EVENT REPORTING & CONTROL BY TELEPHONE AND SMS 
52  D-304829 PowerMaster-10/30 G2 User's Guide 
Remote Control by SMS 
Note: This feature is not to be not to be enabled in UL Listed product. 
PowerMaster system with GSM unit can respond to SMS commands from any cellular telephone (a detailed 
SMS message sending process is described in the cellular telephone user’s guide). 
The various SMS commands are detailed in the following table.  
In this table, “<code>” means a 4-digit user code and   simply means blank space (see Note).  
SMS Command List 
 
Command  Individual Partition SMS Format  All Partitions SMS format 
1  Arm AWAY  “AWAY <code>”  
or  
“AW <code>”  
“P# AWAY <code>” 
or  
“P# AW <code>” 
2  Arm AWAY instant 
“AWAY INST <code>” 
or  
“AWI <code>”  
“P# AWAY INST <code>” 
or  
“P# AWI <code>” 
3  Arm AWAY 
Latchkey 
“LATCHKEY <code>”  
or   
“LK <code>”  
“P# LATCHKEY <code>” 
or 
“P# LK <code>” 
4  Arm AWAY 
Latchkey instant 
“LATCHKEY INST  <code>” 
 or  
“LKI <code>”  
“P# LATCHKEY INST <code>” 
or  
“P# LKI <code>” 
5  Arm HOME  “HOME <code>” 
or  
“HM <code>”  
“P# HOME <code>” 
or 
“P# HM <code>” 
6  Arm HOME instant  “HOME INST <code>” 
or  
“HMI <code>”  
“P# HOME INST <code>” 
or 
“P# HMI <code>” 
7  Disarm  “DISARM <code>”  
or  
“DA <code>”  
“P# DISARM <code>” 
or 
“P# DA <code>” 
8  Turn PGM on 
  “PGM ON <code>”  “P# PGM ON <code>” 
9  Turn PGM off 
“P# PGM OFF <code>” 
10  Define custom 
house identity 
2
 
“HOUSE NAME <code> <house ID>” 
or  
“HN <code> <house ID>” 
“P# HOUSE NAME <code> <house ID>”
or 
“P# HN <code> <house ID>” 
11  Query system 
status 
“STATUS <code>” 
or  
“ST <code>”  
“P# STATUS <code>”  
or 
“P# ST <code>” 
Note: The PowerMaster may react with a delay to received SMS messages if a GPRS session is in progress at 
the same time. 
           
1
 
Refers to PowerMaster-30 G2 only
 
2
 
House ID includes up to 16 characters, for example, JOHN'S HOUSE