3. Arming and Disarming
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For combination arming of unpartitioned systems, activate the first arming mode, and,
while the exit delay of the first arming mode is counting down, activate the second
armingmode.Itisnotimportantwhicharmingmodeyouchoosefirst.
ItisnotpossibletoactivateFullandPartarmingmodessimultaneously.
Itisnecessarytodisarmfirstwhenchangingfromonearmingmodetoanother
armingmode.
Partitioned Systems
Inpartitionedsystems,allthearmingmodesareindependentofoneanotherandoffull
arming. Youcan arm ordisarm the whole systemand eachpartition no matter whatis
thestateoftheotherpartition.
Forced Arming
Forcedarmingenablesyoutoarmwhenthesystemisnotready.Forexample,ifadoor
protectedbya magneticcontactis open,youmay armthesystemon conditionthatthe
door will be closed by the end of the Exit delay. If the door is still open after the exit
delayexpires,analarmisgenerated.
Forcedarmingisavailableonlyiftheoptionisenabledinprogramming.
Instant Arming
Instant arming is a feature that allows you to cancel the entry delay after Part or
Perimeter,orPartitionarmingthesystem.Forthisfeaturetofunction,itmustbeenabled
inprogrammingbyyourinstaller.
Toinstantlyarmthesystem.
1. Checkifthesystemisreadytoarm.
2.
PressthePartorPerimeterarmingbuttononthekeypad(enteryouruser
codeifrequired).
3. PressandholddownonyourkeypaduntilthemessageInstantArming,OK?
isdisplayed.
4. Press;theentrydelayforthecurrent armingperiodiscanceled.
Supervised Arm
Supervised Arm is an optional feature designed to supervise intrusion sensor activity
beforeyouarmthesystem.
If Supervised Arm is enabled in programming and the system has not received a
transmissionfromasensorforacertainamountoftime,allarmingmethodsthatinclude
thatsensorshallnotbe
available.
Inthiscase,presstocheckwhich sensoriscausingthe“SystemNotReady”condition.
Tomaketherequiredarmingmethodavailable,activatethesensor.Ifactivatingthesensor
doesnothelp,theremaybeaproblemwiththesensor.Youcanbypassthefaultysensor’s
zone to
allow system arming until the problem is remedied – see p. 30,
7.2. Zone
Bypassing/Unbypassing.