Thank you, yaleguy,
Yes I thought you could not deactivate alarm via keyfob if it had been activated, as for the 24 hour ie burgler setting, am I right in saying my front door is entry so I would set that contact as burgler, to give me time to reach control panel, what about window contacts and or pir,s surely they would need to activate alarm instantly and not be on a 20 sec timer if there was a break in so what setting would they be on,
Its all right saying read the manual, but thats why I joined this site to get helpfull frendly advice and tips which you dont get in an insruction book which is not always clear anyway.
Hi Securit.
The 24hr setting and burglar settings are in fact different.
To make it clearer I will desribe the settings I would use in a typical install.
From the edit devices menu you have the option of
ENTRY
BURGLAR
OMIT
24HR
In a home you would typically programe as follows.
Your entry device usually a door contact on the front or back door which leads to your control panel would be set to ENTRY
This would give you a time delay allowing you to leave or enter the property without setting the alarm off immediately.
If you have a pir that you also have to cross to reach your control panel you would set this as entry too.
All other devices would be usually set to burglar. This means they would activate immediately upon detection when the alarm is set.
The next setting OMIT would usually be applied to a pir sensor on the landing upstairs so that you could part set the home with the orange button and any zones stored as omit would not be set.
This typically allows you to arm all your downstairs at night giving protection whilst still allowing movement upstairs without setting off the alarm. (not to complicate things too much you could still have window contacts set as burglar allowing protection at night even when the pirs are omitted).
The last setting is 24hr and this simply means the devices are active all the time wether you have set the alarm or not. Typically this would be a shed or outbuilding or starage room that is rarely accessed or a loft with access via a skylight.
if you are still not sure just list your home layout and the devices you have and I will suggest a layout and settings for you.