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Chapter 1: Introduction
About this guide
This guide explains how to operate and administer an i-on Next Generation
alarm system as a user. The guide describes the devices you can use to
carry out these tasks, how to perform functions such as setting and
unsetting the system, how to manage alarms and the options available
from the user menu to carry out tasks such as omitting zones, adding users
and viewing the log.
This guide does not describe topics such as system installation,
maintenance and installer menu options; these topics are covered in other
guides that are available to installers.
Part-setting and partitioned modes
Depending on your requirements, your system may have been configured
by the installer as a part-setting system or a partitioned system. These two
modes are explained below.
Part-setting mode
In part-setting mode, the control unit can set in one of four ways: either full
set or one of three part sets (part set B, C or D). Each zone can belong to
one or more part sets.
When the system is full set, the control unit sets all zones, irrespective of
the part set they belong to.
When the system is part set, the control unit sets only those zones that
belong to the part set you have chosen to set. The installer defines which
zones are in each part set. A part set may, for example, set all areas of the
building except the delivery area, which would allow people to occupy the
delivery area while the main part of the building is protected.
In a part-setting system, the system responds to just one keypad at a time.
