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Press and hold one of the key combinations 
listed below for 2 seconds to activate a 
panic alarm.

When the 

[

MEM

]

 key is illuminated, an alarm 

has occurred within your system. Press the 

[

MEM

]

 key to view the breached zone(s). 

The breached zone’s corresponding key will 
be illuminated.

When the 

[

TBL

]

 key is illuminated, press it to view the Trouble Display (

[

TBL

]

 key flashes). 

Each key that is illuminated represents a separate trouble condition as shown below:

When the 

[

BYP

]

 key is illuminated, there are 

bypassed zones currently in your system.

Method 1:

1. Press the 

[

BYP

]

 key.

2. Enter your 

[

ACCESS

 

CODE

]

.

3. Press the keys corresponding to the 

zones you wish to bypass, or press 

[

BYP

]

 to recall the previously 

bypassed zones.

4. Press 

[

ENTER

]

.

Method 2:

1. Press and hold the 

[

BYP

]

 key for 3 

seconds.

2. Go to step 3 in method 1.

Press and hold the numeric key 
corresponding to the zone for 3 seconds to 
enable or disable chiming for that zone*.

Press and hold the 

[

CLEAR

]

 key for 3 

seconds to enable or disable keypad 
muting*. 

*A confirmation beep (B

EEP

-B

EEP

-B

EEP

-B

EEP

-

B

EEP

) signifies that the feature has been enabled, 

and a rejection beep (B

EEEEEEEEEEEEEP

) sounds 

when the feature is disabled.

P

ANIC

 A

LARMS

Panic Alarm 
Type

Key Combinations

Police
Medical
Fire

Press and hold 

[1] 

[3]

Press and hold 

[4]

 & 

[6]

Press and hold 

[7]

 & 

[9]

A

LARM

 M

EMORY

 D

ISPLAY

T

ROUBLE

 D

ISPLAY

[1]

Low/No battery

[8]

Clock loss 

(press [8] to reprogram HH:MM)

[2]

Wireless transmitter low 
battery

[9]

Tamper/Zone wiring failure 

(press [9] to 

view the zone)

[3]

Power failure

[10]

Telephone line monitoring failure

[4]

Bell/PGM2 disconnected

[

STAY

]

Fire zone trouble

[5]

Bell current failure

[

BYP

]

Module loss

[6]

Auxiliary current failure

[

MEM

]

Wireless transmitter supervision loss

[7]

Communication failure

[

FORCE

]

Keypad fault

B

YPASS

 P

ROGRAMMING

C

HIME

 P

ROGRAMMING

Must be enabled by your installer.

© 2003 Paradox Security Systems. Spectra is a registered trademark of Paradox Security Systems.

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