GE Security Simon XT User Manual

Chapter 4
Programming
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System options
You can change the date format and the daylight saving time options.
Date format. You can change the day/month/year order, separator, year format, and month format of the
dates that are displayed in the event buffer. To program the date format, do the following:
1. Enter the System programming menu.
2. Scroll up/down to System options, then press Enter.
3. Scroll up/down to Set date format (the current date and time are displayed in the programmed format),
then press Enter.
4. Do the following, depending on which item you want to change.
• To program the date order, scroll up/down to Set date order, press Enter and scroll to select the
desired value, then press Enter again to save. The available values are Day Month Year, Month
Day Year, and Year Month Day.
• To program the separator, scroll up/down to Set separator, press Enter and scroll to select the
desired value, then press Enter again to save. The available values are - (hyphen),. (period), and /
(slash).
• To program the year format, scroll up/down to Set year format, press Enter and scroll to select the
desired value, then press Enter again to save. The available values are None, 2-digit, and 4-digit.
• To program the month format, scroll up/down to Set month format, press Enter and scroll to select
the desired value, then press Enter again to save. The available values are 2-digit number and
Abbreviated name.
5. Press Status to go back to Set date format. Press Status repeatedly to exit.
Daylight saving time. You can change the dates and times that daylight saving time (DST) starts and
ends, as well as the magnitude of the adjustment.To program the DST, do the following:
1. Enter the System programming menu.
2. Scroll up/down to System options, then press Enter.
3. Scroll up/down to Set daylight saving, then press Enter.
4. Do the following, depending on which item you want to change.
• To program the DST start date, scroll up/down to DST
start date and press Enter repeatedly to
advance to one of the three items you can change — the week number, the day of the week, and the
month of the start date. Scroll to select the desired value, then press Enter to save.
• To program the DST start time and offset, scroll up/down to DST start time and press Enter
repeatedly to advance to one of the four items you can change — the start time hours and minutes
and the offset hours and minutes. Scroll to select the desired value, then press Enter to save.
• To program the DST end date, scroll up/down to DST end date and press Enter repeatedly to
advance to one of the three items you can change — the week number, the day of the week, and the
month of the end date. Scroll to the select the desired value and then press Enter to save.
• To program the DST end time and offset, scroll up/down to DST End time and press Enter
repeatedly to advance to one of the four items you can change — the end time hour and minutes
and the offset hours and minutes. Scroll to select the desired value and then press Enter to save.
5. Press Status to go back to Set daylight saving. Press Status repeatedly to exit.

GE Security Simon XT Specifications

General

Brand	GE Security
Model	Simon XT
Category	Security System
Language	English