For proper intrusion coverage, sensors should be located at
point of entry
skylights that may be present, and the upper windows in a multi-level building.
In addition, we recommend that radio backup be used in a security system so
that alarm signals can still be sent to the Central Monitoring Station in the event
that the telephone lines are out of order (alarm signals are normally sent over
the phone lines).
to a home or commercial premises. This would include any
every possible
EARLY WARNING FIRE DETECTION
Early warning fire detection is important in a home. Smoke and heat detectors
have played a key role in reducing fire deaths in the United States. With regard
to the number and placement of smoke/heat detectors, we subscribe to the
recommendations contained in the National Fire Protection Association's
National Fire Alarm Code (NFPA 72). These recommendations can be found on
page 43 of this manual.
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This manual is a step-by-step guide that will acquaint you with the system's
features and benefits. It defines the components and their functions, describes
their operation, and provides clear step-by-step instructions for normal and
emergency procedures. Keep this manual in a convenient place so that you can
refer to it as necessary.
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System Overview ....................................................................................................................5
Maintaining Your System................................................................................................... 40
Fire Alarm System (If Installed) .......................................................................................41
Quick Guide to Basic System Functions ........................................................................ 45
Summary of Audible/Visual Notifications......................................................................46
Regulatory Statements and Warnings ............................................................................48
Charts of Your System’s Features ....................................................................................49
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Congratulations on your ownership of the First Alert Professional Security System.
You've made a wise decision in choosing it, for it represents the latest in security
protection technology today. This system provides:
• Three forms of protection: burglary, fire* and emergency
• At least one keypad which provides control of system and displays system status
• Various sensors for perimeter and interior burglary protection
• Smoke or combustion detectors* designed to provide early warning in case of fire.
Your system may also have been programmed to automatically send alarm or status
messages over the phone lines to a Central Monitoring Station.
* Commercial installations and some residential systems may not include fire
protection – check with your installer.
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Burglary Protection
• Several modes of burglary protection: Stay, Night-Stay, Away, Instant, Maximum.
STAY: arms perimeter zones only and entry delay is on
INSTANT: same as STAY, except entry delay is off
NIGHT-STAY: arms perimeter zones and selected interior zones; entry delay on
AWAY: arms perimeter and all interior zones, entry delay is on
MAXIMUM: same as AWAY, except entry delay is off
• You can BYPASS selected zones while leaving the rest of the system armed.
• CHIME mode alerts you to the opening of protected doors and windows while the
system is disarmed.
Fire Protection
• Fire protection is always active (if installed) and an alarm sounds if a fire
condition is detected
• If necessary, you can manually initiate a fire alarm using the keypad (if
programmed).
• Refer to the Fire Alarm System section for information regarding fire protection,
smoke detectors and planning emergency exit routes.
Security Codes
• You were assigned a 4-digit security code during system installation.
• Use your security code when arming and disarming the system, and when
performing other system functions.
• Other users can be assigned different security codes, each with different
authority levels, which define the system functions a particular user can perform.
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Zones
• The system sensing devices have been assigned to various “zones,” which are
specific areas of protection (e.g., front door, kitchen window, etc.).
• Zone numbers are displayed at the keypad when an alarm or trouble condition
occurs on a sensor.
Arming, Step-Arming and Disarming Burglary Protection
• The system must be armed before the burglary protection can sense intrusions.
• To arm your system, enter your user code followed by the desired arming key.
• If programmed, the [#] key can be pressed instead of entering the security code
when arming the system.
• You can also use the step-arming key, if programmed, to arm the system, which
lets you use a function key to arm the system in one of three modes by simply
pressing the key repeatedly.
• To disarm the system, enter your user code then press the [OFF] key.
Alarms
• When an alarm occurs, both the keypad and external sounders will sound, and
the keypad will display the zone(s) causing the alarm.
• If your system is connected to a Central Monitoring Station, an alarm message
will also be sent.
• To stop the alarm sounding, simply disarm the system.
Memory of Alarm
• When an alarm condition occurs, the keypad displays the number(s) of the
zone(s) that caused the problem, and displays the type of alarm (e.g., “fire”).
• The message remains displayed even after disarming the system, but can be
cleared with another “off” sequence.
Phone Access
• If included, a phone module permits you to access the system via a touch-tone
phone, either on-premises or by calling-in when away.
• You can receive synthesized voice messages over the telephone regarding the
status of the security system.
• You can arm and disarm the system and perform most function commands
remotely via the telephone, with voice confirmation provided after each command
entry.
• Complete information regarding the use of this feature is provided in a separate
manual entitled “Phone Access User's Guide” that is supplied with the voice
module.
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Paging Feature
• If programmed, the system can automatically send certain system condition
messages to a pager.
• The display consists of code numbers that indicate the type of condition that has
occurred.
Function Keys
• The “A”, “B”, “C”, and “D” keys on the keypad can be programmed to perform
various functions.
• Functions include: activate a Panic alarm; arm the system; provide step arming;
switch lights on/off; send a message to a pager; display Time/Date; start a Macro
Scheduling
• Your system can be programmed to automatically perform certain functions (e.g.,
arm the system) at a predetermined time each day.
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The Voice Keypads feature a voice message center
that lets you record and playback one message.
• The message can be up to 2.5-minutes long
• The message remains in the keypad’s memory
until a new message is recorded.
• The volume control of the message is adjustable.
• Refer to the procedures below when using the
Message Center functions.
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[#] FUNCTION + [0] VOICE + [2] VOLUME keys,
then press volume key [3] ↑ (up) or [6] ↓ (down)
The red MESSAGE LED lights.
Message remains in memory
until a new message is recorded.
The red MESSAGE LED flashes,
indicating message waiting.
The recorded message plays and
the red MESSAGE LED turns off.
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adjusts status volume. Volume
cannot be adjusted while playing.
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Your keypads allow you to control all system functions. The keypads feature the
following:
• A telephone style (digital) keypad
• Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) which shows the nature and location of all
occurrences
• Built-in sounder which will sound during alarms and troubles. The sounder also
"beeps" during certain system functions and when depressing any of the keys (to
acknowledge the key press).
• Backlighting of the LCD display windows. Backlighting turns on when any key is
pressed, and when opening an entry/exit door while the system is armed. This
feature is helpful when a keypad is located in a dimly lit area.
IMPORTANT:
that an alarm has occurred during your absence and an intruder may still be on the
premises. LEAVE IMMEDIATELY and CONTACT THE POLICE from a nearby safe
location.
Your keypads are functionally the same, but may have different types of displays,
depending on the type installed with your system.
Alpha Display
Fixed-Word Display
Voice Keypads
If the keypad beeps rapidly upon entering the premises, it indicates
2-line alpha display keypads feature a 2-line, 32-character
alphanumeric LCD which can display system messages in
friendly English. These keypads can also be programmed with
custom zone descriptors.
Fixed-Word display keypads are functionally identical to Alpha
display keypads, but the LCD display uses pre-designated
words to identify the nature and location of occurrences.
Voice Keypads (if installed), are functionally the same as other
keypads, except that these keypads can provide the following:
• Voice announcements of system status (see Checking for
Open Zones section)
• Voice chime, which can alert you to the opening of doors and
windows while the system is disarmed (see Voice Chime in
Chime mode section)
• Message center, which lets you record and playback
messages (see Using the Voice Message Center in the
System Overview section).
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All burglary zones, interior and
perimeter, are armed.
Perimeter burglary zones, such as
protected windows and doors, are
armed.
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Entry delay is turned off:
Lit with STAY = Instant mode
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This appears when one or more
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bypassed.
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Appears when burglary portion of the system is not ready for arming
(due to open protection zones). The system is ready to arm when this
message disappears and the READY indicator light comes on.
Appears when AC power has been cut off. System is operating on
backup battery power.
Appears when AC power is present.
AC:
Appears when the CHIME feature is activated.Low battery condition in a wireless sensor (if zone number displayed)
or low system battery (if no zone number displayed).
Appears when an intrusion has been detected and the system is armed
(also appears during a fire alarm or audible emergency alarm).
Accompanied by the protection zone in alarm.
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Appears when a malfunction is discovered in the system at any time or
if an open is detected in a FIRE zone at any time or a fault in a
DAY/NIGHT burglary zone during a disarmed period. Accompanied by
a display of zone number in trouble.
:Appears when a fire alarm is present. Accompanied by a display of the
zone in alarm.
A FIRE display also appears when a fire alarm is manually activated,
accompanied by a display of emergency key zone number programmed
for fire.
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NOTE:
The functions printed directly on the
keys indicate their primary purpose; the
functions printed under some of the keys
(shown in brackets under the respective key),
indicate their alternate or secondary purpose.
DISPLAY WINDOW
Alpha Display Keypads:
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) keypads that display
protection point identification, system status, and
messages.
Fixed-Word Display Keypads:
protection zone ID and system status messages using
pre-designated words in the LCD display area.
1 OFF
silences alarms and audible trouble indicators, and
clears visual display after problem's correction.
[RECORD]
with the FUNCTION and VOICE keys to record up
to a 2.5-minute message.
2 AWAY
perimeter and interior.
[VOLUME]
with the FUNCTION and desired volume control
keys
message or voice system status.
3 STAY
system only. Interior protection is not armed,
allowing movement within premises without causing
an alarm.
[PLAY]
the FUNCTION and VOICE keys to play the
recorded message.
[ ↑ ]
FUNCTION and VOLUME keys to raise the
message and voice system status volume.
4 MAXIMUM
perimeter and interior, but without entry delay
feature. Entering via an entry/exit door will cause an
alarm.
5 TEST
disarmed. Refer to
test procedures.
Disarms burglary portion of the
On Voice keypads, used in conjunction
Arms the entire burglary system,
On Voice keypads, used in conjunction
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On Voice keypads, used in conjunction with the
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Tests the system and alarm sounder if
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being monitored by the system.
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On Voice keypads, used in conjunction with the
FUNCTION and VOLUME keys to lower the message
and voice system status volume.
7 INSTANT
mode, but without the entry delay feature.
KEYS 0–9:
perform their associated system functions after the
security code has been entered.
READY
✱
[STATUS]:
STATUS key annunciates the current system status.
Pressing the STATUS key a second time annunciates and
displays system and/or zone faults (if they exist).
Removes individual protection zones from
Arms in manner similar to the STAY
Used to enter your security code(s) and to
Used to display all open protection zones.
On Voice keypads, a momentary press of the
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[VOICE]
VOLUME and PLAY functions.
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the system without use of a security code (if
programmed).
[FUNCTION]
voice or volume function.
FUNCTION KEYS:
programmed for a variety of functions, including panic
(emergency) functions. For details, see the
section.
ARMED LED INDICATOR:
system has been armed.
READY LED INDICATOR:
system is ready to be armed (no faults present). While the
system is disarmed, this indicator will go on and off as
protection zones are closed and opened.
MESSAGE LED INDICATOR:
keypads, flashes red when message waiting or lights red
(steady) when in record mode.
MIC
recordings.
INTERNAL SPEAKER:
the alarm sounder during alarms, and will also "beep"
during certain system functions. The speaker also
provides voice playback for any recorded messages.
On Voice keypads, enables the RECORD,
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IMPORTANT!
When entering codes and commands, sequential key depressions must be made
•
within 4-5 seconds of one another. If 4-5 seconds elapse without a key depression, the
entry will be aborted and must be repeated from its beginning. Be sure to observe
this precaution when performing any of the procedures in this manual.
• If you make a mistake while entering a security code, stop, press the [
] key, and
✱
then start over. If you stop in the middle while entering a code, and then
immediately start the entry over, an erroneous code might be entered.
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Your system has preset time delays, known as exit delay and entry delay.
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Exit delay gives you time to leave through the designated exit door without setting
off an alarm. Exit delay begins immediately after arming your system in any arming
mode and Alpha Display keypads display the message “You May Exit Now.” When
“You may exit now” disappears, the system is fully armed. If programmed, a slow
beeping will sound during the exit delay period until the last 10 seconds, which then
changes to fast beeping (alerting you to the end of exit delay). If you cannot leave by
this time, you should stop, disarm the system, and start over to avoid a false alarm.
Exit Delay Restart/Reset.
after arming STAY, you can re-start the exit delay at any time – simply press the
[✱] key, then let that person in. The system automatically re-arms when exit delay
expires, which avoids having to disarm the system and then re-arm it again.
In addition, when the system is armed AWAY, reopening and closing the entry/exit
door before exit delay time expires (e.g., reentering to get a forgotten item) will reset
the exit delay time.
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Entry Delays give you time to disarm the system when you re-enter through the
designated entrance door. You must disarm the system (simply enter your security
code) before the entry delay period ends, or an alarm will occur. The keypad beeps
during the entry delay period, reminding you to disarm the system. There are two
entry delays (if programmed). The first is for your primary entrance and the second
can be used for a secondary entrance, where a longer delay is required to walk to the
keypad to disarm the system.
You can also arm the system with no entry delay at all by using the INSTANT or
MAXIMUM arming mode. This mode provides greater security while on the
premises or while away for extended periods of time.
See your installer for your delay times.
If you wish to open the entry/exit door to let someone in
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Exit Delay:
secondsEntry Delay 1: seconds
Entry Delay 2:
seconds
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Whenever you arm the system, the exit delay begins. If an entry/exit door or interior
zone is faulted within two minutes after the end of the exit delay (e.g., exit door left
open), the system sounds an alarm and starts the entry delay timer. If you disarm the
system before the entry delay ends, the alarm sound stops and the message
"CANCELED ALARM" or "CA" is displayed on the keypad, along with a zone number
indicating the faulted zone. No message is sent to the Central Monitoring Station.
To clear the exit alarm condition, the open zone must be made intact; to clear the
display, enter your code plus OFF.
If you do not disarm the system before the entry delay ends, and an entry/exit door or
interior zone is still open, the alarm sound continues and an "exit alarm" message is
sent to the Central Monitoring Station. The message ""EXIT ALARM" or "EA" is
displayed on the keypad, along with a zone number indicating the faulted zone. To
stop the alarm, the system must be disarmed (your code plus OFF); to clear the
display, enter your code plus OFF a second time.
Your system may have been programmed for this feature to minimize false alarms sent to the Central
Monitoring Station. Ask your installer if "Exit Alarm" is active in your system. If so, check this box.
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Before arming your system, all protected doors, windows and other protection zones
must be closed or bypassed, otherwise the keypad will display a "Not Ready" message.
1. Press [∗] READY (do not enter code first) to display
faulted zones
2. Secure or bypass the zones displayed.
3.
The keypad’s READY indicator lights when all
protection zones have been either closed or bypassed.
4. Arm the system as desired.
Voice Status: Voice Keypads (if installed), can announce system status and faulted
zones (up to 3 zone descriptors) if the Voice Status feature is turned on.
.
Alpha Display:
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Fixed-Word Display:
Zone no. and “NOT READY”
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To turn the Voice Status feature on/off:
(also turns on Voice Chime mode; see
Chime mode
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section)
To announce Status: Press [∗] STATUS key once.
To announce faulted zones: Press the [∗] STATUS key a second time within 5
seconds of the first press.
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• Used when you want to arm the system with persons staying inside (or if you have
pets that are moving throughout the premises).
• The perimeter sensors are armed, but interior sensors are left disarmed.
• Exit delay begins (you can leave through the entry/exit door, if desired).
• An alarm sounds if any protected window or non-entry/exit door is opened.
• You may otherwise move freely within the premises.
• Persons entering later can enter through an entry/exit door, but they must disarm
the system within the entry delay period to avoid sounding an alarm.
• Use Night-Stay mode to provide increased security while staying inside.
• Arms same as Stay mode, but also arms pre-selected interior sensors (programmed
by your installer), while other interior sensors are left disarmed.
• Persons entering later can enter through an entry/exit door but they must disarm
the system and must not violate any of the programmed interior zones to avoid
sounding an alarm.
IMPORTANT: When Night-Stay mode is on, the selected interior zones are armed and cause an
•
alarm if anyone enters those areas (e.g., waking in the middle of the night). To avoid sounding an
alarm, you must disarm the system before any activity takes place in those interior zones.
• Used when staying inside and do not expect anyone to use an entry/exit door.
• Arms same as Stay mode.
• An alarm sounds immediately if any protected perimeter window or any door is
opened, including entry/exit doors.
IMPORTANT: Arming in this mode greatly increases the chance of false alarms. Use extreme
•
care in selecting this mode of arming.
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• Used when nobody will be staying inside (including pets).
• The entire system (interior and perimeter) is armed.
• Exit delay begins letting you leave through the entry/exit door.
• An alarm sounds if a protected window or any door is opened, or if any movement
is detected inside your premises.
• You can reenter through an entry/exit door, but you must disarm the system within
the entry delay period to avoid sounding an alarm.
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• Used when leaving the premises for extended periods (e.g., vacation).
• Arms same as Away mode, but entry delay is off.
• An alarm sounds same as Away mode, and sounds upon opening entry/exit doors.
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Before arming, close all perimeter doors and windows and make sure the Ready to Arm
message is displayed.
Modes of Arming
ModePress these keys…Keypad Confirms By…
Staysecurity code + [3] (STAY)
Night-Staysecurity code + [3] + [3]
Instantsecurity code + [7] (INSTANT)
Awaysecurity code + [2] (AWAY)
Maximumsecurity code + [4] (MAXIMUM)
•
three beeps
•
armed STAY message displayed
•
red ARMED indicator lights
•
three beeps
•
NIGHT-STAY message displayed
•
red ARMED indicator lights
•
three beeps
•
armed STAY message displayed
•
red ARMED indicator lights
•
also note that entry delay is turned off.
•
two beeps, or, if programmed, beeping for
duration of exit delay
•
armed AWAY message displayed
•
red ARMED indicator lights
Leave the premises through an entry/exit
door during the exit delay period to avoid
causing an alarm. The keypad beeps rapidly
during the last 5 seconds of the exit delay to
warn you that it is ending.
•
same as Away (described above)
Note that entry delay is turned off.
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Quick Arming
[#]
If "Quick Arming" was programmed by the installer, the
key can be pressed in
place of the security code when arming the system in any of its arming modes.
However,
the security code must always be used to disarm the system.
Function Key Arming
For any arming command, a function key may have also been programmed for your
system. If so, you can press and hold the appropriate function key for 2 seconds to arm
the system. See your installer for the designated functions (see
Arming
section).
Single Button
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The “A”, “B”, “C”, and/or “D” keys on your keypad may have been programmed for
single-button arming. Note that while it will not be necessary to use a security code
for arming, a security code must always be used to disarm the system.
If Single-Button Arming is programmed:
• A function key has been assigned to a specific type of arming: STAY mode,
Night-STAY mode, AWAY mode, or STEP-ARMING (see Step-Arming
paragraph).
• You DO NOT need to enter your security code before pressing the function key
(but you always need your security code to DISARM the system).
Before arming, close all perimeter doors and windows.
Press and hold the assigned function key for 2
1.
seconds (no code is required). Function keys are
shown below.
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2.
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Single-Button “Step” arming may have been programmed into one of the lettered keys
(A, B, C, or D). Check with your installer to see if this has been done in your system.
If Step-Arming is programmed:
• The assigned key provides a choice of three levels of security.
• The selected key can be pressed once, twice, or three times, increasing the level
of security with each press, as follows
Key
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A, B, C, D
First Press
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Third Press
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