Planar VISTA-10SE Home Security System User Manual


 
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SYSTEM OVERVIEW
General Congratulations on your ownership of an Ademco Security System. You've made a wise
decision in choosing it, for it represents the latest in security protection technology today,
including microcomputer technology to monitor all system status. Ademco is the world's
largest manufacturer of security systems and millions of premises are protected by
Ademco systems.
Basically, this system offers you three forms of protection: burglary, fire and emergency.
Your system may consist of at least one keypad which provides full control of system
operation, various sensors such as motion detectors and door and window sensing
devices, plus a selected number of strategically placed smoke or combustion detectors
designed to provide early warning in case of fire. Your system may also have been pro-
grammed to automatically transmit alarm or status messages over the phone lines to a
central alarm monitoring station.
All system functions are controlled by your keypad(s), which are described in the next
section,
ABOUT THE KEYPADS
.
Zones Your system's sensing devices have been assigned to various "zones". For example, the
sensing device on your Entry/Exit door may have been assigned to zone 06, sensing
devices on windows in the master bedroom to zone 10, and so on. These zone numbers
will appear on the display when an alarm or trouble condition occurs.
Burglary Protection The burglary protection portion of your system must be turned on or "armed" before it will
sense burglary alarm conditions and sound an alarm. Your system can be armed in one of
four modes: STAY, AWAY, INSTANT and MAXIMUM. Refer to the
ARMING THE SYSTEM
sections for instructions in using these modes of operation.
Chime Feature Your system can be set to alert you to the opening of a door or window while it is disarmed
by using the CHIME mode. In this mode, three tones will sound at the Keypad(s)
whenever a door or window is opened.