Installation manual
© Hills Industries 2009  Page 34 
System Option Descriptions 
Enable Steady (Temporal) Siren new 
If enabled this option will enable the Steady (Temporal) Siren tone and disable the Evacuation Siren tone for all fire events 
and any zone that has this option set in its configuration group type. 
Expanded Contact I.D. 
The Hills Reliance can report all system device alarms with their individual point number if the expanded Contact I.D. 
reporting is enabled (see F 22 – Seg 4 – Op 8). 
First To Open / Last To Close 
If enabled, the Hills Reliance will only send a closing report when the last area is armed. Note: the last area to arm must 
have open/close reports enabled. The Hills Reliance will only send an opening report when the first area is disarmed. Note: 
the first area to disarm must have open/close reports enabled (see F 22 – Seg 2 – Op 4). 
Force Arm Bypass Reports 
If enabled, the Hills Reliance restricts bypass reports when zones are forced armed. Otherwise, when a zone is forced 
armed (and bypass reports are enabled), bypass reports are sent at the end of exit time. If forced armed zones re-seal 
during the armed period, bypass restores are sent (see F 22 – Seg 5 – Op 5). 
Limited Sirens / Communicator 
If enabled, the Hills Reliance will only set one siren activation per zone and/or one alarm report per zone. This option must 
be disabled if the siren and communicator attempt counter option is used. If limited communicator is enabled, restore 
reports (if enabled) will be sent at disarm, otherwise restore reports will be sent as they occur (see F 22 – Seg 2 – Op 3). 
Lost Clock 
If enabled, the Hills Reliance will illuminate the service LED whenever the internal clock is interrupted (see F 22 – Seg 5 – 
Op 1). E.g. Loss of power. 
On-Board Zone Disable 
If enabled, the Hills Reliance can disable the on-board hardwire zones. This is used when the Hills Reliance is used as a 
totally wireless system (see F 22 – Seg 5 – Op 3). 
Radio Remote Arm 
If enabled, the Hills Reliance will activate the sirens every time the system is armed or disarmed with a key-switch zone or 
integrated wireless keyfob. The sirens will chirp once for arming and twice for disarming. The strobe will flash for 3 seconds 
for arming and 6 seconds for disarming (see F 22 – Seg 1 – Op 8). 
Silent Exit Option 
The exit delay can be silenced by pressing []-[Exit] before arming the control panel, or when using the re-exit option. The 
exit delay can also be silenced permanently in all areas (see F 22 – Seg 5 – Op 6). 
Tamper Siren 
If enabled, all zone tampers and module tampers will set the system sirens (see F 22 – Seg 1 – Op 7). 
Telephone Line Cut Siren 
If enabled, it will set the siren for the siren time whenever the phone line monitor is activated. Reset the phone line siren by 
entering a valid PIN code. This option sets phone line cut sirens in either armed and or disarmed mode. In a multi-area 
system, ‘a system armed state’ would be represented by any area that is armed (see F 22 – Seg 1 – Op 1 & 2). 
Two Wire Smoke new 
On the Hills Reliance 128, if enabled Zone 8 and Com terminals are set for two-wire smoke detector compatibility when 
Zone 8 is configured with zone type 28. Must use a 680 Ohm EOL resistor.
Voltage Output 
If enabled, the on-board siren output will become a 1 Amp 12VDC output to drive 12VDC sirens (see F 22 – Seg 2 – Op 1). 
Zone Doubling 
If enabled, the 4/6/8 on-board zones will be doubled to 8/12/16 zones by using different resistors. E.g. on the Hills Reliance 
12, zone 1 terminal will wire to zones 1 and 7, and zone 6 terminal will wire to zone 6 and 12. This option cannot be 
selected for zones other than the 4/6/8 hardwired zones on the main panel. This option cannot be used in conjunction with 
the Dual EOL option. (See F 22 – Seg 5 – Op 2). If zone doubling is enabled the Aux 4 two-wire smoke cannot be enabled. 
Zone Inactivity Time In Hours new 
If enabled the Zone Inactivity Timer in Feature 25 – Segment 11 will be set in hours not days. This feature is used when the 
Zone Activity Monitor is enabled in the Zone Configuration Group type (e.g. F 68 – Seg 4 – Op 1). Zone activity is checked 
hourly, so depending on the time of last activity there may be up to 1 hour delay before the zone activity is checked again 
and Zone Inactivity event reported. For Zone Inactivity to report Zone Tamper Reporting must be set in Feature 9 – 
Segment 1 – Option 7. 










