Caddx NX Reliance NX alarms manuals

Keypad cheat sheet

• Arm (away)your code

  • Keypads with buttons: close the doors and windows. The READY light must be on.
  • Key in your code. The ARMED light comes on (on the NX-1608, the light above ON). Leave before the exit delay ends.
  • Beeps speed up in the last 10 seconds; any EXIT light flashes. VerteX: [Exit] restarts the delay if your installer enabled it.
  • Quick Arm, if enabled: On on the VerteX, ON on the NX-1608, or Exit on the NX-108E and NX-148E.
  • TouchNav touchscreen: touch Away while the screen shows Area Ready.

  Pages 5 and 6, 12 of the NX User Manual - VerteX Code padPages 9 and 10 of the NetworX NX-8E User Manual
• Arm while homePartial

  • VerteX code pad: close the doors and windows (the READY light must be on), then press [Partial]. The PARTIAL light comes on.
  • Zones your installer set for Partial stay armed; the rest are bypassed. If one opens, the keypad sounds and the entry delay starts: key in your code.
  • NX-108E and NX-148E: key in your code, then press [Stay]. The STAY light comes on.
  • NX-1608: if your installer enabled quick arming, press [HOME]. The light above HOME comes on.
  • TouchNav touchscreen: touch Stay while the screen shows Area Ready.

  Pages 4, 7 of the NX User Manual - VerteX Code padPage 18 of the NX-8 Installation Manual
• Disarmyour code

  • Keypads with buttons: come in through your entry/exit door. The keypad gives a steady tone during the entry delay.
  • Key in your code before the delay ends. The ARMED light (above ON on the NX-1608) goes off and the tone stops.
  • If that light is flashing as you come in, the alarm went off while you were away. Leave, then call your alarm company or the police from somewhere safe.
  • TouchNav touchscreen: touch Off +, then enter your code on the number pad that appears.

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• Bypass a zoneBypass2-digit zoneBypass

  • VerteX code pad, while disarmed: press [Bypass] (and your code if asked), the zone as 2 digits (04 for zone 4), then [Bypass].
  • The zone light comes on. Each detector or door contact is a zone. Bypasses clear when you next disarm.
  • NX-108E and NX-148E: [Bypass], your code if asked, the plain zone number (4, or 106), then [Bypass]. Press [#] to finish.
  • NX-1608: press [*], the zone as 2 digits, then [*] again. Some systems want your code after the first [*].
  • TouchNav: touch MENU, Controls, Zones, then enter your code. Select the zone number, then touch Bypass.

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• Alarm memory*3

  • Keypads with buttons: press [*] then [3].
  • LED keypads: zone lights that flash set off the last alarm. Steady ones were bypassed at the time.
  • NX-148E LCD keypad: the screen names those zones. Press [#] to finish.
  • A flashing ARMED light (above ON on the NX-1608) also means there was an alarm while the system was armed.
  • TouchNav touchscreen: touch MENU, then History, to see past events.

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• Chime on or offChime

  • All but the NX-1608: with the system disarmed, press [Chime] (touch Chime on the TouchNav). Press it again to turn chime off.
  • Chime makes the keypad sound when a chosen door opens. Your installer picks the zones and turns it on.
  • VerteX, NX-108E and NX-148E: the Chime light stays on while chime is on.
  • NX-1608: while disarmed, press [*] then [HOME].

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• Reset smoke detectors*7

  • Keypads with buttons: disarm first. If the keypad is sounding, key in your code to quieten it.
  • Press [*] then [7]. This also clears zone troubles and zone tampers.
  • If the keypad starts beeping, the reset did not work. Key in your code, wait a few minutes, try again.
  • If it still beeps after a few tries, call your installer.
  • TouchNav touchscreen: touch MENU, Testing, then Smoke Reset.

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• Panic alarmholdthe key with a shield on itorholdthe key with a flame on itorholdthe key with a cross on it

  • These keys work only if your installer has set them up. Use them only in a real emergency.
  • Button keypads: hold the key, or both keys together, for 2 seconds.
  • TouchNav: touch SOS, then hold the emergency key for the time your installer confirms: our guides differ (2 or 3 seconds).
  • If your alarm is monitored, a report can go to the monitoring centre. A police alarm may be set to be silent at the premises.

  Shield key	Police (panic) alarm
  Flame key	Fire alarm
  Cross key	Medical (auxiliary) alarm
  NX-1608: [1] and [3] together	Fire alarm
  NX-1608: [4] and [6] together	Medical alarm
  NX-1608: [*] and [#] together	Duress

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• Change a code*5master codeuser numbernew code#

  • Keypads with buttons, while disarmed: press [*] then [5], then key in a master code.
  • Key in the user number: 3 digits on an NX-8E panel (003 for user 3); 2 digits otherwise (03). Then key in the new code.
  • Repeat for other users. Press [#] at the user-number prompt to finish.
  • To delete a code, key in [Chime] (VerteX) or [*] (NX-108E, NX-148E) four times as the new code; six times for 6-digit codes.
  • TouchNav: MENU, Controls, Users, master code; select the user, touch Change Code, enter the new code, then Enter.

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• Trouble lights*2

  • Keypads with buttons pulse (beep) for a fault. Key in your code to quieten them; it won't arm or disarm.
  • LED keypads: when the SERVICE light is on, press [*] then [2]. Zone lights 1 to 8 show what is wrong (see the table).
  • For lights 1 to 5, press that number to see which part or zones. [#] goes back; [#] again leaves.
  • NX-148E LCD keypad: it shows Service Required. Press [*] [2], scroll the messages, then press [#] twice to leave.
  • TouchNav touchscreen: touch Status to see the system status. Call your installation company about these faults.

  Light 1	System fault. Press [1] to see which, such as siren trouble or box tamper.
  Light 2	A zone has been tampered with
  Light 3	A wireless device has a low battery
  Light 4	A wireless device has stopped checking in
  Light 5	A zone has a fault
  Light 6	Phone line trouble or line cut. Some NX-4 and NX-8 manuals list light 6 as not used.
  Light 7	The panel could not reach the monitoring centre
  Light 8	The clock was lost after a power loss. To reset it, press [*] [9] [7] (time) or [*] [9] [6] (date), then the master code.

  Pages 5, 14 and 15, 20 of the NX User Manual - VerteX Code padPages 17 and 18 of the NetworX NX-8E User Manual
• Send a test signal*44

  • Keypads with buttons, while disarmed: press [*] then [4] [4]. No code is needed. It works only if your installer has set the test up.
  • It runs whichever battery, communicator and siren tests your installer chose. Only the communicator test sends a test signal; no alarm is sent.
  • The sirens may sound during the test: key in your code to stop them.
  • The Caddx NX-8, NX-8E and NX-148 guides give [*] then [4] instead.

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