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Keypad cheat sheet

• Arm (away)

  • For button keypads (HS2TCHPRO: ask your installer). Close all doors and windows. The Ready light (tick) must be on before you can arm.
  • HS2LCDPRO: hold the empty-house key for 2 seconds. Enter your code or show your tag if asked.
  • Or press [*][0] to quick arm, if your installer has turned it on.
  • The Armed light comes on and the keypad beeps six times, then once a second, faster for the last 10 seconds.
  • When the exit time ends, Ready goes out and the keypad goes quiet. Your code during the exit time cancels arming.

  Pages 9, 14 of the PowerSeries Pro HS3032 / HS3128 / HS3248 User Manual
• Arm while home

  • For button keypads (HS2TCHPRO: ask your installer). PowerSeries Pro calls this Stay: doors and windows are armed and the inside detectors are bypassed.
  • With Ready on, hold the house-with-person key for 2 seconds. Enter your code if asked, and stay inside.
  • The Armed light comes on and the exit time runs without warning beeps.
  • [*][9], and your code if asked, arms in Stay with no entry delay: opening a door or window sets the alarm off at once.
  • Going to bed? Once in Stay, press [*][1], and your code if asked, for Night mode. Only the zones your installer made Night zones stay off.

  Pages 13, 15 to 17 of the PowerSeries Pro HS3032 / HS3128 / HS3248 User Manual
• Disarm

  • For button keypads (HS2TCHPRO: ask your installer). Coming in, the keypad sounds. Key in your code, or show your tag, before the entry time runs out.
  • Wrong code? A 2-second error tone sounds. Press [#] and key it in again.
  • Burglar alarm by mistake? Key in your code. Within 30 seconds (or your installer's setting) the alarm report is not sent.
  • Then ring your monitoring company so no one is sent out.
  • Not sure what set it off? Approach the building with care.

  Pages 22, 24 of the PowerSeries Pro HS3032 / HS3128 / HS3248 User Manual
• Bypass a zone

  • For button keypads (HS2TCHPRO: ask your installer). Each detector or door contact is a zone. A bypassed zone can't set off the alarm.
  • With the system disarmed, press [*][1]. Key in your code if the keypad asks.
  • Key in the zone as 3 digits (005 for zone 5), or scroll to it and press [*]. An LCD shows B. Do it again to undo.
  • [9][9][8] bypasses every open zone, [9][9][9] brings back your last bypasses and [0][0][0] clears them all.
  • Press [#] to go back to Ready. Disarming ends bypasses, except on 24-hour zones. Some zones, such as smoke detectors, may be blocked.

  Pages 9, 18 to 20 of the PowerSeries Pro HS3032 / HS3128 / HS3248 User ManualPage 81 of the PowerSeries Pro English Reference
• Alarm memory

  • For button keypads (HS2TCHPRO: ask your installer). After an alarm, a light on the keypad comes on. Press [*][3], and your code if asked, to see which zones went off.
  • On an LCD keypad you can also scroll to Alarm Memory and press [*].
  • 'Burglary Verified' means more than one detector was set off; 'Burglary Not Verified' means only one.
  • Disarmed with a remote? Check the alarm memory for anything that happened while you were out.

  Pages 10, 22, 25 of the PowerSeries Pro HS3032 / HS3128 / HS3248 User Manual
• Chime on or off

  • For button keypads (HS2TCHPRO: ask your installer). Press [*][4], and your code if asked, to turn door chime on or off.
  • Or hold the bell function key, if your installer has enabled it.
  • With chime on, the keypad sounds when an entry/exit door opens.

  Pages 9 and 10, 39 of the PowerSeries Pro HS3032 / HS3128 / HS3248 User Manual
• Reset smoke detectors

  • For button keypads (HS2TCHPRO: ask your installer). Fire alarm sounding and no fire? Key in your code to silence it, then ring your monitoring company.
  • Hold the circling-arrows function key for 2 seconds if enabled, or press [*][7][2].
  • If the reset works, the alarm is cancelled.
  • If a detector still senses smoke it won't reset, and the alarm comes back. Call your alarm company.

  Pages 9 and 10, 23 and 24 of the PowerSeries Pro HS3032 / HS3128 / HS3248 User Manual
• Change a code

  • For button keypads (HS2TCHPRO: ask your installer). Press [*][5], then key in the master code (or a supervisor code). The master code is user 01.
  • Key in the user number and press [*][*], or scroll to the user and press [*][*].
  • Key in the new code: 4, 6 or 8 digits, however your installer set it up.
  • A P shows beside the user when it's saved. A code that is already in use gets an error tone.
  • Press [#] to go back to Ready.

  Pages 26 to 28 of the PowerSeries Pro HS3032 / HS3128 / HS3248 User ManualPage 90 of the PowerSeries Pro English Reference
• Set the date and time

  • For button keypads (HS2TCHPRO: ask your installer). Press [*][6], key in the master code, then [0][1] (or scroll to Time and Date and press [*]).
  • Key in the time as 4 digits on the 24-hour clock: 1430 for 2:30 pm.
  • Then the date as 6 digits, month first (MMDDYY): 28 September 2026 is 092826.
  • Press [#] to go back to Ready. Setting the clock also clears a 'Loss of clock' trouble.

  Pages 10, 31, 41 of the PowerSeries Pro HS3032 / HS3128 / HS3248 User ManualPage 93 of the PowerSeries Pro English Reference
• Trouble lights

  • For button keypads (HS2TCHPRO: ask your installer). A trouble turns on the Trouble light (triangle) and the keypad beeps twice every 10 seconds. [#] stops the beeps.
  • Press [*][2], and your code if asked. On an LCD, scroll to a trouble and press [*]. Fire trouble beeps stop only once you leave this menu.
  • Outside the [*][2] menu, a flashing Trouble light means the keypad's own batteries are low.
  • If a trouble stops you arming, scroll to Acknowledge All Troubles in the [*][2] menu and press [*].
  • Set a lost clock again. For a low wireless battery, follow that device's instructions; call for service for the rest.

  01 Service required	Siren circuit, radio jamming, clock or power problem. Set the clock again; call for service for the rest
  02 Battery	The panel's backup battery, or a power module's, is low or missing
  04 AC	Mains power is off. The system runs on battery for several hours; no trouble beeps for this one
  05 Device fault	A detector, keypad, siren or repeater has a fault
  06 Device battery	A wireless detector, keypad, siren, repeater or remote needs a new battery
  07 Device tamper	A device has been opened or tampered with
  11 Communications	The link to the monitoring station (phone line, cellular or internet) has a fault
  03, 08, 09, 10, 12	Power, radio, module or network problems: call for service

  Pages 9, 21, 40 to 43 of the PowerSeries Pro HS3032 / HS3128 / HS3248 User ManualPage 82 of the PowerSeries Pro English Reference
• Send a test signal

  • For button keypads (HS2TCHPRO: ask your installer). Disarm, then press [*][6], the master code, then [0][4].
  • Or after [*][6] and the code, scroll to System Test and press [*].
  • It sends a System Test report to your monitoring company, if your installer has set that up.
  • The sirens, bells and keypad sounders sound and the keypad lights come on for 2 seconds. Press [#] to finish.

  Pages 93, 156, 163 of the PowerSeries Pro English ReferencePages 12, 30 of the PowerSeries Pro HS3032 / HS3128 / HS3248 User Manual