Brinks BHS-3000A manuals

Keypad cheat sheet

• Arm (away)ON

  • Close all doors and windows. The READY light (READY in the window of a Premium keypad) must be on.
  • Press ON. No code is needed. The ON light blinks while the exit delay runs, usually 80 seconds.
  • Leave by a designated entry/exit door before it ends. The ON light then stays on steady.
  • Pressing ON when the system isn't ready gives an error tone, and it stays off (see Bypass a zone).

  Pages 17, 19, 21 of the Brinks BHS-3000A User's Manual
• Arm while homeONMOTION OFF

  • Brink's calls this Motions Off: doors and windows are armed but the motion detectors stay off, so you can stay home.
  • Press ON, then MOTION OFF within 20 seconds. The ON light blinks and the MOTION OFF light comes on (Premium: ON, MOTION OFF).
  • Press INSTANT as well to make the delay doors instant: opening one then sets off the alarm at once.
  • Don't open a protected door or window without turning the system off first.

  Pages 12, 19 and 20 of the Brinks BHS-3000A User's Manual
• Disarmyour code

  • Come in through a designated entry door. The keypad tone reminds you to turn the system off.
  • Key in your code before the entry delay ends, usually 40 seconds. The keypad beeps and the ON light goes out.
  • Set it off by mistake? Key in your code, then press CANCEL within 20 seconds. A Premium keypad shows ALARM CANCELED.
  • After an alarm while you were out, your code turns the system off and shows the zones that were in alarm. CANCEL clears the memory.

  Pages 23, 25 of the Brinks BHS-3000A User's Manual
• Bypass a zoneOPTIONS1zone

  • A bypassed zone is ignored while the system is on. The bypass cancels itself when you turn the system off.
  • Standard keypad: press OPTIONS, then 1, then the zone number. The READY and BYPASS lights come on.
  • Premium keypad: press OPTIONS until the window reads BYPASS, ENTER ZONE #, then key in the zone number.
  • Not sure which zone is open? On a Standard keypad, OPTIONS then 7 makes its zone light blink. A Premium keypad shows the number.

  Pages 21, 26 of the Brinks BHS-3000A User's Manual
• Alarm memoryOPTIONS4your code

  • Standard keypad: press OPTIONS, then 4. When the ENTER CODE light blinks, key in your code.
  • The lights of the zones that were last in alarm blink.
  • Premium keypad: press OPTIONS until ALARM MEMORY, ENTER CODE shows, key in your code, then read the zones.
  • The pop-up zone card on the keypad tells you where each zone is.

  Pages 25, 27 and 28 of the Brinks BHS-3000A User's Manual
• Chime on or offOPTIONS2your code

  • Door chime makes the keypad beep when a protected door or window opens while the system is off.
  • Standard keypad: press OPTIONS, then 2, then key in your code. The READY and CHIME lights stay on while chime is on.
  • Premium keypad: press OPTIONS until DOOR CHIME, ENTER CODE shows, then key in your code.
  • Do the same again to turn it off. No beep at all? Chime may have been turned off when it was installed.

  Pages 27, 35 of the Brinks BHS-3000A User's Manual
• Panic alarmthe key with a flame on itorthe key with a cross on itorthe key with a shield on it

  • The three emergency keys sit left of the number keys and carry pictures, not words. The system needn't be on.
  • Press the key once; some systems need a second press within 3 seconds.
  • Pressed one by mistake? Press CANCEL and key in your code.

  Red flame key	Fire: the siren sounds and a signal goes to the monitoring centre
  Green cross key	Medical: the keypad beeps and a signal goes to the monitoring centre
  Blue badge key	Police: the siren sounds and a signal goes to the monitoring centre

  Pages 12 and 13, 15 of the Brinks BHS-3000A User's Manual
• Change a codeOPTIONS3master codeuser numbernew code

  • You can add codes for other people (users 1 to 91). The master code itself is changed only by Brink's.
  • Standard keypad: press OPTIONS, then 3. Premium: press OPTIONS until AUXILIARY CODES, ENTER MASTER CODE shows.
  • Key in the master code, then the user number, then the new code. The keypad beeps after each.
  • To delete a code, press CANCEL instead of keying in a new code.
  • Try it: turn the system on, then off with the new code.

  Pages 17, 29, 31 of the Brinks BHS-3000A User's Manual
• Test the systemOPTIONS5your code

  • Siren and transmission test: press OPTIONS, then 5 (Premium: until TEST, ENTER CODE shows), then key in your code.
  • A test signal goes to the monitoring centre. If it gets through, the siren sounds briefly.
  • No beep or siren blast, and the TROUBLE light comes on (Premium: CP TROUBLE)? The test failed: call your alarm company.
  • The manual asks for this test every week.

  Page 32 of the Brinks BHS-3000A User's Manual
• Trouble lightsOPTIONS9

  • Standard keypad: when the TROUBLE light is on, press OPTIONS, then 9. A zone light blinks (see the table).
  • Press OPTIONS, 9 again for a second list: light 1 is an upload or download failure, light 2 no mains power.
  • Premium keypad: the window shows a message instead, such as NO AC, LOW BATT or CP TROUBLE.
  • Press CANCEL to silence the trouble beeps. A communication problem beeps four times a minute.
  • No mains power: check the power transformer is plugged in and no breaker is off. If a trouble doesn't clear, call your alarm company.

  1	Low battery. After a power cut it can take 24 hours to recharge
  2	Communication problem: an alarm or test signal didn't get through. Check your phone has a dial tone
  3	Zone trouble, such as a dirty smoke detector. It may reset itself within 30 minutes
  4	Call your alarm company
  5	Component failure
  6	Siren failure
  8	Phone line cut (if that feature is on)
  Two short clicks every 3 seconds	The keypad has stopped working: call your alarm company. CANCEL on a working keypad stops the clicks

  Pages 37 to 42 of the Brinks BHS-3000A User's Manual