ADEMCO VISTA-40 User Manual

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– 4 –SYSTEM OVERVIEWBurglaryProtectionThe burglary protection portion of your system must be turned on or "armed" before it willsense burglary alarm conditions. When the system is armed, faulting one or more protectionzones causes an alarm to sound and allows the central station to listen-in to activity at thepremises (if your system is so equipped).Your system provides four modes of burglary protection: STAY, AWAY, INSTANT andMAXIMUM, and even allows you to BYPASS selected zones of protection while leaving therest of the system armed. The system also provides a CHIME mode, for alerting users to theopening and closing of doors and windows while the system is disarmed. Refer to the othersections of this manual for procedures for using these features.The following table lists the four different arming modes and the results of each.Arming Features For Each Arming ModeMode Exit Delay Entry Delay Perimeter Armed Interior ArmedA W A Y Yes Yes Yes YesS T A Y Yes Yes Yes NoINSTANT Yes No Yes NoMAXIMUM Yes No Yes YesFire Protection The fire protection portion of your security system (if used) is always on and sounds an alarm ifa fire condition is detected*, and allows the central station to listen-in to activity at the premises(if your system is equipped with the 2-way voice feature). Refer to theFIRE ALARM SYSTEMsection for important information concerning fire protection, smoke detectors and planningemergency exit routes from your house.* This control complies with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) requirements for temporalpulse sounding of fire notification appliances. Temporal pulse fire alarm sounding occurs only atexternal sounders and at 2-way voice keypads (if used), and consists of:3 pulses – pause – 3 pulses – pause – 3 pulses. . .