Napco Security Technologies 825HS, 825 User Manual

OPERATING

GUIDE

FOR YOUR

0 1880,

NAPCO

MAGNUM

MAGNUM

SECURITY SYSTEM

ALERT-825/

ALERT-825HS

NAPCO

Please read this guide thoroughly
to familiarize yourself with your new
security system. Keep this booklet
handy for future reference. Note
especially the ALARM PLAN on
page 15. Your alarm specialist will
help you fill it out and explain the
various features and operating
procedures for your new Magnum
Alert-825/825HS.

NOTICE

You’ll probably find items men­tioned in this booklet which do not
apply to your system. DON’T
WORRY!

The Napco Magnum Alert-8254
825HS has such a wide variety of
features that few, if any, security
systems will ever need them all.
Your alarm professional has
chosen appropriate features for
your situation. Ask him about
them.

Your Magnum

is carefully designed and
engineered to the highest indus­try standards. To provide optimum
safety and security with this
equipment, we recommend that
the user become thoroughly
familiar with the unit and periodi­cally check its condition and state

of readiness.

Alert-825/825HS

Mini-Sounder

The face of the keypad lifts up to
reveal a convenient index of pro­tected zones.

’ I

Shunt

Panic

A delay period that allows the system to be
reset before it reports to a central station.

Alarm Plan

Abort Delay

ldentifies the areas of your premises pro­tected by each zone of protection and lists
zone features. (See page 15)

Ambush Code

A one or two-digit code used before an arm/

disarm code that causes a silent report to

be sent to a central station. (Optional)

Arming/Disarming

Turning your system ON or OFF. This can

be done by entering a code on the

Key keypad, or by turning an optional
Switch.

Digit-

key-

Arm/Dlsarm (Personal) Codes

Up to 4 four-digit codes used to arm and

disarm the system from the keypad.

Stand by battery Is placed in the Control

Centerbox to provide backup protection in

the event of a power loss.

Battery

Central Station

Monitors incoming burglary

messages from the Digital

and alerts the proper authorities. (Optional

feature)

and emergency

Communicator,

Control Center

The heart of the Magnum Alert-825 security
system: it controls all system functions.

Dlgltal Communicator

Reports burglary and emergencies directly
to the central station over telephone lines.

Napco’s
Center functions at your fingertips. It can
be mounted either at the Control Center or
anywhere in your premises.

Lets you exit and enter your premises without
setting off an alarm after the system is armed.

Digit keys have secondary functions which
are activated by holding down a digit until
a beep is heard.

A pre-programmed four-digit code that may

be used to disarm your system should all

user codes be erased (as after an extended

power failure).

Buzzer at each Napco Digit-Key keypad
warns that entry delay time has started. It
also sounds when you attempt to arm the
system if a particular zone is in “trouble”. It
also verifies contact with a central station
when a closing signal is sent (optional).

Two buttons (* and #) on the Digit-Key

keypad which will alert the central station

of an emergency.

A communication sent to a central station

indicating a specificchange in condition of

Digit-key keypad puts Control

Exlt/Entry Delay

Hold

Down

Fallback

Functlon

Code

Mlnl-Sounder

Panic Buttons

Report

the security system (alarm, trouble, low
battery, etc.). (optional)

Labelled
you manually remove one or more protective
zones from the system.

Independent, circuits

areas of your premises.

Auto Shunted Zone:

being automatically bypassed (shunted)
out of the protection system if it is in
“trouble” (faulty) when you attempt
to arm the system.
Burglary Zones: Detect intrusion.

Day Zone:

visual and audible ( optional) indication at
the Digit-Key keypad when it is in ”trouble”
during the disarmed period.

Exlt/Entry Follower Zone:

exit and entry delay for interior devices.
Entry delay only occurs if re-entry takes
place through the normal

Group Shunt Zones:

programmed so they can be manually by
passed (shunted) all at once.
Priority
for the feature is in “trouble” it will be
impossible to arm the Control Center.
Selectlve Shunted Zones: Zones that
can be individually bypassed (shunted)

using the Shunt Button.
Trouble Zones: Zones that cannot be
armed becauseof an open window, door
or other problem in the area.

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ready at all times to respond to an emer­gency situation.

Shunt Button

"S"

on the Digit-Key

Zones

that protect specific

A zone capable of

A zone programmed to cause

exit/entry door.

A group of zones

Zones: When a zone selected

Hour Zone:

Are always armed and

keypad. Lets

Provides

3

lndicator

ARMED/MEMORY (Red)

l Steady- system is armed.
l Flashes

Flashes indicate the number of
zone(s) which were violated.
(see page 5, Key 2)

STATUS (Green)

l Steady

zones okay.

l Flashes

in trouble. Flashes indicate the

number of the zone(s) that are in

trouble. Note: to stop flashing

hold down Key 3 for two seconds,

SHUNT (Yellow)

,o

Steady - one or more zones

manually shunted (bypassed).

NOTE: all three lights flashing to­gether indicates that AC power has
been lost. Reset indication with
Key 9 (see page 5).

Lights

-

alarm condition.

-

system is disarmed, all

-

a non-24 hour zone is

Mint-Sounder

l

Steady

entry delay in progress; system
armed

l Beep (2 seconds): system armed

with any zone auto shunted; or
battery power low.

Tone: day zone in trouble;

with a priority zone in trouble.

Arm-Disarm/Run/Load

Switch

l Used to load (program-in) user

arm/disarm codes. Slide switch
to the right (LOAD) position when
entering codes (refer to Selecting
Your Codes on page 7).

Be sure to return theswitch to the

center (RUN) position after all
codes have been entered. Setting
this spring-return switch to the
left will also arm or disarm the
system (unless this option has
been removed). Your system
will not operate with the switch in
the LOAD position.

Keys

NOTICE:Keys1,2,3,4,5,9 and S
must be held down for 2 seconds
(until mini-sounder beeps) to per­form their desianated ‘Hold- Down "
(“Key”) functions.

Key 1: TEST

Momentarily sounds the burglar
alarm from the battery. If no alarm
is heard, or if it is weak, the battery
may need replacing. Use this test
weekly. (To perform this function

the key must be held down until a
beep is heard.)

Key 2: ALARM HISTORY

This will flash the red ARMED/
MEMORY light to indicate the last
alarm condition. Count the number

of

flashes to determine the zones
violated. This feature does not
reset; after the system is rearmed,
the previous alarm history will remain
in alarm memory until automatically
reset by a new alarm condition. To
perform this function the key must
be held down until a beep is heard,
and then continued to be held down
until all information has been
displayed.

Key 3: STATUS INDICATION
RESET

This will stop the green STATUS
light flashing. To turn STATUS
irig

back on, hold down Key 3
aaain. (To oerform this function the
key must be held down until a beep
is heard.)

Key 4: INSTANT PROTECTION

Cancels the exit/entry delay
periods when arming. The delay is
restored after you disarm the system.
See page 10. (To perform this func-

tion the key must be held down until
a beep is heard.)

Key

5: DOOR CHIME

This will initiate a feature that

sounds a chime In the keypad each
time the entry door on zone 1 is
opened. This feature only works when
the alarm system is disarmed (off). To
eliminate
press
“chime” may be reset using Key 9
(MA-825HS only). (To perform these
functions, the key must
until a beep is heard.)

the door chime feature,

this key again. A lengthy

be

flash-

held down

Key 9: RESET

Used

to

reset
Sounder indication
lengthy door “chime”
only).

or the AC Failure indication (all

three indicatora flashing), and to
bypass a troubled zone deaignated as
a “Priority with
reset

any function, the key

held

down

Key S: SHUNT

This will flash the vellow SHUNT
light to indicate the zone(s)
shunted. Count the number of
flashes to determine the zone(s)
shunted.

To perform this function the key

must be held down until a beep is
heard, and continued to be held
down until all information has been
displayed. The key does not have
to be held down for either the
Selective Zone Shunting feature
(see page 10) or when selecting a
new code (see page 7).

Keys * and #: PANIC BUTTONS

Activates the panic zone. Refer to

“Panic Zone”, page 10 for more

information.

a Dav Zone

Bypass

until

a

beep is heard.)

(MA-825HS

Mini-

only), a

(MA-825HS

Zone.” (To

must

be

’

Your Magnum

Alert-825/825HS

Security System has three basic components:

1. Zones

Your system is capable of
monitoring up to six separate areas
of your premises, including Am­bush/Panic and Auxiliary zones.

Each zone is an independent cir-

cuit that protects a specific area of

your premises. For example: your

alarm specialist may have set aside
a zone for window protection, exit/
entry delay, interior space protec-

tion, safe and valuables protection

or emergencies. Each zone can be

“programmed’ to react in aspecific

manner. Check and be certain that

you know what each zone protects.

2. The

Lets you program arm/disarm
codes; arm and disarm the system;
check the condition(status) of each
zone; temporarily bypass (shunt)

individual (or group of) zones; send
an ambush alarm; cancel exit/entry
delay; test the battery and alarm
devices; reset the AC-failure indica­tion; and bypass a
Bypass Zone.

Three lights and a Mini-Sounder

on the Digit-Key keypad monitor
the system.

Dlglt-Key Keypad

Priority-with-

3. The Alarm Output

When any zone is activated, the
Control Center responds by sound­ing an audible alarm and/or alerting
a central station (optional). Your

alarm specialist has programmed

your system to react in a specific
manner to each type of emergency.
Be sure you understand how your

system responds to these emer­gencies.

The Digit-Key Keypad

All security system operations are

carried out at the keypad. Each key

hasaspecialfunction of

“CONTROLS” page 5) plus the

ability to arm and disarm the system
when

they are

combination (codes).

used in a preselected

its own (see

Personal ( Arm/Disarm)
Codes

You can choose up to4 four-digit
codes which will allow you to arm
and disarm your system. Any of these
codes can easily be changed, thus
allowing temporary guests, baby­sitters, employees, etc., access to
the premises. When no longer need­ed, the codes can be changed or
removed from service.

Your security system cannot be

disarmed by unauthorized persons.

It will respond only when a code
your choosing is entered through
the keypad.

of

Selecting

To program these codes, slide
the ARM-DISARM/RUN/LOAD
switch (upper left corner of the
Control Center, see page 4) to the
right (LOAD). The three lights on
the keypad will flash rapidly, and
the Mini-Sounder will beep. At the

keypad, enter any combination of
up to four digits (there is no zero)
as follows:

Press:

After all user codes have been
entered, return the ARM-DISARM/
RUN/LOAD switch at the Control
Center to the
Remember: your system will not
operate with the switch
position.

NOTE: You need not assign all four
codes. Use only as many as you

Your Codes

l S + 1 + Four digit First User’s

Personal Code

S + 2 + Four digit Second

User’s Personal Code

l

S +3 +

Personal Code

l S + 4 + Four digit Fourth

User’s Personal Code

Four

digit Third User’s

center(

RUN) position.

in the

LOAD

need, and change them as often
as you feel necessary (refer to
Changing or Voiding a Code).

Easy Arming

(MA-825HS only)

If programmed, this feature
permits quick arming by momen­tarily pressing Key 8. Disarming,
however, will still require entry of
a complete code.

Changing or Voldlng
a Code

Changing any user’s code is
accomplished by using the fore­going procedure and

ing the

to change

4-digit

User 3’s code:

1. Set the ARM-DISARM/RUN/
LOAD switch to LOAD.

2. Press S + 3 + Four new digits,
user 3’s new code.

3. Return the ARM-DISARM/
RUN/LOAD switch to RUN.

simply chang-

combination. Thus.

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Checking AC Power

If the three lights of your keypad
are blinking slowly, you have lost
AC power. Check to see if there
has been a general power outage,
or if the Control Center’s trans­former is disconnected. If you must
operate without AC power, press
Key9 to stop the lights from blink­ing. Next, test your standby
battery by pressing Key 1. If the
alarm doesn’t sound, or is weak,
replace the battery. Check your
battery weekly.

Armlng The System
You Leave

Before you attempt to arm the
system, check the STATUS light
on the keypad. If the light is on,
you may enter your code, but be
prepared to leave immediately.
Upon arming, the red ARMED/
MEMORY light will come on and
the green STATUS light will go out.
Leave immediatelythrough the exit/
entry door before the exit-delay
time runs out. If you take too long
to leave the premises, the Mini-

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Before

Sounder will warn you that
delay time has expired and
delay time has started. To avoid
causing an alarm, quickly return
to the keypad and enter your code
to disarm the Control Center. You
may then rearm and try to exit again.

exit-

entry-

System Does Not Respond
to Personal Code

If after an extended power failure

your personal codes do not work,

you can temporarily use the " Fall-

back” code to operate the system.
To restore personal codes, see page
7 “Selecting Your Codes”.

Arming With A Zone
In Trouble

If the green STATUS light is flash­ing, at least one’non-24 Hour Zone
is in trouble (in an open or shorted
condition) and incapable of being
armed. Count the
to determine the zone(s) in trouble.
For example, if your back door is
open on Zone 1 and a window is
open on Zone 3, the STATUS lamp

number of

flashes

will flash once for Zone 1; pause;
then flash three times for Zone 3.
Try to clear the troubled zone(s)
yourself. In this example you can
clear the zones by merely closing
the back door and the window.

If the zone cannot be fixed (green

light still flashing), it may still be
possible to arm the system without
the protection of that zone. Check
your Alarm Plan (see page 15). If
the zone in trouble is not designated
as a Priority Zone, you will be able
to arm your system anyway. A 2­second beep at the keypad Mini­Sounder will alert you that the sys­tem was armed with a zone auto­matically bypassed (auto-shunted)
and no alarm will occur. Be sure to
have all zones in trouble repaired
as soon as possible! If you cannot
clear the zone yourself, call your
alarm specialist.

You cannot arm your system if a
zone programmed as a Priority Zone
is in trouble. The Mini-Sounder will
come on, but the ARMED/MEMORY

light will not. To silence the sounder,

re-enter your code to disarm.

If trouble is encountered on a
zone programmed as a
with-Bypass Zone however, enter
your code to silence the Mini­Sounder and disarm; hold down
Reset Key 9 until it beeps (this will
bypass the alarm condition); then
enter your code to rearm.

Priority-

Disarming When
You Return

When you enter through the exit/
entry door, the Mini-Sounder will
come on during the entry period to
remind you to disarm. Check the
red ARMED/MEMORY light; if it is
flashing, an alarm occurred while
you were out. Using your code,
disarm the system immediately
during the entry period to prevent
an alarm and to silence the
Sounder.

Mini-

NOTE: If
you must wait at least 2 seconds
before re-entering. If there was an
extended power failure and your
system does not respond to your
correct code, enter your pre­programmed “Fallback” code to
disarm. See page 8.

violated, hold down Alarm History

Key 2 until it beeps. The red ARMED/

MEMORY light will flash to indicate
the last alarm condition. Count the
number of flashes to determine
which zone(s) require attention.

NOTE: If an alarm occurredand the
red light did not flash, a 24 Hour
Zone (see your Alarm
violated. The cause of the alarm
must be determined and cleared
before you can rearm your Control
Center.

you enter the wrong code,

To identify which zone(s) were

Plan)

was

Ambush Code (optlonal)

If an intruder forces you to disarm
your system, enter your prepro­grammed 1- or P-digit Ambush
Code before your disarm code. This
activates
is usually programmed to send a
silent alarm to a central station

(optional feature). If your system is

monitored by a central station, be
sure to memorize your ambush code.

your Ambush Zone, which

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Arming Wlth Selective
Zone Shunting

Your alarm specialist may have
opted for one or more zones that
can be selectively shunted
(removed) from the system. Since a

shunted zone cannot cause an
alarm, you may wish to use this
feature to turn OFF the interior
areas while arming, and keeping
your perimeter zones (windows,
doors, etc.) active.

To arm, check the green light to

make sure no zone is in trouble.
Press the shunt button ( labeled "S”),
and then the number of the
through 6) you wish to shunt

Your alarm specialist may also

have opted for interior zones to all

be “group shunt” zone-s Shunt
these zones simply by pressing the
"S" key twice. The yellow shunt light
will come ON whenever you shunt
one or more zones. Enter your arm/

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zone (1

disarm code to arm your remaining
zones. The green light will go OFF,
and the
will come ON. The yellow light will
go OFF when you disarm again indi­cating that the shunted zones are

no longer shunted.( Note: The shunt
light does

are auto-shunted.)

red ARMED/MEMORY

NOT come

on when zones

light

Arming With

Instant Protectlon

Pressing key 4 (until you hear
a beep) will cancel the exit/entry
delay on the exit/entry zone when
arming. The red ARMED/MEMORY
light will flash rapidly to indicate

this condition. If someone enters
through the exit/entry zone, an

alarm will sound immediately.

Panic

Zone

To activate the panic zone,

simultaneously press the two keys
marked * and
keypad. The panic zone can be pro­grammed to send a silent alarm to a
central station. activate an audible
alarm, or both.

I’

#

on the Digit-Key

Your Alarm Specialist may have
programmed your security system
to be monitored

by

a

central station.

The built-in digital communicator

can transmit emergency signals to
the central station 24 hours a day.

EMERGENCY SERVICES

(Police, Medical Etc)

PR

PREMISES

SYSTEM 24 HOURS

ALERT-825/825HS
COMMUNICATOR

MONITORS YOUR

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Abort Delay

Note which zones on your alarm

plan have abort delay. This is a
delay that enables you to reset the
system before a zone condition

report is sent to the central station.

Non-24 hour zone reports are
aborted by arming and then disarm­ing. 24 hour zones, however, must
first be repaired.

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Opening and

Reporting

An optional feature that permits
the central station to receive a
signal each time the system is
armed, disarmed or both (up to 4

individual users can be identified).

Closing

Central

The central station will
edge the fact that you have armed
your system by “ringing back” with
a short beep
(This is an optional feature that
sponds to closing reports only.)

Station

from

Rlngback

the Mini-Sounder.

acknowl-

re-

The following information is
applicable only where local
ordinance permits use of your alarm
Control Center for fire detection

Controlling Your

Fire Circuit

If your alarm specialist installed
smoke detectors or heat sensing

thermostats, you have 24 hour fire

protection. This optional Fire Pro-

tection Zone is always active, even
though your system may be dis­armed. An optional Fire Supervision
and Indicator Station on the Control
Center provides the following fire
circuit controls.

AC

Power Check

If the yellow AC light on the Fire

Supervision and Indicator Station is
off, the
ing AC power. Press the spring­loaded SILENCE
switch to shut off the Mini-Sounder.
Check lights to see if there is a

Control Center

&

FIRE RESET

is not receiv-

general power outage. If there is,

you will be operating from your

standby battery. When AC power is
restored. the Mini-Sounder will

come back on. Press the spring-

loaded switch again to silence the
Mini-Sounder.

Fire-Zone

The Mini-Sounder on the Fire
Supervision and Indicator Station
signals a problem on the Fire Zone.
Press the spring-loaded SILENCE

8 FIRE RESET switch to shut off the

Mini-Sounder. The red TROUBLE
light will come on until the Fire
Zone is cleared. When the zone is
restored, the Mini-Sounder will
signal again to indicate that the
Fire Zone is functional. Press the
SILENCE
once again to turn off the
Sounder.

NOTE:

Center and your Fire Zone uses smoke detectors, have your alarm specialist
show you and explain the switch he has installed for resetting the smoke
detectors after an alarm.

Check

&

FIRE RESET switch

If there is no Fire Supervision and Indicator Station on your Control

Mini-

Fire-Detector

After a fire alarm, the red FIRE
ALARM light will be on. Press the
SILENCE
clear the smoke detectors.

Reset

&

FIRE RESET switch to

Alarm/Battery Test

The fire alarm bell/siren and

standby battery should be tested

weekly. Disarm the Control Center.

Push the BATTERY
switch down and listen to the bell/
siren. If the alarm sounds weak,

the battery is faulty. Call for service.

Would You
Safety

For information on home fire de­tection, burn safety, and home fire
safety, contact the National Fire
Protection Association, Public
Affairs

Plaza,

Informatlon?

Dept.05A,
Quincy,

&

BELL TEST

Like

More

Battetymarch

MA 02269.

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Even with the most advanced fire
alarm system, adequate protection
requires an escape plan. To pre­pare your plan:

Draw floorplans of your building.
Show two exits
and a

window from

sure the window works. You may
need a special fire escape ladder if
the window is high up.) Write down
your outside meeting place.

-

a front or back door

each room. (Make

Family

Rehearse each of the following

activities:

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Rehearsal

1) Everyone in their room with the
doors closed.

2) One person sound the alarm.

Each person tests his door.

3)

Pretend the door is hot and use

4)

the alternate escape exit.
Everyone meet outdoors at the

5)

assigned spot.

IMPORTANT -

Discuss these escape procedures

with those who use the building.

1

)

In a residence, sleep with the

bedroom doorclosed. A closed door
will hold back deadly smoke while
you escape.

2) When thefirealarm signals, es-

cape quickly. Do not stop to pack

3) Test the door. If it is hot, use
your alternate
window. If the door is cool, brace
your shoulder against it and open it

route

through the

Read

cautiously. Be ready to slam the door

if smoke or heat rush in. Crawl
through smoke, holding your breath.
Close the doors again on leaving to

helppreventthefirefromspreading

meeting place so you can see that
everyone is safe.

nobody returns to the burning build-

ing.

neighbor’s telephone.

Carefully

4) Go to your specific outdoor

5)

Assign someone to make sure

6) Call the fire department from a

Zone

1

6

Area Protected

Zone Features

Contacts

(doom, wlndows, etc.)

Central Station

(Optional)

Service Person

Telephone

Telephone

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