Section 3 : Partitioning; Theory Of Partitioning; Setting-Up A Partitioned System; Common Lobby Logic - Honeywell VISTA-128BPT Installation And Setup Manual

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Theory of Partitioning

This system provides the ability to arm and disarm up
to eight different areas, as if each had its own control.
These areas are called partitions.
A Partitioned system allows the user to disarm certain
areas while leaving other areas armed, or to limit
access to certain areas to specific individuals. Each
system user can be assigned to operate any or all
partitions, and can be given a different authority level
in each.
Before anything can be assigned to those partitions,
you must first determine how many partitions (1-8)
are required and enable in programming. Following
are some facts you need to know about partitioning.
Keypads
Each keypad must be given a unique "address" and
be assigned to one partition. It can also be
assigned to Partition 9 if Master keypad operation
is desired. (See "Master Keypad Setup and
Operation" later in this section.)

Setting-Up a Partitioned System

The basic steps to setting up a partitioned system are
described below. If you need more information on
how to program the options, see SECTION 4:
Programming.
1. Determine how many partitions the system
will consist of (programmed in field 2*00).
2. Assign keypads to partitions (Device
Programming in the #93 Menu Mode).
3. Assign zones to partitions (Zone
Programming in the #93 Menu Mode).

Common Lobby Logic

When an installation consists of a partition shared by
users of other partitions in a building, that shared
partition may be assigned as the "common lobby"
partition for the system (program field 1*17). An
example of this might be in a medical building where
there are two doctors' offices and a common entrance
area (see example that follows explanation).
The Common Lobby feature employs logic for
automatic arming and disarming of the common
lobby. Two programming fields determine the way the
common lobby will react relative to the status of other
partitions. They are: 1*18 Affects Lobby and 1*19
Arms Lobby.

Section 3 : Partitioning

Zones
Each zone must be assigned to one partition. The zones
assigned to a partition will be displayed on that partition's
keypad(s) only.
Users
Each user may be given access to one or more partitions.
If a user is to operate more than one partition and would
like to arm/disarm all or some of those partitions with a
single command, the user must be enabled for Global
Arming for those partitions (when entering user codes).
A user with access to more than one partition (multiple
access) can "log on" to one partition from another
partition's keypad, provided that program field 2∗18:
Enable GOTO is enabled for each partition he/she wants
to log on to from another.
A partition can be selected as a "common lobby" partition,
and other partitions can affect this partition by causing
arming/disarming of this partition to be automated (see
"Common Lobby Logic" later in this section).
4. Confirm zones are displayed at the keypad(s)
assigned to those partitions.
5. Assign users to partitions.
6. Enable the GOTO feature (program field 2*18),
which allows a user code with multiple-access the
ability to log on to another partition. (Compatible
with an alpha keypad only.)
7. Program partition-specific fields (see the Data Field
Descriptions section).
1∗18 Affects Lobby (must be programmed by partition)
Setting this field to 1 for a specific partition causes that
partition to affect the operation of the common lobby as
follows:
a. When the first partition that affects the lobby is
disarmed, the lobby is automatically disarmed.
b. The common lobby cannot be armed unless every
partition selected to affect the lobby is armed.
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