6. Configure the Alarm panel
There are 3 ways to configure the Alarm panel’;
1. Keypad: Basic and advanced settings can be configured through the touch
keypad. Whenever a key is pressed, the LED will light up and a key tone will
sound (when Key Tone is enabled).
Refer to Appendix A for the full list of keypad and button combination to various
settings. A 4-digit PIN code needs to be entered; the default PIN is ‘1234’.
2. SMS: Some settings can be configured remotely using predefined SMS text sent
from the owner’s phone. Refer to Appendix B for the list of SMS settings.
3. Smartphone App: The preferred method is by Android/IOS app available on
Google Play and Apple iTunes store. The App performs the same commands for
SMS settings listed in Appendix B.
6-1 Record and Playback Alarm Message
To start, a help message needs to be recorded and stored in the system. This
message will be played back over the phone when the alarm is triggered.
Record alarm message
1. Enter the PIN + DISARM Key to disarm the system.
2. Enter PIN + REC button
3. When the REC LED flashes, say a brief messages into the microphone. The
maximum message length is 10 seconds.
4. Press PARM key to stop recording if message is shorter than 10 seconds
5. To playback the message, press and hold the REC button.
6-2 Notification contacts
Create the list of contacts to call when an alarm event occurs.
Refer to Appendix B in the Alarm Voicecall Phone number list to set this up by
SMS or App.
Create also a list of contacts to send SMS messages when an alarm event occurs.
Refer to Appendix B for Alarm SMS Phone number list to set this up by SMS or
App.
Note:
a. The Host Phone Number will automatically appear as the first number in the list of
Alarm Voicecall number, Alarm SMS Phone number and Speed Dial No. in
Appendix B.
b. The “Show Caller ID” function on the contact’s mobile phone must be turned on to
send SMS commands. The alarm panel can then determine if this an authorized
number
6-3 Alarm Type
There are two alarm types,
- Alarm Type 1: loud siren with GSM voice call and SMS message. This serves to
scare the intruder.
- Alarm Type 2: siren off but with GSM voice call and SMS message. This leaves
the intruder unaware the alarm has been triggered.
Refer to Appendix A to set up Alarm Type 1 or 2 using keypad.
6-4 Duress Disarm PIN code
Duress PIN code is your normal PIN code + 1.
For example: normal PIN code 1230 will have a duress PIN code of 1231
Normal PIN code of 9999 will have a duress PIN code of 0000.
An SMS will be sent to the Host Phone Number when using a duress PIN code to
disarm.
6-5 Test Mode
This is used to test the various functions after the alarm panel and sensors have
been completely set up.
1. Enter the PIN + DISARM Key to disarm the system.
2. Enter the PIN + 03 to enter Test Mode. The DISARM LED will flash during Test
mode.
3. Time out for Test mode is 10 minutes, after which the system will return to disarm
mode. Press the DISARM Key anytime if you wish to exit Test Mode at anytime.
Device test
4. If a sensor signal is received in Test Mode the chime would sound and keypad
LED will turn on to indicate which sensor (LED 1 – 9 indicates Sensor Zone 1 – 9,
Remote 1 – 9, or Tag 1 – 9. Other indications would be LED 0)
If the device is a sensor, the Sensor Type will be indicated as below:
- Arm LED on: indicates the Sensor will only trigger when Fully Armed
- Partial LED on: indicates the Sensor will trigger when Fully Armed or Partial
Armed.
- Alarm LED on: indicates the Sensor will trigger an immediate alarm (24 hours)
when Fully Armed / Partial Armed / Disarmed.
GSM signal test
5. Press and hold 7 for 3 or more seconds during Test Mode to display the GSM
