commission the beam from ground level manually move the beam head view the air quality view the status of the beam change sensitivity thresholds change the time to fire and fault make the alarm latching or non-latching turn on and off the green flashing light see fire and fault counts see how much compensation has been made for dirt build up (you will only have to clean the head and reflector when it needs it) complete a self-test turn the beam on and off (it will reset itself after 8 hours) adjust output and receiver settings and even monitor the temperature at the beam head