Appendix A. Partitioning; Arm/Disarm Common Area - Visonic POWERMAXPRO User Manual

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A. PARTITIONING

The PowerMax Pro includes an optional partition
feature. Partitioning allows you to have up to three
independently controllable areas with different user
codes assigned to each partition or one user code
assigned to a combination of up to 3 partitions. A
partition can be armed or disarmed regardless of
the status of the other partitions within the system.
For example, you can define the garage as partition
1, the basement as partition 2, and the house as
partition 3. Since each partition is independent of
other partitions, you can arm or disarm each
partition as desired without altering the states of the
other partitions.

Arm/Disarm Common Area

The following table defines how the action of arming/disarming the system affects a common area.
Common Area Type
1
Perimeter,
2 Delay zones,
3 Perimeter follower
4
Interior,
5 Interior follower,
6 Home / Delay
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The PowerMax Pro also includes a common area
(zone) functionality whereby the user is able to
control an area that is common to two or more
partitions. For example, a hall which is common to
two offices, each of which are assigned to separate
partitions, will be armed only after both offices
(partitions) are armed. In the armed state the hall will
be disarmed after one of the offices (partitions) has
disarmed to allow the user to use the hall without
generating an alarm. Up to 30 common areas may
be defined for the system's 30 zones.
Note: It is not recommended to define common areas
as cross zones.
• Acts as defined only after the last assigned partition is armed
AWAY or HOME.
• In case that one of the partitions is disarmed, an alarm initiated
from this zone is ignored for all assigned partitions.
• Delay zones will not trigger an entry delay unless all assigned
partitions are armed. It is, therefore, not recommended to define
delay zones as common areas.
• Act as defined only after the last assigned partition is armed AWAY
or HOME.
• In case that one of the partitions is disarmed, an alarm initiated
from this zone is ignored for all assigned partitions.
• In case that one of the common area assigned partitions is in a
delay state (and the other partitions are armed), the alarm will
behave as a perimeter follower for this partition only. The event will
be ignored for other assigned armed partitions.
• Acts as defined only after the last assigned partition is armed
AWAY.
• In case that one of the partitions is disarmed or armed HOME, an
alarm initiated from this zone is ignored for all assigned partitions.
• Acts as defined only after the last assigned partition is armed
AWAY.
• In case that one of the partitions is disarmed or armed HOME, an
alarm initiated from this zone is ignored for all assigned partitions.
• In case that one of the common area assigned partitions is in a
delay state (and the other partitions are armed), the alarm will
behave as an interior follower for this partition only. The event will
be ignored for other assigned armed partitions.
• Acts as a Perimeter-Follower type when all assigned partitions are
armed AWAY.
Definition
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