Chapter 2: Front panel programming 
62  Vigilant VS1 and VS2 Technical Reference Manual 
Auto programming procedure 
Use the following procedure to auto program the panel, referring to the options listed 
in Table 17 on page 57. Not all options shown are displayed on all systems. 
To auto program a panel: 
1.  Press the menu button and choose Program. 
2. Choose Auto Program. 
3.  Enter a level two password. 
4.  When the “Current config. will be lost screen!,” 
message is displayed on the LCD. 
Select Continue to continue with auto programming 
— or — 
Select Cancel to return to the programming menu. 
5.  Set auto programming options. 
Note: Use the right or left arrow button rather than 
the Enter button to select values for each option. The 
Enter button begins the auto programming operation
no matter which option the cursor is on. Also, the 
options you select are preserved and will be 
displayed the next time you auto program. 
6.  When you have finished, press Enter. 
The panel begins auto programming and displays the
number of devices on the system. If you have more 
than one loop, the device counts are per loop. If you 
previously programmed the panel, The system 
displays the number of old and new devices. 
7.  Press Enter to continue. 
Auto programming continues based on the settings 
you made above. 
8.  When prompted, program the options you selected 
using the procedures that follow. For example, if you 
are using a dialer, auto programming requires you to 
program specific dialer options. 
9.  When auto programming is complete, the system 
displays the banner screen. 
 
 
Main Menu 
Reports 
Test 
Control 
Program 
⇩ 
Program 
Incremental Program 
Auto Program 
Advanced Program 
⇩ 
Enter Password 
0000 
⇩ 
Current config. 
will be lost! 
Continue 
Cancel 
⇩ 
Auto Program 
Auto Zoning  Yes>
Evnt Notif  Device>
Label Devices?  Yes> 
⇩ 
Auto Program 
System Busy 
################ 
<Back <Cancel 
⇩ 
Devices Old/New
Loop 1  XXX/YYY
Loop 2  XXX/YYY
<Continue 
— or — 
Devices: Old/New
 XXX/YYY
 
<Continue