Wireless Home (490-2010) Operation Faxback Doc. # 8926 Alarm System ARMING THE SYSTEM There are two basic armed modes for the alarm system, Home and Away. When the system is armed in the Home mode, it ignores all motion detectors and other interior sensors and responds to only door/window sensors. This lets you move around your home without accidentally setting off the alarm. Note: The system assumes all door/window sensors are perimeter sensors. If you install a door/window sensor on an interior door, the alarm sounds when the sensor is violated, even if the system is armed in the Home mode. When the system is armed in the Away mode, it responds to all types of sensors. You can arm the alarm system from the base or the remote control. Arming the System from the Base Follow these steps to arm the system from the base. 1. Press HOME or AWAY to select the armed mode. The indicator for the selected button flashes. 2. Enter your personal access code. (See "Setting Your Personal Access Code" (Faxback Doc. # 8919). The base sounds a brief tone. Notes: If you arm the system in the Away mode, the 30-second exit delay timer begins counting, and the ZONE and STATUS indicators flash. You must exit your home and close the door before the delay time ends. Otherwise, the system arms while you are still in your home. When the system arms, the ZONE and STATUS indicators light steadily If you connect a plunger switch, a motion detector, or other interior sensor to the door/window transmitter, the base's alarm sounds when the system is violated while armed in the Home Mode. See "Adding Optional Devices" (Faxback Doc. # 8921). ARMING THE SYSTEM FROM THE REMOTE CONTROL You can arm the system from the remote control in much the same as from the base. Press and hold down HOME or AWAY on the remote control. When the base sounds a brief tone, release the button. Note: The base does not respond to the remote control within 10 seconds after you press a key on the base. BYPASSING ZONES If you try to arm the system when a zone is violated, an error tone sounds, and the STATUS indicator, the indicator for the violated zone, and the BYPASS indicator flash. You can bypass the violated zone so you can arm the system. To Do so, press BYPASS on the base and enter your personal access code. The BYPASS indicator lights and the system arms normally. You can bypass all 16 zones Notes: All violated zones are unprotected when you press BYPASS. Therefore, before you press BYPASS, verify which zones are violated by lifting the top cover of the base and checking all zone indicators for violated status. The zone indicators for the bypassed zones flash slowly to show you which zones are bypassed. This helps ensure that you do not accidentally bypass a zone you want to protect. The bypassed zone becomes active again the next time you arm the system. If you want to abruptly cancel the arming sequence to check on a faulty zone, press CANCEL. If you do not press either BYPASS or CANCEL within 20 seconds after you try to arm the system, the system automatically becomes disarmed. You can bypass zones only from the base. DISARMING THE SYSTEM When the system is triggered, the alarm sounds for about 5 minutes or until you disarm the system. You can disarm the system from the base or remote control. To disarm the system from the base, enter your personal access code. The STATUS indicator changes from red to green. If you enter your home while the system is armed in the Away mode, a 45-second entrance delay starts to count when you open the door. The base sounds a short tone to reopen the door. The base sounds a short tone to remind you that you must disarm the system before the delay time ends; otherwise, the alarm sounds. To disarm the system from the remote control, press DISARM on the remote control until the base sounds a short double beep. VIOLATION INDICATORS If you disarm the system after a violation occurs, the indicator for the violated zone continues to slowly flash, even if the violation no longer exists. This shows you a violation occurred during your absence. Press CANCEL to clear the flashing zone indicator. Notes: If there is a problem with the zone's transmitter, the indicator continues to flash. If violation transmissions of two or more transmitters overlap, the base might not receive some or all of the transmissions. (This could occur if two transmitters are mounted close to each other and one is violated immediately after the other.) If this happens, the base does not display the correct status of the transmitters. To display the correct status, disarm the base and press TEST on the transmitters, or violate and then immediately unviolate the transmitters. You can also wait for the transmitters to automatically update their status (about once every hour). USING THE PANIC ALARM You can use the alarm system as an intrusion panic alarm. The panic alarm operates in any mode except the Test mode. When you trigger the panic alarm, the system automatically sounds the alarm and arms in the Home mode. You must disarm the system in the same way as with a normal zone violation. You can Trigger the panic alarm in two ways: * Press LEARN and CODE on the base at the same time * Press PANIC/TEST on the door/window transmitter. USING THE DAY MODE Your alarm system's Day mode lets you monitor the doors of your home while you are in or near your home. When you enable the Day mode, the base, sounds a short tone any time a door protected by a door/window transmitter opens or closes. This lets you know when someone enters or leaves your home, without sounding a full alarm. To enable the Day mode, disarm the system and press DAY. The DAY indicator lights to show you the Day mode is enabled. Note: The Day mode functions only while the system is disarmed. If you arm the system, the DAY indicator lights again to show you the Day mode is still enabled. To disable the Day mode, press DAY while the system is disarmed. The DAY indicator turns off. USING THE FIRE ALARM You can increase your fire protection by using the supplied smoke alarm siren detector. If a smoke alarm sounds within the range of the siren detector, the detector sends a signal to the base. The base recognizes the signal as a fire alarm. The FIRE indicator and the assigned zone indicators flash and the fire alarm sounds. To silence the fire alarm , press CANCEL. The FIRE indicator continues to flash to show the status of the smoke alarm siren detector. If the detector no longer detects the smoke alarm's siren, the FIRE indicator turns off. Note: The smoke alarm siren detector does not monitor for smoke or combustion particles. It only detects the audible alarm siren from a UL-listed smoke detection device. You must use a smoke-detection device with the siren detector. (SMC/jlc-03/22/94)