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Keypad cheat sheet

• Arm (away)your codeAWAY

  • Push-button keypads: open any key cover first. TouchCenter, Symphony and Tuxedo Touch users need their keypad guide.
  • Close protected doors and windows. On a display keypad, press * (READY) to list open zones; check that READY shows before arming.
  • Key in your code, then press AWAY (the 2 key). Two beeps (or beeping through the exit delay), and the red ARMED light on keypads that have one.
  • Leave by the entry/exit door. Fast beeps mean the exit delay is nearly over.
  • If your installer has turned on quick arming, you can press # instead of your code.

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• Arm while homeyour codeSTAY

  • Push-button keypads: open any key cover first. TouchCenter, Symphony and Tuxedo Touch users need their keypad guide.
  • Close the outside doors and windows, then key in your code and press STAY (the 3 key). Three beeps.
  • Doors and windows are armed; inside detectors stay off, so you can move about. Anyone coming in later must disarm within the entry delay.
  • INSTANT (the 7 key) arms the same way with no entry delay.
  • Vista-12, 15P, 20P and 48: STAY twice gives NIGHT-STAY, which also arms the inside zones your installer chose.

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• Disarmyour codeOFF

  • Push-button keypads: open any key cover first. TouchCenter, Symphony and Tuxedo Touch users need their keypad guide.
  • Come in by the entry/exit door. Beeping runs through the entry delay.
  • Key in your code, then press OFF (the 1 key). One beep.
  • The green READY light, on keypads that have one, comes on if all zones are closed.
  • Disarming also removes any bypasses.

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• Bypass a zoneyour codeBYPASSzone

  • Push-button keypads: open any key cover first. TouchCenter, Symphony and Tuxedo Touch users need their keypad guide.
  • Disarm first. Each detector or door contact is a zone; fire zones can't be bypassed.
  • Key in your code, press BYPASS (the 6 key), then the zone number: 2 digits (05), or 3 (005) on a Vista-50P or 128FB.
  • Wait until each bypassed zone has shown on a display keypad, then arm as usual.
  • If your installer has turned on Quick Bypass, code, BYPASS then # bypasses every open zone.

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• Alarm memoryyour codeOFFthenyour codeOFF

  • Push-button keypads: open any key cover first. TouchCenter, Symphony and Tuxedo Touch users need their keypad guide.
  • Fast beeping as you come in means an alarm went off. Leave and call the police from somewhere safe.
  • When it's safe, key in your code and press OFF to stop the siren. A display keypad shows the zone that went off.
  • Fix the cause, then key your code and press OFF again to clear the display.
  • Fire alarm: OFF alone silences it; code then OFF clears the display and resets smoke detectors that need it (ask your installer).

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• Chime on or offyour codeCHIME

  • Push-button keypads: open any key cover first. TouchCenter, Symphony and Tuxedo Touch users need their keypad guide.
  • Key in your code, then press CHIME (the 9 key). Opening a door or window now gives three beeps.
  • A display keypad shows CHIME while chime is on.
  • Do the same again to turn it off.
  • Chime only works while the system is disarmed.

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• Panic alarm1+*or*+#or3+#

  • Push-button keypads: open any key cover first. TouchCenter, Symphony and Tuxedo Touch users need their keypad guide.
  • Your installer sets which pairs work and what each sends: silent, audible, personal or fire. Press both keys of a pair at the same time.
  • On a 6160, hold A, B or C for at least 2 seconds if your installer assigned it a panic function.
  • An audible panic sounds a steady alarm; a display keypad shows ALARM with zone 95, 96 or 99 (995, 996 or 999 on a Vista-128FB).
  • 5827: use its marked * and # pair if enabled. Ask your installer about 5827BD and other function keys.

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• Change a codemaster codeCODEuser numbernew code

  • Push-button keypads: open any key cover first. TouchCenter, Symphony and Tuxedo Touch users need their keypad guide.
  • Key in the master code, press CODE (the 8 key), then the user number: two digits (one on a Vista-10SE, three on a 50P or 128FB).
  • Enter the new 4-digit code. For the master on a Vista-12/15P/20P/48/20SE, use user 02 and enter it twice. The 12/15P/20P/48 beeps once.
  • To delete on a Vista-12, 15P, 20P or 48: master code, CODE, user number, # then 0. Vista-10SE/20SE: stop after the user number; one beep means done.
  • Vista-40/50P/128FB: press 0 at ADD NEW USER?; repeat your new code if asked. To delete, enter the master code again, then 1.

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• Set the date and timemaster code#63then*timedatethen*

  • Use a keypad with a two-line text (alpha) display: only those show the clock. On a touchscreen, see its own guide.
  • Vista-12, 15P, 20P and 48: key in the master code, then # 6 3. The time and date show; press * while they do.
  • A cursor appears under the hour. Key the hour and minutes; on a Vista-15P/20P, then 1 for pm or 0 for am.
  • Key the year (last two digits), month and day. * moves on; # goes back.
  • Press * at the end. On a Vista-12 or 48, press * again at the clock adjustment prompt.

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• Trouble lights

  • CHECK on a display keypad, with beeping, means a trouble. Press any key to stop the beeps.
  • CHECK with a zone number is a problem on that zone. Once it's fixed, key your code and press OFF, then do it again, to clear it.
  • Alpha (text) keypads show the words below; fixed-word keypads show the short form in brackets.

  CHECK and a zone number	A problem on that zone, such as a door left open. Call for service if it won't clear.
  AC LOSS (NO AC)	Mains power is off; running on battery. Check fuses and breakers.
  SYSTEM LO BAT (BAT, no zone)	Panel battery is low. Call for service if it lasts a day with power on.
  LO BAT and a zone (BAT with zone)	A wireless detector's battery is low. Replace it or call for service.
  COMM. FAILURE (FC) or TELCO FAULT (CHECK 94)	The panel couldn't report to the monitoring centre, or the phone line has a problem. Call for service.
  BELL FAILURE (CHECK 70)	Fault in the siren wiring. Call for service.
  OPEN CIRCUIT (OC)	The keypad is not getting signals from the panel. Call for service.
  MODEM COMM (CC)	The panel is online with the monitoring computer. Wait a few minutes.

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• Send a test signalyour codeTEST1

  • Vista-12A, 15P, 20P and 48: the dial test checks the phone link to your monitoring centre. The guides say use it only if your alarm company asks.
  • With the system disarmed, key in your code, press TEST (the 5 key), then 1. Two beeps and PHONE OKAY (Cd on a fixed-word keypad) mean it got through.
  • COMM FAILURE (FC on a fixed-word keypad) means it didn't. Key your code and press OFF to finish.
  • Vista-10SE, 20SE, 40, 50P, 120 and 128FB: your code then TEST starts test mode and sends your monitoring centre a message. The siren sounds for 1 to 3 seconds.
  • 10SE and 20SE: only if your installer has set it up. 120 and 128FB: use a master or manager code. Your code and OFF ends test mode.

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