night time arming - hallway triggering immediately

[KevinPeters]

Hi, another question about my system.

Let's say I have 3 zones. Upstairs, downstairs and garage. The keypad is downstairs in the hallway. Of course, walking to the keypad triggers the downstairs hallway PIR.

Anyway, I have set it up as follows:
Area A = downstairs
Hallway PIR = Guard Access
All other PIRs are Guard.
Area B = upstairs
Area C = Garage

I have created an arming Suite which includes Area A & C for night time arming.

So on my way to bed I put my code in, select part-arm, then select my suite. The two areas then arm as expected.

However, when I come downstairs in the morning and go to disarm everything, the keypad is telling me that an the hallway has triggered the alarm which I then have to reset.

My understanding is that Guard Access should start the entry procedure and give me time to disarm the alarm - not trigger an alarm immediately.

Can anyone give me any pointers as to what I might be doing wrong? This post asks the same question but I cannot work out how the answer relates to the question.

//www.diynot.com/forums/alarms...amming-question-texecom-premier-elite.371840/

Thanks
Kevin

 

[Hoover]

Area arm suites full arm the areas they are not part arms.

This is a little confusing because you press the part button get the arm suites up and then part again to get to the part arms.

your hallway detector will be acting as a guard alarm as the system is full set.

If you check your alarms event log you will find the system armed and not part armed for those areas


If you wish to discuss how you want your system to work pm me and we can go through it.

 

[sparkymarka]

In other words you Don't use area sets for upstairs you use part sets....

 

[Hoover]

depends on how you want it to work.

You could full set an area and part set another area but it gets messy.

If part setting and you want external bells to go off turn on part arm coms in area programming, area options.

Omit the zone thats currently in area B, guessing but you have armed A and C so suspect B is the zone thats part set.


You could turn auto part arm which will part arm 1 the system if the entry exit door doesn't go open and closed.

Need to know exactly how you want the system to work so can advise properly.

 

[Sally2000]

My system is much like yours, but I have a second control panel upstairs so I can part set it when going to bed and unset it in the morning before going down. It avoids all the beeping. Also it means I have a handy panic alarm in the bedroom.

 

[Hoover]

Seems excesive to have two control panels?

 

[JohnD]

is the upstairs one a control panel or a keypad?

 

[sparkymarka]

Seems excesive to have two control panels?

. Depends on how big or the layout of the house !

 

[Hoover]

1 panel 168 zones or 640 zones 1 panel

It would be abloody big house if you needed 2 that size

 

[Sally2000]

Sorry, I meant keypad of course.

 

[sparkymarka]

I think we knew that allready. Lol

 

[Sally2000]

It was very late last night and I'd had a pleasant evening (hic!)