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PC1565 cheat sheet

• Arm (away)your codeorholdAway

  • Wired keypads only; open the PC5516Z/PC5532Z cover. Close doors and windows and stop movement near motion detectors. The Ready light must be on.
  • Key in your code. Each key beeps, then the keypad beeps quickly and the Armed light comes on.
  • Leave by your usual entry/exit door while the keypad beeps out the exit time.
  • When the time is up, every light except Armed goes out.
  • If set up, hold Away on a PC5508Z/PC5516Z/PC5532Z for 2 seconds. On a PC1555RKZ, hold 2 instead. Enter your code if asked.

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• Arm while homeyour codeorholdStay

  • Wired keypads only; open the PC5516Z/PC5532Z cover. If your installer has turned on Stay arming, key in your code and don't go out the entry/exit door.
  • The system then bypasses the inside zones, so you can move around indoors.
  • If set up, hold Stay on a PC5508Z/PC5516Z/PC5532Z for 2 seconds. On a PC1555RKZ, hold 1 instead. Enter your code if asked.
  • [*][9] then your code arms with no entry delay. The Armed light flashes to remind you.
  • Press [*][1] to arm the inside zones again. After that, keep out of motion detector areas.

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• Disarmyour code

  • Wired keypads only; open the PC5516Z/PC5532Z cover. Come in through your usual entry/exit door. Any other door sets the alarm off straight away.
  • The keypad beeps. Key in your code before the entry time runs out.
  • The Armed light goes out and the beeping stops. Made a mistake? Key your code in again.
  • After an alarm, an LED keypad flashes the zone and Memory lights for 30 seconds (System light on PC1555RKZ).
  • Alarm by mistake? Key in your code to silence it, then ring your monitoring company.

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• Bypass a zone*12-digit zone#

  • Wired keypads only; open the PC5516Z/PC5532Z cover. Each detector or door contact is a zone. A bypassed zone can't set off the alarm until you next disarm.
  • From Ready, press [*][1], then the zone number as 2 digits (03 for zone 3).
  • On an LED keypad, that zone's light comes on. Key the number again to undo it.
  • Press [#] to go back to Ready.
  • LCD keypad: press [*], then [*] at Zone Bypass. Scroll to the zone and press [*]; a B shows it's bypassed.

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• Alarm memory*3

  • Wired keypads only; open the PC5516Z/PC5532Z cover. After an alarm, an LED keypad flashes the zone and Memory lights for 30 seconds (System light on PC1555RKZ).
  • Press [#] to stop the display, or [*][3] to see other alarms.
  • An LCD keypad shows 'View Memory' and the zone; scroll with the arrow keys.
  • The memory clears each time you arm.
  • Alarm went off while you were out? Don't go in. Call for help from a neighbour's.

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• Chime on or off*4orholdChime

  • Wired keypads only; open the PC5516Z/PC5532Z cover. Press [*][4]. Three beeps means door chime is on; one long beep means it's off.
  • With chime on, the keypad sounds as chosen doors and windows open or close. Your installer picks them.
  • LCD keypad: press [*], scroll to Door Chime, press [*] or [4], then [#].
  • If set up, hold Chime on a PC5508Z/PC5516Z/PC5532Z for 2 seconds. On a PC1555RKZ, hold 3 instead.

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• Reset smoke detectors*72orholdReset

  • Wired keypads only; open the PC5516Z/PC5532Z cover. A fire alarm makes the siren pulse. It goes to the monitoring station after 30 seconds unless cleared.
  • No fire? Press [#] to silence it, and ring your monitoring company if it may have been sent.
  • Press [*][7][2] to reset the smoke detectors. Otherwise the alarm sounds again after 90 seconds.
  • If enabled, hold [Reset] for 2 seconds on PC5508Z/PC5516Z/PC5532Z, or [4] on PC1555RKZ.
  • If a detector still senses smoke, the alarm starts again.

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• Change a code*5master codeuser numbernew code#

  • Wired keypads only; open the PC5516Z/PC5532Z cover. Press [*][5], then the master code.
  • Key in the 2-digit code number: 01 to 32 for users, 40 for the master code.
  • Key in the new 4-digit code (6 digits if your installer set that up). It replaces any code already there.
  • To erase a code, key in its number and then [*]. The master code can't be erased.
  • Press [#] to go back to Ready.

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• Set the date and time*6master code1timedate#

  • Wired keypads only; open the PC5516Z/PC5532Z cover. Press [*][6], then the master code, then [1].
  • Key in the time as 4 digits in 24-hour form: 1430 for 2:30 pm.
  • Then key in the date as 6 digits, month first (MMDDYY): 28 September 2026 is 092826.
  • Press [#] to go back to Ready.
  • If an LCD keypad shows the time when idle, press [#] first to clear it.

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• Trouble lights*2

  • Wired keypads only; open the PC5516Z/PC5532Z cover. A trouble turns on the Trouble light (System light on a PC1555RKZ) and the keypad beeps twice every 10 seconds.
  • Press any key to stop the beeps. A power cut turns the light on without any beeps.
  • Press [*][2]. On an LED keypad, zone lights 1 to 8 show the troubles; for 5, 6 and 7, press that number to see which zones or devices.
  • LCD keypad: scroll to 'System Trouble (*2) to View', press [*][2], scroll through the troubles, then press [#].
  • For 8, set the time and date again. For the rest, the manual says to call your installer.

  1	Service needed: call your installation company
  2	Mains power is off
  3	Phone line trouble
  4	The panel couldn't get through to the monitoring station
  5	A zone has a fault: press [5] to see which
  6	A zone has been tampered with: press [6] to see which
  7	A wireless device has a low battery: press [7] up to three times to see which
  8	The clock was lost: set the time and date again

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• Send a test signal*6master code4

  • Wired keypads only; open the PC5516Z/PC5532Z cover. Ring your monitoring company before and after the test.
  • Start in the Ready state. Press [*][6], the master code, then [4] to run the System Test.
  • It sends a test report to your monitoring company, if your installer has programmed one.
  • The siren and keypad sound for 2 seconds and every keypad light comes on. Press [#] to leave.

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