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Interactive Solutions Touch Screen User Guide
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Trouble Arming
If you attempt to arm the system when a sensor is in a faulted state (such as when a door or window is
open), the Trouble Arming warning appears.
This warning displays a list of problems (trouble list) that prevent the arming operation from completing. If
you correct all of the problems on the trouble list (such as closing the front window, in the example
above), this warning disappears, and the arming action is completed automatically. If you want to bypass
the problem and arm the system anyway, touch ARM ANYWAY.
In general, you can bypass sensors only when they are active—that is, capable of generating an alarm. For
24-hour sensors, this is all the time. For exterior doors and windows, this is when the system is armed. For
interior doors and interior motion sensors, this is only when the system is armed to Arm Away.
When you select Arm Anyway, you automatically bypass all of the sensors in the trouble list. This is
considered an indirect bypass.
CAUTION:
When you bypass the problem and arm the system with one or more sensors open, those
sensors are temporarily ignored. Using the example above, if you touch Arm Anyway, anyone
can open or close the front window while the system is armed without setting off an alarm of
any kind. Be very cautious if you ever decide to use this feature, because it essentially defeats
the purpose of your security system.
If you do nothing when this screen appears, after four minutes, the touch screen arms the
system anyway. In other words, disregarding this message and doing nothing is the same as
touching Arm Anyway.
Note:
Low battery problems appear in the trouble list, but the system does not actually bypass these
problems. A sensor with a low battery can still trigger an alarm.
