick beeps with voice “Warning! Carbon Monoxide”
repeating every 5 seconds. The red LED blinks in time with alarm pattern.
WARNING: CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM ACTIVATION INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF
CARBON MONOXIDE CO AT HIGH CONCENTRATIONS WHICH CAN KILL YOU.
1 Operate the Test/Hush button. NOTE: Pressing the button on the initiating alarm unit (green LED
flashing every second) will silence the alarm notification, including all interconnected units. If the unit
goes into alarm mode again within six minutes, it is sensing high levels of CO which can quickly become
a dangerous situation.
2 Call your emergency services (Fire Department or 911). EMERGENCY PHONE #:___________
3 Immediately move to fresh air — outdoors or by an open door / window. Do a head count to check
that all persons are accounted for. Alert small children in the home as well as anyone else that might
have difficulty recognizing the importance of the alarm sounding or that might have difficulty leaving
the area without help. Do not reenter the premises nor move away from the open door/window until
the emergency services responders have arrived, the premises have been aired out, and your alarm
remains in its normal condition.
4 After following steps 1-3, if the alarm reactivates within a 24 hour period, repeat steps 1-3 and call a
qualified appliance technician to investigate sources of CO from fuel burning equipment and appliances,
and to inspect for proper operation of equipment.
If problems are identified during this inspection, have the equipment serviced immediately. Note any
combustion equipment not inspected by the technician and consult the manufacturer’s instructions,
or contact the manufacturer directly for more information about CO safety and the equipment. Make
sure that motor vehicles are not, or have not been, operating in a garage attached or adjacent to the
residence. Never restart the source of a CO problem until it has been corrected. Never ignore the sound
of the alarm!
NOTE: See Section RECOGNIZING NUISANCE ALARMS, for nuisance alarm situations.
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3. Other Alarm Visual and Audible Indicators
Operational Mode Visual Indications Audible Indications Action/Note:
Normal (standby) Green LED bl ink approx every 60 se c.
Test (butto n press when
no alarm co ndition is
present)
Smoke or CO Ala rm
Memor y (unit has experience d a smoke or CO
alarm eve nt within the
last hour)
Smoke Ala rm Hush
Mode, (SM ART HUSH®
CONTROL)
CO alarm res et None After bu tton push: CO alarm patte rn
Locate None After bu tton push on non-i nitiating
Smoke Ala rm Hush
Mode Canceled
Initiating Alarm,
(Multip le alarms in an
interconnected syste m)
• 4 patterns of Red/Amber/Green.
• Test: Red LED bl inks in time with
alarm pattern.
• Green LED fa de on/o at test
complete
Red and Amb er LED alternate on
1 sec, ever y 10 sec.
Red LED blin ks every 2 sec. After bu tton push: "Hush Mode A cti-
None Voice messag e "Hush Mode
Green LED bl inks once per sec ind icating that t his is the unit initiating
the alarm in an i nterconnected,
multiple alarm, system.
• Button press sound
• Voice: "Testing , this is very loud.
Press now to can cel test. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1."
• 3 long bee ps, Voice "Fire!", 3 long
beeps, 4 qu ick beeps, Voice "War ning,
Carbon M onoxide," 4 quick beeps ,
Voice "Test Compl ete," Power on/
reset sound.
• Voice "Test Cance led" if button
pushed be fore test sequence b egins.
After bu tton push: "Smoke pre viously
detected" or "Carbon Monoxide
previously detected" only on the
initiating alarm unit.
vated." Smoke a larm pattern stops .
(If there is too m uch smoke to allow
Hush: Voice "Too Muc h Smoke, Alarm
cannot be Hu shed" Smoke alarm
pattern co ntinues.)
stops.
unit, only i nitiating unit continue s
alarm pattern.
Canceled."
Unit in eithe r Smoke or CO alarm
mode.
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Perform Test /Hush button
press once a we ek to verify
proper alarm operation
* Push/releas e button before
the countdow n ends to
cancel test .
Push test but ton to clear
Alarm Memo ry. NOTE: standard test se quence will follow.
(Push/releas e button again to
cance l test).
This feature is to b e used
only when a k nown alarm
conditio n, such as smoke from
cooking , activates the alar m.
Unit is conrm ing if CO is
present or if i t experienced a
nuisance situation. Re-alarm
means dange r. M ove to fresh
air and call 911.
Use this to quick ly locate the
alarm source a nd determine if
alarm is nuisance or real.
When smok e levels drop
below the a larm threshold,
the voice mes sage "Hush
Mode Can celed" will occur .
During ala rm, the initiating
alarm red bl ink will be interrupted by a gre en blink.
4. Troubleshooting Guide
Trouble Condition Visual Indications Audible Indications Action:
Low Batt ery
Fault Mode Chirp ever y 30 sec.
End of Unit Life Doub le chirp every 30 se c.
Amber
LED
End of Unit L ife Hush
Mode (af ter push/
release Test/Hush
button during End
of Life)
blinks
every
Chirp ever y 60 sec, voice ever y
30 sec: “Replace alarm.”
Voice stops af ter 5 mins.
Voice every 3 0 sec: “Error, see
trouble shooting guide”
After 5 mins : no voice message
First 5 mins: Voi ce every 30 sec:
“Replace a larm, press button to
temporar ily silence.” Voice stops
after 5 mins . After 7 days: Chirps
continue. Voice e very 30 sec for
5 mins: “Rep lace alarm.”
Voice “Temporarily Silenced.”
End of Unit Li fe chirps silenced
for 24 hrs. (7 days a fter End of
Unit Life chirps begin, the chirps
cannot be si lenced.)
*Remove, dis charge, dispose unit, a nd replace as
soon as po ssible.
*See Clean ing Yo ur Alarm section .
* Push Test/Hus h button once to attem pt to reset
the unit .
*Red LED wil l blink out an error code (num ber of
blinks) wh en Tes t/Hush butto n is push/released
once. Repo rt the number of bli nks to customer
service if needed.
* Push/releas e Tes t/Hush button to tem porarily
silence (see E nd of Unit Life Hush Mode s ection
below)
* Remove, disc harge, dispose unit, an d replace as
soon as po ssible.
* Remove, disc harge, dispose unit, an d replace as
soon as po ssible.
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Network Error Chi me every 30 secs . Vo ice
seconds
every 30 s ec: “Connectio n lost,
press button to temporarily
silen ce.”
After 5 min: n o voice messages
(Note: net work must have
3 or more alar ms for voice
messages.)
See nex t page for Networ k Error troublesho oting
tips.
Netwo rk Error Hush
(after bu tton push
during Network Error)
If you requ ire further inf ormation pleas e contact Produc t Support at 1-8 00-880 -6788 or write us at :
Kidde, 1016 Corpor ate Park Drive, Meb ane, NC 27302. Our inter net address is ww w.kidde.com.
Voice “Temporarily
Silenced.”
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Network Error Troubleshooting Tips
If you have a unit (or units) in network error and you would like to silence them, you can push and release the Test/Hush
button once on each unit in net work error to silence them for 24 hours at a time. NOTE: when you do this, the red LED
will blink out an error code (number of blinks) when the Test/Hush button is push/released once. If the following steps
are unsuccessful, it might be helpful to report the number of blinks to customer service.
Fix 1:
NOTE: If there is only one unit that is giving you trouble, rotating the alarm on the mounting plate may re -orient the
wireless antenna and fix the problem.
1. Press and hold the but ton on a known working unit (not the unit in network error) for 4-5 seconds until you hear 2 beeps.
2. Go to the room/location of the unit in network error.
3. Rotate the net work error unit 90 degrees in either direction on the mounting plate.
4. Press and hold the button on the network error unit for 4-5 seconds until you hear 2 beeps.
5. Within 10 seconds, the network error unit should re-join the wireless network and should show fading green lights,
with a voice “Success, now connec ted.” If this is the case, press and hold the button on the same unit for 4-5
seconds until 2 beeps are heard.
NOTE: If the unit does not re-join the wireless net work, press and hold the button on a known working unit (not the
unit in network error) for 4-5 seconds. Then proceed to “Fix 2.”
Fix 2:
NOTE: In a wireless alarm network, there is a Coordinator unit, which controls communication to the other units, which
are called “RFDs”. For best wireless range, the Coordinator should be located in a central location of the household.
If “Fix 1” does not work or if there are multiple units in network error, the following steps will place the Coordinator of the
wireless net work at the center of the household.
1. Go to a wireless unit that seems closest to the center of the house.
2. If this unit is not in network error, press and hold the button on that unit for 4-5 seconds until you hear 2 beeps, and a
voice “Searching for other devices,” as well as a sonar ping sound. If it is in network error go to “Fix 3” below.
3. You will now need to locate the Coordinator of the system.
a. The Coordinator will be fading green on/off every 2 seconds. The RFDs of the system will be fading green on/off
every 4 seconds.
b. The wireless network will stay open for 15 minutes. If the wireless network closes, press and hold the button on
any known working wireless unit for 4-5 seconds until 2 beeps are heard, followed by voice “Searching for other
devices,” as well as a sonar ping sound, to re-open the wireless network.
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4. Once you have located the Coordinator of the wireless network, take the Coordinator down and swap it with the unit that
was deemed to be in the center of the house (found in steps 1 and 2).
5. Go to each unit that is in network error and press/hold the button on that unit for 4-5 seconds until you hear 2 beeps.
a. The unit should join back to the wireless network,with voice “Success, now connec ted.” The lights on the unit
should flicker once and then be fading green on/off every 4 seconds. If this is the case, press/hold the but ton on
any unit to close the wireless network
b. If the unit doesn’t join the network, rotate the unit 90 degrees in either direction.
c. If the unit still hasn’t joined the network, press and hold the button on a known working unit for 4-5 seconds to
close the wireless network and then proceed to “Fix 3.”
Fix 3:
If “Fix 2” did not work, use this fix. The following steps will reset the entire wireless alarm network and place the Coordinator at
the center of the household.
1. Take all wireless units down from their installed locations and set all units on a table.
2. Reset all the units one by one by pressing and holding the button for 8-9 seconds until you hear 3 beeps and a voice
“Resetting wireless settings.”
NOTE: if resetting the units doesn’t result in the voice message “Ready to connect, follow quick start instructions”, the
unit needs to be replaced with a new one.
3. Create a new wireless alarm network by pressing and holding the button on any unit for 4-5 seconds until you hear 2
beeps, and voice, “Searching for other devices” with a sonar ping. Keep track of this unit, as it will become the Coordinator
of your wireless alarm network.
4. Wait for the other units to join the new wireless network. Each unit will announce “Success, now connected.”
5. After each unit has joined, press/hold the button for 4-5 seconds on the Coordinator unit.
6. Take the same unit (Coordinator) and install it closest to the center of the household.
a. Example 1: For a 2 floor house, install the unit on the main floor near the center of the main floor.
b. Example 2: For a 3 floor house, install the unit on the middle floor near the center of the middle f loor.
7. Install the rest of the units around the house (you may place units in any location as instructed by this user guide).
If the network error persists after these attempted fixes, remove the unit, discharge it, and replace it with a new unit as
soon as possible. Contact customer ser vice.
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5. Introduction, Product Features and Specifications
Introduction
This alarm detects products of combustion using photoelectric technology and carbon monoxide using an
electrochemical cell. Many times throughout this User Guide, we will refer to Carbon Monoxide as “CO.”
Ten (10) years after the unit was installed, this unit will automatically alert you that it is time to replace the unit. This is
called “End of Unit Life” mode. See Troubleshooting Guide. To help identify the date to replace the unit, a label has been
affixed to the side of the alarm. Write the “Install date” in the space provided, and then write in the “Replace by” date
(10 years from initial power up) in permanent marker on the label prior to installing the unit.
Two labels have been provided that have important information on what to do in case of a CO alarm. Place one label
next to the alarm after it is mounted, and one near a fresh air source such as a door or window.
Product Features and Specifications:
• Temperature: Operating Range: 40°F (4.4°C) to 100°F (37.8°C)
• Humidity: Operating range: 10 -95% RH non-condensing
• Audible Alarm: 85+ dB at 10’ 3.0 to 3.5 KHz pulsing alarm, with voice messages
“Fire!” and/or “Warning! Carbon Monoxide.”
• Smoke Sensor: Photoelectric
• CO Sensor: Elec trochemical
• Voice message system
• Smoke Alarm SMART HUSH®
• Ambient Light Sensing
• Powered by 3V DC non-replaceable sealed lithium battery.
• Wireless interconnectable to other compatible alarms.
• One large, user- friendly but ton.
Control
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6. Limitations of Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms
WARNING: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND THOROUGHLY
• Life safet y from fire in residential occupancies is based primarily on early notification to occupants of the need to
escape, followed by the appropriate egress actions by those occupants.
• Fire warning systems for dwelling units are capable of protecting about half of the occupants in potentially fatal
fires. Vic tims are often intimate with the fire, too old or young, or physically or mentally impaired such that they
cannot escape even when warned early enough that escape should be possible. For these people, other strategies
such as protection-in-place or assisted escape or rescue are necessary.
• Leading authorities recommend that both ionization and photoelectric smoke alarms be installed to help insure
maximum detection of the various types of fires that can occur within the home. Ionization sensing alarms may
detect invisible fire par ticles (associated with fast flaming fires) sooner than photoelec tric alarms. Photoelec tric
sensing alarms may detect visible fire par ticles (associated with slow smoldering fires) sooner than ionization alarms.
• A battery powered alarm must have a battery of the specified type, in good condition and installed properly (This
model has a sealed batter y).
• Smoke alarms must be tested regularly to make sure the batter y and the alarm circuits are in good operating condition.
• Smoke alarms cannot provide an alarm if smoke does not reach the alarm. Therefore, smoke alarms may not sense
fires star ting in chimneys, walls, on roofs, on the other side of a closed door or on a different f loor.
• If the alarm is located outside the bedroom or on a dif ferent floor, it may not wake up a sound sleeper.
• The use of alcohol or drugs may also impair one’s ability to hear the smoke alarm. For maximum protection, a smoke
alarm should be installed in each sleeping area on every level of a home.
This alarm is not intended to alert hearing impaired individuals.
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