User guide

Introduction XTL Series User Guide 7
Email/Cell Phone Messages
Your system may be programmed at installation to send a variety of
messages to your personal email and cell phone.
The message option uses your security system’s reporting capability
to send reports using an email address or cell phone number in
much the same way as someone sending an email would do. You
can receive reports of alarms, troubles, or system armings and
disarmings and know at a glance your system status. See Appendix
D for more information.
MyAccess™ Text Messaging Commands
Your system may be programmed to allow simple text messages to
be sent to the security system and perform basic user operations.
By texting a message from your cell phone, the following actions
can be performed: Arm/Disarm, check Armed Status, Cancel
Alarm, and turn Outputs On/Off. Other operations that may be
programmed from your cell phone or PDA include: Turning on and
off lights, locking and unlocking doors, and setting the thermostat.
See Appendix D for more information.
Understanding Security System Terms
Throughout this guide, and in some displays on your keypad, you
may see certain words or phrases that might be unfamiliar.
Below are some terms you will see here and on the keypad
display.
Arming
This is the term used for turning on the burglary protection in
one or more areas of the system. Your system may require you to
enter a user code. When armed, the system can sound alarm sirens
and, if monitored, send alarm reports to a central station when a
burglary zone is faulted.
Fire, panic, and other 24-hour devices are always turned on and do
not need to be armed.
Disarming
This means turning off one or more areas of the system. When
disarmed, the system does NOT sound alarms or send alarm reports
to a central station when a burglary zone faults.
Zone
A zone refers to a protected opening or pro tection device assigned
to a zone number. Each door or window, motion detec tor, smoke
detector, or other device has a zone number and a name.
Entry or Exit Zone
Almost all systems have one or more doors through which you can
enter or exit the premises. These doors are programmed with a
delay time to allow you to enter or exit while the system is armed
without setting off the alarm.
When you arm the system, activity on all burglary zones is ignored
until the programmed exit delay time expires. Once that time has
expired and the system is fully armed, opening the door causes the
panel to start the entry delay time. During the entry delay time,
enter a valid user code to disarm the system or an alarm occurs.