Ademco Alert II manuals

Keypad cheat sheet

• Arm (away)your codeAWAY

  • Check the green READY light on the Master Console is on. If it's off, press READY (the * key) to see the open sensor's number.
  • Key in your code, then press AWAY (the 2 key). Leave no more than 2 seconds between keys, or the entry is wiped.
  • The red AWAY light comes on and the console beeps twice.
  • Leave by your exit door before the exit delay ends. Your installer set it at 15 to 120 seconds.

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• Arm while homeyour codeHOMEoryour codeHOMEINSTANT

  • Home arms the doors and windows but not the inside, so you can move around indoors.
  • With the green READY light on, key in your code, then press HOME (the 3 key).
  • The red HOME light comes on and the console beeps three times.
  • For no entry delay, such as when everyone's asleep, press INSTANT (the 7 key) straight after HOME. The amber INSTANT light comes on too.
  • With INSTANT on, opening a main door sets off the alarm straight away.

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• Disarmyour codeOFF

  • Come in by a delay-zone door. The console beeps slowly while the entry delay runs.
  • Key in your code, then press OFF (the 1 key).
  • The red light goes out, the green OFF light comes on and the console beeps once.
  • Fast beeping or a red BURGLARY light as you come in means there was a break-in. Leave and call the police from a safe place.

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• Bypass a zoneyour codeAWAYBYPASSoryour codeHOMEBYPASS

  • Use the Master Console: the optional wireless keypad has no BYPASS or READY key. Alert II calls each detector a sensor.
  • An open sensor keeps READY off; press READY (the * key) to see its number. Still showing after you open and close it again? Call your service company.
  • To arm without it, key in your code, press AWAY or HOME, then BYPASS (the 6 key). Every open sensor is left out.
  • The arming light and the amber BYPASS light come on, with two beeps (AWAY) or three (HOME).
  • The bypass ends when you disarm. Going straight from HOME to AWAY, or back, also ends it and the system disarms.

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• Alarm memoryyour codeOFFthenyour codeOFF

  • A red BURGLARY light, or fast beeping when you get home, means an alarm went off while you were out. Don't go in: call the police.
  • Once it's safe, key in your code. The console's beeping stops at the first digit; finish the code and press OFF within 10 seconds or it starts again.
  • The display shows the number of the sensor that went off. The card in the console's pull-out drawer tells you where it is.
  • Key in your code and press OFF again to clear the display.

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• Chime on or offyour codeCHIME

  • Chime works while the system is disarmed: opening a door or window gives one beep and shows its number.
  • Key in your code, then press CHIME (the 9 key). The Master Console's amber CHIME light comes on.
  • Do the same again to turn it off. The CHIME light goes out.

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• Reset smoke detectorsyour codeOFF

  • Get everyone out safely first. If there are no flames or thick smoke, look for the cause.
  • Key in your code, then press OFF, to silence the alarm.
  • Still sounding? Check the smoke and heat detectors for smoke or something hot nearby, and remove it.
  • Smoke may still be inside the detector: fan it for about 30 seconds, then key in your code and press OFF again.
  • If you are monitored, ring your monitoring company to tell them it's a false alarm.

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• Panic alarmEMERG+EMERGorPOLICE+POLICEorFIRE+FIRE

  • Press both keys of a pair on the Master Console together: EMERG for a personal emergency, POLICE for police, FIRE for fire.
  • Your installer set POLICE as a silent or loud alarm. The AUX pair may sound an alarm or turn on some lights.
  • On an optional hand-held wireless keypad, press LIGHTS and ENTER together. It sends a silent or loud alarm, depending on how it was set up.
  • To stop an alarm, key in your code, then press OFF.
  • Forced to disarm? Use your code with its last digit swapped for your installer's duress digit, then OFF. It disarms and, if monitored, sends a silent alarm.

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• Set a temporary codemaster codeCODEnew code

  • You can add one extra code, for a babysitter or cleaner. Your installer programs the master code.
  • Key in the master code, press CODE (the 8 key), then the new 4-digit code.
  • The amber CODE light stays on while a temporary code is set.
  • If the master code armed the system, the temporary code can't disarm it.
  • To remove it, key in the master code, press CODE, then the master code again.

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• Trouble lights

  • Troubles come with fast beeping. Key in your code and press OFF (within 10 seconds) to silence it.
  • Low battery: replace that sensor's battery or call your service company. Then trigger that sensor once (open its door or press its button), arm, and disarm.
  • POWER light out: check your circuit breakers or fuses, and that the plug-in transformer is in. Once power is back, code and OFF turn the light on.
  • CHECK and a number: set off that sensor, then key your code and press OFF. If CHECK keeps returning, call for service.

  Green READY light off	A door, window or sensor is open: don't arm yet
  Red BURGLARY light and a number	A break-in while armed; the number shows which sensor
  Red LOW BAT light and a number	That sensor's battery is low (30 or 31: a panic button; 00: a wireless keypad)
  Red CHECK light and a number	The system isn't hearing from that sensor
  Green POWER light off	No mains power
  OC on the display, steady low tone	A long power cut has shut the system down. The 4 key silences the tone

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