Troubleshooting

PROBLEM

SOLUTION

 

 

If the system does not arm.

• Check that the Console's slide switch

 

is set to RUN1 or RUN2.

 

• Check that the battery indicator on the

 

Remote turns on when you press

 

ARM. Replace the battery and

 

reinstall the Remote if necessary.

If a zone indicator flashes slowly.

One of the sensors/motion detectors has

 

not reported in, in the last 4 hours.

 

Check that the battery in the sensor/

 

motion detector is good.

 

If you need to arm the system and want

 

to ignore a sensor/motion detector which

 

is not functioning:

 

1. Press ARM on the Remote control.

 

You hear a repetitive trouble alarm to

 

alert you that there is a problem.

 

2. While the trouble alarm is sounding,

 

press BYPASS on the Console. The

 

zone indicator flashes rapidly.

 

Then press ARM on the Remote. The

 

problem zone is not protected but all

 

other zones are armed.

 

Note: if you bypass an open window and

 

arm the system (as described above)

 

and later close the window, that zone will

 

now arm and its zone light will stop

 

flashing.

If a zone indicator flashes rapidly.

The BYPASS button was pressed to arm

 

the system while a sensor/motion

 

detector was reporting a problem

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Troubleshooting

PROBLEM

SOLUTION

 

 

If you hear a repetitive trouble alarm

Check the zone indicators. If a door or

when you try to arm the system, and it

window is open, its zone indicator is on.

does not arm.

If there is a problem with a Sensor or

 

Motion Detector, its zone indicator

 

flashes slowly. Either:

 

• Press DISARM. Check each Door/

 

Window Sensor is working properly

 

and that no doors or windows are

 

open. Then arm the system.

 

Or:

 

• While the trouble alarm is sounding,

 

press BYPASS to override the

 

problem zone (its zone indicator then

 

flashes rapidly). Then arm the system

 

again.

 

 

If the alarm trips when you enter the

Arm the system in the delay mode.

house before you have time to disarm it.

To do this: Set the MIN/MAX switch on

 

 

the entrance Door/Window Sensor to

 

MAX and the Handheld Remote to MAX

 

and then press ARM.

 

 

Lights will not turn on or off from the

• Be sure you set House and Unit

LIGHT ON or LIGHT OFF buttons on the

Codes on the module(s) to the same

Remote.

letter and number as set on the

 

Console.

 

• Be sure the light you are trying to

 

control has its on/off switch in the on

 

position. Be sure its bulb is good.

 

• Plug the module into another outlet

 

near the Console.

 

• Check that the battery indicator on the

 

Remote comes on when you press a

 

button. Replace battery and reinstall

 

remote if necessary.

 

 

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