General Operation
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What Happens in an Emergency?
Your security system touchpad has three panic alarms—
police, fire, and auxiliary—that call for help immediately.
They are activated by pressing the appropriate touchpad
buttons. Even very young children can learn how to send
for emergency help if needed. Police and fire fighters will
know the exact location and nature of the emergency.
Your security system can also monitor the normal activity
in your home and call for help automatically if normal
activities are not detected. For example, if someone falls
and can’t move, the system notices that normal activities,
such as placing outgoing calls or opening doors and win-
dows, have not occurred for a certain length of time. Your
system sounds a low-volume siren for 8 (programmable)
minutes to let you know there may be a problem. If all is
well, you can stop the siren by disarming your system. If
no one disarms the system during the 8 minutes, your sys-
tem calls for help.
Note
Refer to “Planning for Emergencies” in the Appendix
A for emergency planning details.
Using the System When You’re Away
Off-site operations using any Touch-Tone telephone allow
you to control and monitor most of your system features
even while you are away from your home. If you are on
vacation, for example, you can turn lights and appliances
on and off, check for any trouble conditions, and even
bypass the sensor on a door to let in a neighbor, delivery
person, or service person.
General Operation
You may have installed this security system simply to pre-
vent break-ins and theft and to detect fires. However, your
new security system can alert you to many other emergen-
cies. Plus, this security system lets you monitor and con-
trol conditions in your home or business even when you
are away.
To effectively use your security system, you need to
develop a few simple habits:
❑
Check for open doors and windows before leaving.
❑
Remember to gather your things and then arm your
system and exit before the exit delay time expires.
❑
Remember to disarm your system within the entry
delay time when you return.
❑
Respond to beeps, light indicators, and voice
announcements from your system, which indicate the
status of your system.
You soon become aware of the benefits these few simple
habits bring you and help you incorporate your security
system seamlessly into your everyday life.
Using the Touchpad Buttons
The touchpad is the primary way to manually operate the
system or partition. Table 1 contains a list of the buttons
and what they do.
Figure 1. Touchpad Buttons
DEVICES
SYSTEM
UNDO
FEATURES
7
4
F I R E
A U X I L I A R Y
LIGHTS
1
SCRIPTS
8
9
5
6
2
3
P O L I C E
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MAIN MENU OR ACCEPT
PREVIOUS MENU OR QUIT
DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS
1 SECURITY MENU
2 SILENT ARM MENU
3 ACCESS CONTROL MENU
4 LIGHTS MENU
5 DEVICES MENU
6 ENERGY MENU
7 FEATURES MENU
8 SYSTEM MENU
9 SCRIPTS MENU
0 PHONE MENU
SECURITY
SILENT
ARM
ACCESS
CONTROL
ENERGY
PHONE
ENTER
TURN ALL LIGHTS OFF
TURN ALL LIGHTS ON
AUX/MEDICAL
POLICE
FIRE
PANIC BUTTONS -- PRESS AND HOLD BOTH BUTTONS TO ACTIVATE
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D
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B
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