Arrowhead Elite 8 / Alert 8 manuals

Keypad cheat sheet

• Arm (away)ARMoryour codeENTERorARMyour codeENTER

  • Open the keypad cover first. Your installer picks one of three ways: [ARM] alone, your code then [ENTER], or [ARM], your code, then [ENTER].
  • The Armed A light comes on, or Armed B, or both, for the areas you armed.
  • Forgot something? If your installer allows it, [ARM] during the exit time disarms again.
  • Keyed a code wrong? Press [ENTER] to clear it and start again.

  Pages 5, 8 of the Elite 8D OPERATING GUIDEPage 8 of the Alert 8 D Install
• Arm while homeSTAYorSTAYyour codeENTER

  • Open the keypad cover first. Stay mode arms only the zones your installer picked. Some Alert manuals call it Monitor mode.
  • Press [STAY] ([MONITOR] on some keypads), or that key, your code and [ENTER], as your installer set it up.
  • The Armed A (or B) light flashes while stay mode is on.
  • Press [ENTER] straight after arming to arm at once. It also drops the entry delay, so a triggered stay zone alarms straight away.

  Page 6 of the Elite 8D OPERATING GUIDEPages 8, 18 of the Alert 8 D Install
• Disarmyour codeENTER

  • Open the keypad cover first. Key in your code and press [ENTER]. The Armed lights go out.
  • Stay mode: your code and [ENTER], or [STAY] on its own if your installer allows it.
  • Your code and [ENTER] also reset an alarm and turn the sirens off.
  • If it won't reset, the alarm was in an area your code or this keypad doesn't cover.

  Pages 5 and 6, 8 of the Elite 8D OPERATING GUIDEPage 18 of the Alert 8 D Install
• Bypass a zoneBYPASSzoneENTER

  • Open the keypad cover first. Each detector or door contact is a zone. Bypass the ones you want left off, before you arm.
  • Press [BYPASS] ([EXCLUDE] on some keypads), then the zone numbers (1 to 8). Each zone's light comes on. Then press [ENTER].
  • On the Alert LED keypad, the Ready/Excl light flashes while a zone is bypassed.
  • Bypasses clear when you disarm. A bypassed 24-hour zone stays bypassed until you take it off.
  • You can only bypass zones in the areas your keypad is set up for.

  Page 7 of the Elite 8D OPERATING GUIDEPages 8, 11 of the Alert 8 D Install
• Alarm memoryMEMORY

  • Open the keypad cover first. On the LED keypad, the System or Trouble light flashes when there's an event you haven't looked at.
  • Press [MEMORY]. Faults still present show first: the System light with a zone light for each fault.
  • Events then play back, newest first, with a beep between each. The panel keeps the last 127.
  • Press [ENTER] to stop. A Trouble light left on steady means a tamper alarm hasn't reset.

  Pages 5 and 6 of the Elite 8D OPERATING GUIDE
• Chime on or offCONTROLthenPROGRAM

  • Open the keypad cover first. Chime (day) zones sound the keypad when a detector sees movement. Your installer sets them up and decides if you can switch them off.
  • LED keypad: press [CONTROL], then [PROGRAM]. The Program light flashes while chime is off.
  • Press [CONTROL] then [PROGRAM] again to turn it back on. The Program light goes out.
  • LCD keypad: press [CHIME]. The screen shows CHIME OFF or CHIME ON.

  Page 9 of the Elite 8D OPERATING GUIDEPages 29 and 30 of the Alert 8 D Install
• Panic alarmPANICor1+3

  • Open the keypad cover first. LED keypad: press [PANIC], or [1] and [3] together. [4] and [6] send fire, [7] and [9] medical.
  • LCD keypad: [CHIME] and [CONTROL] for panic, [A] and [B] for fire, [B] and [CHIME] for medical.
  • On the LED keypad the two-key alarms are off unless your installer turns them on.
  • Your installer also sets whether [PANIC] works at once or needs a 2-second hold.
  • Your code and [ENTER] reset the alarm.

  Page 8 of the Elite 8D OPERATING GUIDEPages 10, 28 and 29 of the Alert 8 D Install
• Change a codePROGRAMmaster codeENTERthenPROGRAMuser numberENTERnew codeENTER

  • Open the keypad cover first. With the system disarmed, press [PROGRAM] (PROG on an LCD keypad), your master code, then [ENTER]. The Program light comes on.
  • Press [PROGRAM], the user number (1 to 10), then [ENTER]. Any code already there flashes back.
  • Key in the new code (1 to 6 digits) and press [ENTER]. Three short beeps: saved. One long tone: not accepted.
  • To delete a code, press [BYPASS] ([EXCLUDE] on some keypads; LCD keypad: hold [CONTROL], press [0]) instead of a code, then [ENTER].
  • Finish with [PROGRAM] then [ENTER]. On the LED keypad the A light stands for 0 and B for 9.

  Pages 9 and 10 of the Elite 8D OPERATING GUIDEPage 13 of the Alert 8 D Install
• Set the date and timePROGRAM401ENTERtimeENTER

  • Open the keypad cover first. Get into program mode first: [PROGRAM] (PROG on an LCD keypad), your master code, then [ENTER].
  • For each item, press [PROGRAM], its number from the table, [ENTER], then the value and [ENTER].
  • The time is on the 24-hour clock (1830 is 6:30 pm). The year is two digits.
  • Finish with [PROGRAM] then [ENTER].

  401	Time (HHMM)
  403	Day: 1 = Sunday to 7 = Saturday
  405	Date (1 to 31)
  406	Month (1 to 12)
  407	Year (2 digits)

  Pages 9 and 10 of the Elite 8D OPERATING GUIDE
• Trouble lights

  • On the Alert LED keypad, the System or Trouble light flashes when there's a new event to look at.
  • Open the cover and press [MEMORY]. During the fault check, zone lights 1 to 8 mean the faults in the table.
  • The flashing stops once the events have played or you press [ENTER]. System still flashing means that problem hasn't cleared.
  • If your installer left it on, every keypad beeps non-stop when a wireless detector stops checking in, or a zone goes unused too long.

  Ready/Excl on steady	All zones closed, ready to arm
  Ready/Excl flashing	A zone is bypassed
  System flashing	New system alarm
  Trouble flashing	New tamper or trouble alarm (on steady: still active)
  Zone light on / flashing	Zone open / zone in alarm
  Fault check: light 1, 2, 3, 4	Battery low; mains or 12 V fuse; phone line; wireless detector battery low
  Fault check: light 5, 6, 7, 8	Remote battery low; wireless detector not reporting; zone inactivity; monitoring call not acknowledged

  Pages 8, 29 and 30 of the Alert 8 D InstallPages 5 and 6 of the Elite 8D OPERATING GUIDE