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Basic System Programming begins with zone definitions. Since the definitions themselves are

explained at length in the manuals, I won't bother to go through that here. So let's say you want to

define your Zone No. 1 as an instant zone (which means if that zone is tripped while armed, the system

will immediately alarm without any warning). The zone definition for instant is 03. The worksheet

tells you that the definitions for zones 1 through 8 are programmed in section 001 (the new series of

panels contains zones 1 through 16). So you'll enter

001 (to enter that section). The  rmedlight will turn off; the  eadylight will turn on. Then enter:

03 (the definition for zone 1)

# (to exit section 001)

# (to exit programming completely)

So the entire sequence is:

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001

There! You've just programmed zone 1 as an instant zone. Now let's go further. Let's define zone 1 as

Instant (03), zone 2 as Delay 1 (01), zone 3 as Delay, stay/away (06), zone 4 as Standard 24-hour fire

(08), and zones 5, 6, 7, and 8 as  ullzones (00), which you won  be using for now. Here goes:

(by switching the 03 and 01 around in the example below you would make zone 1 delayed and

zone 2 instant)

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001 (the section number)

03 (Instant for zone 1)

01 (Delay1 for zone 2)

06 (Delay, stay/away for zone 3)

08 (Standard 24-hour fire for zone 4)

00 (null for zone 5)

00 (null for zone 6)

00 (null for zone 7)

00 (null for zone 8 )

Now you've defined all eight zones. Please note that you must start with zone 1 and proceed in order

with the other zones. There is no way, for example, to just start with zone 5. Notice also that we did

NOT enter the zone numbers, just the definitions. The system knows that the first two digits you

enter in section 001 will be the definition for zone 1, the next two digits will define zone 2, etc.

Remember, the worksheet shows you the default, or factory, setting for every value. If you're happy

with the way it is, you don't need to change it, but you still need to enter all the zones in order. You

should also know that the zone definitions used in our example are not conventional and were chosen

for illustrative purposes only. Your zone definitions will be based on the way you want your zones to

function in your system. And one more thing: you can exit the section at any time by hitting the # key.

In other words, if you aren  going to enter any more definitions after you  e finished zone 5, for

example, you don  need to enter zones 6, 7, and 8. Just press # and you  e outta there!

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