Tecom Discovery manuals

Keypad cheat sheet

• Arm (away)your codeON

  • Close doors and windows first. Key in your code, then press ON.
  • If a list of areas shows, press 0 then ENTER to arm them all, or an area number then ENTER for that area alone.
  • The area lights on the keypad come on. Leave before the exit time runs out.
  • Seven quick beeps and the word unsealed mean something is open. Close it or isolate it, then try again.
  • Press CLEAR or MENU* to close the area list.

  Pages 13 and 14 of the Discovery Control Panel User's Manual
• Disarmyour codeOFF

  • Key in your code, then press OFF, before the entry time runs out.
  • If a list of areas shows, press 0 then ENTER to disarm them all, or an area number then ENTER.
  • The area lights go out. Disarming can also reset an alarm.
  • If duress is set up, key in your code with its last digit one higher (8914 becomes 8915, 8919 becomes 8910).
  • A duress code works like your normal code but silently alerts your monitoring company. Your normal code resets it; if it was a mistake, ring them too.

  Pages 13 to 15 of the Discovery Control Panel User's Manual
• Bypass a zoneMENU*your codeENTER10ENTERzoneENTER

  • Discovery calls zones inputs, and bypassing isolating. Press MENU*, key in your code, then ENTER.
  • Key in 10, then ENTER. The display shows the first unsealed input, or All Inputs are Sealed.
  • Key in the input number, then ENTER, to isolate it. Press * to see more unsealed inputs.
  • Press ENTER to finish, then 0 and ENTER to leave the menu.
  • Once the fault is fixed, undo it the same way with option 11. Undoing it while the input is unsealed can set off an alarm.

  Pages 10 and 11, 23 of the Discovery Control Panel User's Manual
• Alarm memoryENTERENTER

  • With no alarm going and Code showing on the bottom line, press ENTER twice.
  • The newest alarm shows first: its time, date, type, input and area.
  • ENTER steps back to older alarms and NEXT forward to newer ones.
  • 1 scrolls the top line to show the rest of the text; 0 leaves.

  Page 22 of the Discovery Control Panel User's Manual
• Reset an alarmyour codeOFForyour codeENTER

  • In an alarm the area light flashes and the top line of the display goes blank. Press ENTER twice to see which inputs.
  • A in front of a number means alarm, T means tamper. NEXT or * shows more.
  • Reset it by disarming the area (your code, then OFF) or arming it, or with your code then ENTER, depending on how your system is set up.
  • Local Alarm means an input went off while the area was in use, such as a fire door. Fix the cause, or it may alarm again.
  • If the alarm was false, ring your monitoring company so they take no further action.

  Pages 15, 19 to 21, 25 of the Discovery Control Panel User's Manual
• Open a dooryour codeENTERoryour codeOFForyour codeON

  • If your keypad or card reader controls a door, your code unlocks it, when your access covers that door at that time.
  • Area already disarmed: key in your code, then ENTER.
  • Area armed: key in your code, then OFF. This disarms it and unlocks the door.
  • Leaving and arming behind you: key in your code, then ON.
  • Seven quick beeps mean the code isn't valid at that door or at that time.

  Page 18 of the Discovery Control Panel User's Manual
• Trouble lights

  • The red area lights, the beeper and the top line of the display show how the system is.
  • A system alarm, such as mains fail, low battery or a tamper, shows its name on the top line.
  • Some clear themselves once fixed; others need a code that's allowed to reset them.

  Area light on	That area is armed
  Area light off	That area is disarmed
  Area light flashing	That area is in alarm
  Seven quick beeps	Code or card not valid here or now, or an input is unsealed or in alarm
  Continuous beeping	A local alarm, or an area is about to arm
  Top line blank	An alarm has happened: press ENTER twice to see it
  Local Alarm	An input went off while the area was disarmed
  .., or ...,	An area search wasn't finished, so the site might not be safe to enter; or a duress code was used

  Pages 8 and 9, 13, 16, 20 to 22 of the Discovery Control Panel User's Manual