Troubleshooting
PROBLEM | SOLUTION |
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You open a door or window and the alarm | • Check that the system is armed. |
does not trip. | • Check to see if the alarm trips when |
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| you press TEST inside the Door/ |
| Window Sensor. |
| • If the alarm does not trip when you |
| press TEST, check that the indicator on |
| the sensor comes on when you press |
| TEST. |
| If the indicator does not come on, replace |
| the batteries and reinstall the sensor if |
| necessary. |
If appliances turn off during an alarm. | The system flashes lights by repetitively |
| transmitting the SECURITY light on and |
| off codes. |
| Any Appliance Modules set to the same |
| codes will therefore turn on and off. |
If you do not hear a beep from the | • |
Console when you press ARM to install a |
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Remote. |
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Troubleshooting
PROBLEM | SOLUTION |
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If you do not hear a beep from the | With the Console NOT armed check that |
Console when you register a Door/ | it chimes when you press TEST on the |
Window Sensor or Motion Detector. | Door/Window Sensor, or the alarm trips |
| when you press test on a Motion Detector |
| (when the system IS armed). If it does, |
| then the sensor is already installed and no |
| further action is necessary. If not: |
| • Reregister the sensor/motion detector |
| (see Setting Up Door/Window Sensors |
| and Setting Up Motion Detectors. |
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If the battery indicator on the Console is | Replace the Console’s batteries. Four AA |
on. | alkaline batteries provides approximately |
| 12 hours of backup. Replace batteries at |
| least once a year. |
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If you lose your remote control. | Reinstall your complete system to prevent |
| someone else from using the lost remote |
| control. See bottom of page 39. |
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If the system Arms or Disarms by itself | A neighbor may have a compatible |
| system. Reinstall the complete system so |
| that it chooses different RF codes. See |
| bottom of page 39. |
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If the light on the Keychain Remote stays | Remove the batteries, press a button |
on during initialization. | for a few seconds, release, then replace |
| the batteries. Press and hold the ARM |
| button on the Keychain Remote for a |
| few seconds and then release it. This |
| initializes the remote and picks a random |
| code that is used when it is registered with |
| the Console. Reregister the remote. |
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