ADT Security Services 200 Plus manual Preventing causes of false alarms

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False Alarm Prevention (cont’d)

Additional steps are to carefully read and understand this manual, to become thoroughly familiar with your system by practicing entry and exit commands, and to learn how your monitoring system can become part of your workday lifestyle. Learn your Personal Identification Number (PIN), which is necessary when you communicate with your ADT Customer Monitoring Center. Then teach all others who will be using the system. Make sure they are confident they can flawlessly operate the system and are able to promptly cancel a false alarm, should one occur. All users must be very familiar with the operating procedure to cancel false alarms.

Preventing causes of false alarms

The ADT brochure entitled Helping You Prevent False Alarms refers you to this manual for any of several actions you may take to prevent false alarms. These actions are listed below:

1.When You Test Your System: Follow the procedure under the heading TESTING THE SYSTEM in this manual. Make certain your system is “out of service” before you start testing the various sensors.

2.If You Move to a Different Building: ADT offers a special consideration to customers who move, provided you give to your local ADT representative the name of the party that purchases or leases your present building. Do not take your operating panel or any part of your system with you. Ask ADT to take your system out of service just before the new party takes ownership of your present building.

3.If You Get a Watchdog: Nearly all types of animals can cause false alarms. If you get a watchdog or have other animals, do not allow them into a room with an area sensor when your system is turned on.

4.If You Hire Janitorial Help: Assign a special user code to each janitor, and enter the code into the system using the procedure under the heading SYSTEM PROGRAMMING in this manual. Carefully train your help to turn the system on, turn it off, and cancel false alarms. They must also understand the entry and exit delays and be able to respond to a verification call from your ADT Monitoring Center.

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Contents Security System Table of Contents FOCUS 200 Plus Features System OverviewIntroduction System Overview cont’d Control UnitOperating Panel Protection Points and Groups User Access and SecuritySummary Automated Event Recording and PrintingFalse Alarm Prevention You must help eliminate false alarms False Alarm Prevention cont’dPreventing causes of false alarms False Alarm Prevention cont’d Operating Panel Functions Quick StartNormal Inactive Screen Quick Start cont’dFront Office OffMore Enter IDViewing Current Alarms Responding to AlarmsEntering Your Personal ID Number Navigational Menu Selections HostageMore/First Selection Other Navigational Selections Quit/Previous SelectionSummary Navigational Selections Turning BA Groups OffSome BA Groups Are on Code Accepted Continue Turn OffSee alarms Reset Quit More Assistance The ? Selection Action Menus 1-4 Main FeaturesAction Menu Enter choiceExercise the ? Selection Exercise Turn on Burglary Protection See points Test Change close time Previous MoreExercise Test Bypass History Status Time Previous MoreExercise BYPASS/UNBYPASS Protection Points Bypass points See limits QuitExercise Name PNT/GPS SysInfo ID codes Name pnt/gps Load Previous FirstBack CHR Forward Left POS Right Quit ? First BA GroupSummary Operating Panel System Operation OverviewSystem Operation Overview cont’d Action Menus See alarms Reset Quit MoreSee points Test Change close time Previous More Bypass History StatusTime Previous More SysInfo ID codes Name pnt/gps Load Previous First User Data System ProgrammingEntering or Changing a User Name System Programming cont’dUser Selection Menu User NameUser Delete PrevChange Quit Next Deleting a User ID Code Assigning or Changing User Access Assigning Privilege Levels Assigning Burglary Group AccessSystem Programming cont’d Access Capability Assigning a Code and Card Cancel Date Assigning a User ID CodeAssigning a User a Card/Key Code Time Selection Menu Changing the Time and DateChanging the Current Time ? TimeChanging the Current Date Setting Dates for Daylight Saving TimeDaily Operating Schedules Changing Daily Operating Schedules Hint The system will start display with today Mon-Sun Guidelines for Changing Daily Operating SchedulesGuidelines Changing Auto On/Off ScheduleSystem Programming cont’d ? Time Holiday Daylight Open/close Hstg Quit Current Changing Open/Close Schedule LimitsAdding or Changing Holiday Descriptions Holiday Description and DatesSystem Programming cont’d Changing Holiday Dates Group/Point DescriptionsSystem Programming cont’d System Operation Turning On Burglary ProtectionTurning On ALL Burglary Groups Lesson Turn on See alarms Reset Quit More System Operation cont’dTurning On One or More Burglary Groups Turning Off Burglary Protection Turning Off ALL Burglary Groups Turn Off MenuAre on Continue Turn OffResetting Current Alarms System History Log Triggering a PanicViewing the History Log History Selection Menu On this screen On printer QuitPrinting the History Log Description Alpha System Event History Log Alpha and Event CodesDescription Alpha Expansion Module Description Alpha Description Alpha Panic Description Alpha Other Access Bypassing/Unbypassing Burglary Protection Group Selection Menu Bypass Selection MenuBypassing Protection Points Group Description PreviousNext QuitQuit Bypass VVS Unbypassing Protection PointsBypassing/Unbypassing Vault Vibration Sensors VVS Extending Close Time Sending Messages to a Pager Burglary Protection Points Audible System TestProtection Points Visual System Test cont’dProtection Groups Testing Holdup, Fire, and Supervisory DevicesBell and Operating Panel Display Trouble or Error Display Description Action Troubleshooting GuideTime to turn on ‘Group Description’ or extend closing time Troubleshooting Guide cont’dFire, SPV or Holdup points bypassed About Fire Alarm Codes Fire Alarm Application NoteADT’s Focus 200 Plus Fire Alarm System Capabilities Code EnforcementEmergency Evacuation Federal Communications Commission FCC Part 15 Statement Notification Federal Communications Commission FCC Part 68 Notice Canadian Department of Communications DOC Statement Limitations of this Alarm System Limitations of this Alarm System Index ADT Service personnel working on system76Limitations of this Alarm System ÊK3693-1SIA†Š