Chapter 4
Programming
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Entering and exiting the system menu
To enter the system menu, press either the scroll up/down or Enter buttons in the upper right of the panel.
Press the STATUS button to exit a menu or option edit mode and navigate up one level. Pressing the STATUS
button while in the top menu level exits the system menu level. The panel automatically exits the system menu
after a few seconds of inactivity if no access code has been entered yet. After an access code has been entered
to access a code-protected area of the system menu, the timeout is 4 minutes.
Table 7. Simon XT panel keys and features
Control Description
Piezo siren The piezo siren makes alarm beeps and status beeps. Fire and intrusion alarm beeps are always played
at high volume, while the volume of status beeps (such as trouble or chime beeps, entry and exit delay
beeps, or auxiliary alarm beeps) is programmable.
LCD display The LCD module has a 2 x 16 character array that displays a variety of phrases and icons.
DOORS + WINDOWS Press to arm perimeter sensors.
MOTIONS Press to arm interior sensors.
DISARM Press to turn off intrusion/burglary protection for your system. Only intrusion/burglary sensors such as
doors, windows, and motion sensors are disarmed. Environmental sensors, such as smoke and carbon
monoxide, stay active at all times.
STATUS Press to determine system status.
SILENT Press to silence exit beeps when arming.
BYPASS Press to bypass a sensor.
Police Press and hold the Police button for two seconds (or press twice quickly) to call the central monitoring
station and notify them of a nonmedical call for help.
Emergency Press and hold the Emergency button for two seconds (or press twice quickly) to call the central
monitoring station and notify them of a nonmedical call for help.
Fire Press and hold the Fire button for two seconds (or press twice quickly) to call the central monitoring
station and notify them of a nonmedical call for help.
Microphone Used to communicate with central monitoring station after an alarm.
Scroll up/scroll down Press to scroll through lists of similar items.
Enter Press to select a particular menu item or commit to memory a menu item that has just been
programmed.
Numeric keypad Twelve-key telephone-type keypad (0 through 9, *, #) for entering access codes or other numerical
data.
Speaker Provides voice output and sounds key beeps. The panel speaks arming level changes, system status,
and voice chime sensor trips. The panel voice is also used for voice reporting and remote phone control.
Door Covers the lower panel.
*Lights on.
#Lights off.
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