Vivint SkyControl Support
Add user code
To add a user code to your touchscreen panel, complete the following steps:
1.
Go to your touchscreen panel.
2.
At the Home screen, choose Settings.
3.
Enter a valid administrator user PIN.
4.
Choose Users.
5.
Choose Add User.
6.
Enter a unique user name and then choose Done.
7.
Enter a unique four-‐digit PIN for the new user. This will be the user's panel access code.
8.
Enter the same four-‐digit PIN again to confirm the code.
9.
Choose whether or not you want the new user to be an administrator user.
Adjust the brightness/volume
You can adjust the brightness of your panel touchscreen display and the volume of the speaker by
completing the following steps:
1.
Go to your touchscreen panel.
2.
At the Home screen, choose Settings.
3.
Choose Panel Settings.
4.
To configure the volume, choose the Volume button, adjust the volume to your desired level,
and then choose OK. Note that the volume setting does not affect the alarm sounder volume.
5.
To configure the brightness, choose the Display Brightness button, adjust the brightness to your
desired level, and then choose OK.
Arming the system
You can arm your security to either Stay or Leave. The Stay setting will arm all your sensors EXCEPT
motion detectors. The Leave setting will arm all sensors INCLUDING motion detectors. To arm your
system, complete the following steps:
1.
Go to your touchscreen panel and make sure the Home button is green.
2.
Choose the Security button from your home screen.
3.
If any sensors are still open, choose Bypass All. Otherwise go to step 4.
4.
Choose Arm Stay or Arm Leave.
Backlight timeout
The panel backlight timeout sets the length of time that the display stays lit after use. You can adjust the
backlight to 30 seconds; 1, 2, 5, or 10 minutes; or to Always On to light the display at all times. During a
power outage, the display will go dark after 30 seconds regardless of this setting in order to conserve
the panel’s backup battery. To set your display backlight timeout, complete the following steps:
1.
Go to your touchscreen panel.
2.
At the Home screen, choose Settings.
3.
Choose Panel Settings.
4.
Choose the Display Timeout button, choose the time period you want, and then choose OK.
Bypassing a zone
When you arm your system, it will tell you if you have doors or windows, and therefore sensors, open
and which ones. To prevent these alerts from triggering your alarm, you can bypass them by completing
the following steps: