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10 Managing Partitions
A partition is a limited area of the premises which operates independently from the other areas.
Partitioning a system can be beneficial if the property has outbuildings that need to be secured inde-
pendently of a main area or if the home has a separate apartment.
Each partition can have it's own keypad, or a keypad can have access to all partitions. User access to parti-
tions is controlled via access code. A master code can access the entire system and partitions, while a user
code is limited to assigned partitions.
10.1 Partition vs. Global Keypad
Keypads can be configured to control an individual partition or all partitions. Commands input at this type
of keypad apply only to the assigned partition.
Global keypads control all partitions. Commands given at a global keypad apply to all partitions on the
alarm system. Partition keypads can also be temporarily loaned to other partitions if the user's access code
permits.
10.1.1 Single Partition Operation
Single partition keypads provide access to alarm functionality for an assigned partition.
Single partition keypads behave as follows:
• Displays the armed state of the partition.
• Displays open zones, if assigned to the partition the keypad is on.
• Displays bypassed zones and allows zone bypassing or creating bypass groups of zones assigned to
the keypad partition.
• Displays system troubles (system low battery, system component faults/tampers).
• Displays alarms in memory that occurred on the partition.
• Allows the door chime to be Enabled/disabled.
• System test (sounds bells/PGMs assigned to the partition).
• Label programming (zone, partition and user labels for the partition).
• Command output controls (outputs assigned to the partition, or global outputs such as smoke detector
reset).
• Thermostat settings and temperature.
10.2 Global/Multiple Partition Operation
Global keypads display a list of all the active partitions, or assigned partitions, along with their current
state. For example, partition 1 is armed, partition 2 is disarmed and ready, partition 3 is disarmed and not
ready.
Global keypads behave as follows:
• If a partition is armed and entry delay is active, the global keypad sounds the entry delay and indicates
which partition the entry delay is on. The same is true of exit delay, pre-alerts and alarms.
• Access codes may be entered to silence entry delays that the current access code is assigned to with-
out loaning the keypad to the partition that the entry delay is active on.
• Similarly, pre-alerts and alarms can also be silenced without loaning the keypad to a specific partition.
• Troubles are displayed and sounded on the global keypad, and the trouble LED illuminates.
• System troubles can be viewed via the Trouble menu. For partition-specific troubles, the keypad must
be loaned to the appropriate partition to view the Trouble menu.
NOTE: Access to this feature must be configured by installer.
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