User's Manual

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Appendix A: General Concepts of the Security System
Arming and Exiting a Premises
The Exit Delay period is the amount of time that starts when the security system is armed. The
customer has this period of time to exit through an Entry/Exit sensor doorway. If the customer does
not exit during this period, the system cannot be armed in Arm Away state. The system will arm in
Arm Stay state. The system audibly beeps once per second announcing that the system is in the Exit
Delay period. During the last 10 seconds of the Exit Delay state, the system beeps twice per second.
If an entry/exit zone is faulted, restored and then faulted again prior to the end of the exit delay then
the Exit Delay is restarted. This only occurs once. If an Entry/Exit door is left open at the end of
Exit Delay, the Entry Delay immediately starts and, if the system is not disarmed, an alarm will
sound. If no Entry/Exit Zone opens and closes during the Exit Delay, the Arming Mode reverts to
Armed Stay.
When the system arms, the TouchScreen beeps three times. If the system is armed from the key fob,
the peripheral’s LED flashes red once and the holds red for two seconds. Using the key fob, the
system can be armed in Arm Away mode and Arm Stay mode. There is still an Exit Delay period that
works the same way as when the system is disarmed from the TouchScreen.
If an alarm is tripped within two (2) minutes after the expiration of the Exit Delay period, a Recent
Closing transmission is sent to Central Monitoring along with the keypad code used to arm the
system. IMPORTANT: A Recent Closing transmission is not for alarms tripped by a Smoke
Detector.