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System Overview
Introduction
Congratulations on your ownership of a Honeywell Secu rity System. You've made a
wise decision in choosing it, for it repr esents the latest in security protection
technology today. This system provides:
• Three for ms of protection: burglary, fire* and emergency
• At least one keypad which provides control of sy stem and displays system status
• Variou s sensors for perimeter and interior burglary protection
• Smoke or combustion detectors* designed to provide early warning in case of fi re.
Your system may also have been programm ed to automa tically send ala rm or statu s
messages over the phone lines to a Cen tral Monitoring Station.
* Commercial installations and some residential systems may not include fire
protection – check with your installer.
NOTE: Features and procedures described in this manual apply to the
VISTA-20P/VISTA-20PSIA (VISTA-20P series) and VISTA-15P/VISTA-15PSIA
(VISTA-15P series) security systems. D ifferences are noted where applic able.
System Basics
Burglary Protection
• Several mod es of burglary protection: Stay, Night-Stay, Away, Instant, Maximum.
STAY: arms perimeter zones only and entry delay is on
INSTANT: same as STAY, except entry delay is off
NIGHT-STAY: arms perimeter zones and selected interior zones; entry d elay on
AWAY: arms perimeter and all interior zones, entry d elay is on
MAXIMUM: same as AWAY, except entry del ay is off
• You can BYPASS selected zones while leaving th e rest of the system armed.
• CHIME mod e al ert s you to th e op ening of p rot ect ed door s an d wi ndow s w hil e th e
system is disarmed.
Fire Protection
• Fire protection is always active (if installed) and an alarm sounds if a fire
condition is detected
• If necessary, you can manually initiate a fire alarm using the keypad (if
programmed).
• Refer to the Fire Alarm System section for information regarding fire protection,
smoke detectors and planning emerg ency exit routes.
Security Codes
• You were assigned a 4-digit security code (master code) during installation.
• Use your security code when arming and disarming the system, and when
performing other system functions.
• Other users can be assigned different security codes, each with different
authority levels, which define the system functions a particular user can perform.