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Zones and Partitions
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The system sensing devices have been assigned to various “zones,” which are specific areas of
protection (e.g., front door, kitchen window, etc.).
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Zone numbers are displayed at the keypad when an alarm or trouble condition occurs on a sensor.
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Partitions (VISTA-20P Series) provide two independent areas of protection, with each partition
containing a group of zones that can be armed and disarmed without affecting other zones or users.
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Partitioned systems (VISTA-20P Series) can include a common zone area, which is an area shared
by users of both partitions (such as a lobby in a building).
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Cross Zoning: Your installer may have set the cross-zoning feature for some of the zones. Cross
Zoning is designed so that a combination of two zones must be faulted within a defined time period of
one another before an alarm occurs, and can help reduce false alarms. Once the first zone opens,
the cross zoning time window begins, and when the second zone opens within that window an alarm
for both zones occurs. If one zone opens and the other zone does not open within the time window,
an error message is sent to the central station (code 380).
NOTE
: Both zones in a cross zoning pair must protect the same area and be in the same partition.
Arming, Step-Arming and Disarming Burglary Protection
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The system must be armed before the burglary protection can sense intrusions.
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To arm your system, enter your security code followed by the desired arming key.
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If programmed, you can press the [#] key in place of your security code when arming the system
(e.g., instead of entering your 4-digit security code + [3-STAY] to arm the system in STAY mode, you
can press [#] + [3-STAY]).
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You can also use the step-arming feature if programmed, to arm the system. This is a function key
that allows you to arm the system in one of three modes by simply pressing the key repeatedly.
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To disarm the system, enter your security code then press the [OFF] key.
Alarms
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When an alarm occurs, the keypad sounds and displays the zone(s) causing the alarm. For most
alarms, the external sounder also sounds.
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If your system is connected to a Central Monitoring Station, an alarm message is also sent. (
Delayed
Reporting Note:
Message reporting is delayed 30 seconds by default to reduce false alarms. If
desired, this delay can be removed or can be increased to 45 seconds. See your installer if you want
the delay time changed.)
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To stop the alarm sounding, simply disarm the system.
Memory of Alarm
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When an alarm condition occurs, the keypad displays the number(s) of the zone(s) that caused the
problem, and displays the type of alarm.
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The message remains displayed even after disarming the system, but can be cleared with another
“off” sequence.
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