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Getting to Know 
Your Security 
SystemYour security system consists of different components. Each component plays a special role in 
system operation (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Security System Components
Panel
The panel is the heart of your system. The panel circuitry is enclosed in a steel cabinet and is 
installed out of the way of household or workplace traffic. The panel monitors all sensors and 
devices in the system and initiates a call to the central monitoring...

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Communicating 
with the SystemTouchpads let you communicate with the system (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Touchpads
Alphanumeric and Fixed Display Touchpads
Alphanumeric touchpads are mounted on a wall and provide system information by LEDs and/or 
displaying text messages.
Wireless Handheld Touchpad
This touchpad can be carried from room to room and used to control the system from many loca-
tions on site.
Keychain Touchpads
Keychain touchpads are handy for simple arming and...

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Beeps and LEDs— How Your System Talks to You
Touchpads and interior sirens produce a variety of operating beeps to inform you of different sys-
tem states and operations.
Key Beeps
A Key beep is the tone you hear when you press a button on an alphanumeric, fixed display, or 
handheld wireless touchpad. The sound confirms that the button was pressed adequately. Key 
Beeps can be turned on or off by the installer.
Status Beeps
Status beeps come from touchpads, sirens or...

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Basic System 
OperationsThis section describes:
• What Happens in an Alarm Condition
• Fire and Smoke Alarms
• Preventing Accidental Alarms
• Arming your System
• Exit and Entry Delay Times
• Bypassing Sensors
• Using the Chime Feature
• Basic Light Control
• Basic Output Control
• Checking the Status of Your System
For instructions on using a phone to perform any of these functions, see “Using a Touchtone 
Phone to Operate Your System”.
What Happens in an Alarm...

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• Check the location of smoke detectors. Smoke detectors located too close to bathrooms and 
kitchens can trip from steam or smoke from cooking.
• Take note of system beeps, voice announcements, and indicator lights which indicate the 
current system status.
Aborting Accidental Alarms
Your system can be set up to let you abort an accidental intrusion, Police or Auxiliary alarm.
If the Dialer Abort feature is turned on, disarming the system within a specified time...

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Level 2—STAY
Use this level to arm perimeter doors and windows only. Interior devices such as motion sensors 
remain off so you can stay inside the premises without setting off an alarm. If you wish, you can 
exit through a designated delay door after arming to Level 2—STAY.

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Keychain Touchpad Arming
Your installer can set up your keychain touchpad to arm the system in one of two ways:
• Press the   Lock button to arm the system directly to Level 3—AWAY with no Exit Delay. 
Using this method, you would not be able to arm to Level 2—STAY.
• Press the   Lock button once for each desired increase in arming level. For example:
From Level 1 press the   Lock button once to arm to Level 2, press it twice for Level 3, or 
press it three times to...

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Auto STAY Arming Feature
The Auto STAY Arming feature helps cut down on false alarms in the event that you arm the 
system to 3—AWAY, but fail to leave during the Exit Delay time. Here’s how it works:
Exit Extension Arming Feature
The exit extension arming feature helps cut down on false alarms in the event that you arm the 
system and exit the premises, but re-enter before the exit delay expires.
Note  If the exit extension arming feature is on, the exit delay will be...

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3. At any touchpad, press # + CODE (# is labeled Bypass)
4. Touchpads display, “BYPASS SENSOR _ _,” or “ENTER SNSR _ _.” Enter the desired sen-
sor number.
5. Touchpads display, “BYPASSED ZONES 01,” or “SENSOR 01 BYPASSED,” for example.
6. If the touchpad displays “INVALID,” or “FAILURE,” or if the touchpad sounds one long 
beep, make sure that you entered a valid sensor number. Smoke/heat sensors cannot be 
bypassed.
7. Bypass other sensors if desired, by repeating...
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