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Home Security Touchscreen HSS101
Bypassing Sensors
Use the bypass function to temporarily disarm a sensor that would otherwise trigger an
alarm. In general, you can bypass sensors only when they are active and capable of
generating an alarm. This feature is useful in the following situations:
•
The system is already armed and you want to open a particular non-entry door or window
(for example, to let the cat out).
•
You need to temporarily disable an otherwise always-on sensor, such as a smoke
detector, when you are cooking a very smoky dish. Do not forget to turn the smoke
detector back on when you are done!
Note:
The Security panel on some systems lets you temporarily disable all
always-on sensors by setting the system to Subdisarm. On some systems,
Subdisarm is not an option and you have to bypass the sensors (direct bypass).
Some sensors cannot be bypassed. See
Subdisarm the System
on page
20 for
more information.
•
When you touch
Bypass
on the Sensors screen, the Sensor Bypass screen displays with
a list of all of your sensors and the bypass state of each. If your system allows it, you can
temporarily bypass a sensor by switching its On/Off switch to On.
In the following screen, the motion sensor and smoke detector are not assigned to groups
that allow bypassing. The front door and liquor cabinet (door and window sensors) are
assigned to groups that allow bypassing, so theirs are the only active bypass switches.
Figure 13. Choose sensors to temporarily bypass
When you no longer want to bypass a sensor, switch it to Off either on this screen or on
the Sensor Details screen. On some systems, you have to arm and then disarm the
system through the Security panel to turn the bypass off. Note that this sequence turns
bypass off for all sensors.
