Paradox Esprit manuals

Esprit 728 / 738 / 748 cheat sheet

• Arm (away)your code

  • For 616, 626 and 633: open any cover; [10] enters zero. For 640 or PS1, use its own guide.
  • Close every door and window. The green READY light must be on. Paradox calls this Regular arming.
  • Key in your code. After a run of beeps the red ARMED light comes on, and READY flashes during the exit time (faster in the last 10 seconds).
  • Need to leave a zone open? Press [AWAY], then your code (Force arming). That zone arms once it closes.
  • If your installer has turned on one-key arming, holding the key marked 10 (the 0 key) for 2 seconds arms without a code.

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• Arm while homeSTAYyour codeorholdSTAY

  • For 616, 626 and 633: open any cover; [10] enters zero. For 640 or PS1, use its own guide.
  • Stay arming arms only the zones your installer made stay zones, such as doors and windows, so you can stay inside.
  • Close those zones. Press [STAY] (key 11), then key in your code. The ARMED light comes on, and READY and [STAY] flash during the exit time.
  • Holding [STAY] for 2 seconds during the exit time (Double Stay) makes the entry-delay zones instant: they set the alarm off at once.
  • If your installer has turned on one-key stay arming, holding [STAY] for 2 seconds stay arms without a code.

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• Disarmyour code

  • For 616, 626 and 633: open any cover; [10] enters zero. For 640 or PS1, use its own guide.
  • Come in through your entry door. The keypad beeps while the entry time runs.
  • Key in your code. The red ARMED light goes out and the beeping stops. One long beep means the code wasn't accepted: press [CLEAR] and try again.
  • Your code also silences a fire alarm, which sounds as a pulsing siren. Ring your monitoring company if it's false.
  • Split into two systems? [STAY] and your code disarms System A; [AWAY] and your code, System B.

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• Bypass a zoneBYPyour codezoneENTER

  • For 616, 626 and 633: open any cover; [10] enters zero. For 640 or PS1, use its own guide.
  • Each detector or door contact is a zone. A bypassed zone is left off when you arm. Fire zones can't be bypassed.
  • Press [BYP], then key in your code. [BYP] lights, and so do any zones already bypassed. Press the zone's key to bypass it; press it again to undo.
  • Press [ENTER], then arm as usual. [BYP] stays lit; the bypasses clear when you disarm.
  • Same zones as last time? After [BYP] and your code, press [BYP] again, then [ENTER].

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• Alarm memoryMEM

  • For 616, 626 and 633: open any cover; [10] enters zero. For 640 or PS1, use its own guide.
  • [MEM] lights up if there was an alarm while the system was armed.
  • Disarm, then press [MEM]. Read the lit zone keys on 616/626 or the separate zone indicators on 633.
  • Press [CLEAR] to leave. On 616/626, a second [MEM] press opens an event list requiring a 642 LCD keypad.
  • The alarms stay in memory until you arm and disarm again without an alarm.

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• Chime on or offholdzone

  • For 616, 626 and 633: open any cover; [10] enters zero. For 640 or PS1, use its own guide.
  • Chime makes the keypad beep quickly when that zone opens. It works for zones 1 to 6.
  • Hold the zone's key ([1] to [6]) for 3 seconds. A run of beeps means chime is on; one long beep means off.
  • Hold [8] for 3 seconds to chime the zone wired into the keypad itself.
  • Each keypad is set on its own, and chimes need setting again after a total power loss.

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• Panic alarmhold1+3orhold4+6orhold7+9

  • 616/626/633: use the numbered pairs. PS1: hold any two buttons together for two seconds. For 640, use its guide.
  • Press both keys together for 2 seconds.
  • [1] and [3] is the panic alarm, [4] and [6] the auxiliary alarm, and [7] and [9] the fire alarm.
  • Your installer decides which ones work, and whether each is silent or sounds the siren.

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• Change a codeENTERmaster codeuser numbernew codeENTER

  • For 616, 626 and 633: open any cover; [10] enters zero. For 640 or PS1, use its own guide.
  • The master code or user 1's code can change codes. The master is 00; use the person's assigned user number. Limits vary by panel.
  • Press [ENTER] and key in the master code: [ENTER] flashes. Key in the 2-digit code number, then the new 4- or 6-digit code, and press [ENTER].
  • [ENTER] flashes again: do another code, or press [CLEAR] to finish.
  • To delete a code: [ENTER], master code, the code number, [2ND], then [ENTER].

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• Set the timeENTERmaster codeMEMtimeENTER

  • For 616, 626 and 633: open any cover; [10] enters zero. For 640 or PS1, use its own guide.
  • Set the clock when [8] (Timer Loss) lights in the trouble display.
  • Press [ENTER], key in the master code (or user 1's code), then press [MEM]. [MEM] flashes.
  • Key in the time on the 24-hour clock, hours then minutes (8:30 pm is 20:30), then press [ENTER].

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• Trouble lightsTRBL

  • For 616, 626 and 633: open any cover; [10] enters zero. For 640 or PS1, use its own guide.
  • On an LED keypad, the trouble key lights: TRBL on a 616, 626 or 633; TBL on an older 636 or 646. The keypad may also beep.
  • Press the trouble key to stop the beeps; on a 748, press [CLEAR] after it. LED keypads light the trouble numbers (see the table); LCD keypads show the trouble.
  • [2ND] shows only troubles happening now; [CLEAR] clears old ones from memory.
  • Ring your alarm company about anything except Timer Loss, which you can fix by setting the time.

  [1]	Backup battery missing or low
  [2] ([3] on older panels)	Mains power failure
  [4] or [5]	Siren or bell disconnected, or drawing too much current
  [6]	Too much current on the auxiliary power output
  [7]	Couldn't report to the monitoring company
  [8]	Timer Loss: set the time again
  [9]	A zone wiring fault or tamper
  [10] (the 0 key) or [11]	Phone line fault, or trouble on the fire zone

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• Send a test signalENTERmaster codeBYPENTER

  • For 616, 626 and 633: open any cover; [10] enters zero. For 640 or PS1, use its own guide.
  • Use it when your alarm company or installer asks. It needs the master code or user 1's code.
  • Press [ENTER], key in the code, then press [BYP]. Press [ENTER] or [CLEAR] to finish.
  • If your installer has set it up, this sends a test report to your monitoring company.

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