User manual GE SECURITY RF COMMANDER III

[. . . ] 5 Global Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Global Access Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Area Jumping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Access Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Adding an Access Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] If you have pets, you may want to eliminate motion detectors or ask your dealer to install "pet lenses. " !Keep in mind that smoke detectors can be activated by sources of steam, smoke, or airborne dust that can occur during normal activities. Manually Resetting Hardwired Smoke Detectors Manually resetting a smoke detector following a test or alarm resets tripped detectors. This procedure is rarely needed because smoke detectors are automatically reset when an alarm is acknowledged or canceled. To manually reset tripped smoke detectors: Steps Response SYSTEM MENU; RESET SMOKE POWER; ENTER YOUR CODE SMOKE LOOP RESET 1. Enter your ACCESS CODE. Note Do not reset smoke detectors until the location of the activated detector is determined and the smoke source removed. System Tampering The system will automatically detect and indicate the type of tampering: !Touchpad access code tampering - If set up by the installer, four incorrect access code attempts results in a KEYSTROKE VIOLATION/police alarm. Remote phone access code tampering - Four incorrect attempts at entering an access code results in a TROUBLE indication and temporarily disables further access. Phone line tampering - A TROUBLE indication results if the phone line is cut. Equipment/sensor tampering - Results in a TAMPER TROUBLE indication and/or an alarm. Cancelling an Alarm Cancelling an alarm turns off the sirens and in some cases, also prevents the system from reporting to the monitoring service. Police alarm--You must cancel the alarm within 5 (programmable) seconds to prevent the system from reporting to the monitoring service. Advent® Commercial System 13 Security Protection Touchpad Access Code Tampering The system can be programmed to detect four or more incorrect access code entry attempts during any single session as unauthorized touchpad tampering. If this feature is enabled, the system will respond with a a KEYSTROKE VIOLATION trouble indication and a police alarm. If you know that this was done in error, contact the monitoring service and let them know. To cancel this alarm, Steps Response ALARM/REPORT CANCELED, SECURITY IS OFF Note Have the phone line repaired immediately and notify the monitoring service of the situation. Equipment/Sensor Tampering Tampering with system equipment, sensors, etc. Press 1 to accept open sensor. The sensor stays ignored (bypassed) only until you disarm the system. Note See Manually Bypassing an Open Window or Door for bypassing windows or doors for more than just this one time. 1. Press * twice to exit. Manually Bypassing If the system consistently warns you about the same open door/window or a faulty door/window sensor, you may want to indefinitely bypass that zone until it can be fixed. Advent® Commercial System 15 Security Protection To bypass a door or window indefinitely: Steps Response (if any) SECURITY MENU; ENTER YOUR CODE ENTER THE ZONE NUMBER THEN PRESS #; TO LIST BYPASSED ZONES PRESS 0# ZONE X BYPASSED Silent Arming The Silent Arming menu is used to arm or disarm your system without disturbing anyone with status beeps or voice messages. This works the same as the security menu for arming or disarming the system with one exception: press 2 (silent arm menu) instead of 1 (security menu) to access the silent arming menu. For example: To silent arm the system to full: Steps Response SILENT ARMING MENU; ARMING LEVEL CHANGE; ENTER YOUR CODE; TO QUIT PRESS * PARTITION/AREA X ARMED - FULL; OK TO EXIT 1. Enter the desired sensor number to be bypassed and press # (ENTER). The sensor stays bypassed until you unbypass the sensor using the same method. Group Bypassing 1. Press * twice to exit. This allows you to manually bypass a group of zones. A bypass group and all zones in that group automatically belong to the same partition or area. Ask your installer about setting up a bypass group. To group bypass a group of sensors indefinitely: Steps Response (if any) SECURITY MENU; ENTER YOUR CODE ENTER THE ZONE NUMBER THEN PRESS # GROUP X BYPASS COMPLETE; MAIN MENU Note Protest beeps will still sound. To turn on the status beeps and voice messages again, arm or disarm the system using the security menu as usual. 1. Press 90, the desired group number to be bypassed and then # (ENTER). Turning Security Protection Off Arming to OFF is used when security is not a concern. This would be when the premises is occupied and people will be going both inside and out. To turn system arming off: Steps Response SECURITY MENU; ARMING LEVEL CHANGE; ENTER YOUR CODE; TO QUIT PRESS * PARTITION/AREA X SECURITY IS OFF To group unbypass a group of sensors indefinitely: Steps Response (if any) SECURITY MENU; ENTER YOUR CODE ENTER THE ZONE NUMBER THEN PRESS # GROUP X UNBYPASS COMPLETE; MAIN MENU 1. Press 91, the desired group number to be unbypassed and then # (ENTER). Sensors that will remain active: ! [. . . ] Panel has failed to communicate with the central station phone number 1 when it tried to report an event. Panel has failed to communicate with the central station phone number 2 when it tried to report an event. Printer trouble has been detected (printer error, off-line, out of paper, out of ink, missing). Panel has detected an unauthorized attempt to access the panel via the remote phone. [. . . ]