Contents
Getting to Know Your Security System 1
Overview 1
Communicating with the Panel 2
Instructing the Panel 2
Touchpads—Your System Interface 2
Beeps and LEDs—How Your System Talks to You 3
Notification by Pager 3
What Happens in an Alarm Condition 3
Preventing Accidental Alarms 4
Cancelling Accidental Alarms 4
Basic System Operations 5
Arming Your System 5
Keychain Touchpad Arming 6
Using the Chime Feature 7
Using the Voice Chime Feature 7
Exit and Entry Delay Times 7
Extended Delay 7
Exit Extension 8
No Delay—For Instant Alarm 8
Auto STAY Arming Feature 8
Arming While a Door or Window is Open 8
Basic Light Control 9
Basic Output Control 9
Checking the Status of Your System 10
Panic Alarms 10
Fire Panic Alarm 10
Police Panic Alarm 10
Auxiliary Panic Alarm 11
Siren Time-out 11
Access codes 11
Programming Access Codes 11
Changing or Erasing User Codes 12
Assigning Code Attributes 12
Setting the Time and Date 13
Adjusting System Sounds and
Touchpad Brightness 13
Arming Your System Silently 13
Adjusting the Touchpad Beeps 14
Adjusting the System Status Voice Volume 14
Adjusting the Touchpad Display Brightness 14
Adjusting the Volume of the Wireless Siren 14
Using the Energy Saver Feature 15
Energy Saver Example 15
Notification by Pager 15
Creating Time Schedules 17
Attaching Time Schedules 18
Time Schedules and Partitions 18
Advanced Light Control 18
Controlling Lights By Time Schedule 18
Controlling Lights with Sensors 19
Installer Programmable Lighting 19
Controlling Outputs by Time Schedule 19
Scheduled Arming 20
Opening and Closing Reports 20
When Will this Feature Be Active? 20
Who Will Be Paged? 20
What Will the Pager Report? 20
Latchkey Paging 21
Page In the Event of . . . 21
Who Will Be Paged? 21
Who Can Send a Page? 21
What Will the Pager Report? 21
Latchkey Opening 21
Latchkey Closing 22
Assigning a Time Schedule to Latchkey Paging 22
Applying the Latchkey 22
Notify by Exception 23
Page In the Event of . . . 23
Who Will Be Paged? 23
Who Can Send a Page? 23
What Will the Pager Report? 24
When Will this Feature Be Active? 24
Assigning a Time Schedule
to Exception Opening and Closing 24
The No Activity Feature 24
Using the Panel Download Feature 25
System Information 25
Using a Partitioned System 26
Global Settings 26
Partition-Specific Settings 26
Jumping Partitions 26
Using a Touchtone Phone to
Operate Your System 27
Phone Command Prefix 27
Accessing the System from Off-site 27
Touchtone Phone System Operation 27
Sending a Police Panic Alarm 28
Testing the System 29
Automatic Test Features 29
Manual Tests 29
Resetting Smoke Detectors 29
Troubleshooting 31
Trouble Beeps and Trouble Messages 31
Appendix A: User Sheets 33
Appendix B: Planning for Emergencies 39
Appendix C: Programming Your System 41
Notes: 48
Index: 49