Introduction; Overview; System Features - Visonic PowerMaxExpress User Manual

INTRODUCTION

1. Introduction

Overview

The PowerMaxExpress is a wireless alarm control
system that provides protection against burglary, fire
and tampering. In addition, it can be used to monitor
the activity of disabled or elderly people left at home.
Status information is presented visually.
The PowerMaxExpress includes an optional partition
feature. Partitioning allows you to have up to three
independently controllable areas with different user
codes assigned to each partition. A partition can be
armed or disarmed regardless of the status of the
other partitions within the system
The PowerMaxExpress is governed by a control
panel (Fig. 1) designed to collect data from various
sensors that are strategically located within and
along the perimeter of the protected site (Figure 2).
In the disarmed state, the system provides you
with visual status information, and initiates an alarm
if smoke is detected or upon disturbance in a 24-
hour zone (a zone which is active 24-hours a day).
In the armed state, the system will initiate an alarm
upon detection of disturbance in any one of the
armed zones.
Figure 1. Control Panel
You will need a 4-digit security code to master the
system (code 0000 is not allowed), and you can
authorize 7 other persons to use the system by
providing them with their own security codes.
Moreover, you can obtain up to 8 multi-function
key-ring transmitters that will allow you and other
users to easily control major functions.
If the user has changed the state of the system from
a high security mode to a lower security mode i.e.
from ARM to DISARM, or from ARM to HOME, he
will be prompted to enter the user code thus
bypassing the QUICK ARM option.
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INTERNAL SOUNDER
INDICATORS
DISPLAY
CONTROL KEYS
KEYPAD
The system identifies a wide range of events -
alarms, attempts to tamper with sensors and several
types of trouble. Events are automatically reported
via PSTN or optional GSM and Broadband to central
monitoring stations (in digital form) and to private
telephones (in tones and/or SMS messages). The
person receiving such a message is expected to
investigate the event and act accordingly.
IMPORTANT! All you need to know to secure your
premises can be found in Chapter 2 of this manual.
If you are not familiar with some of the terms used
here, refer to Appendix B at the end of this guide.
Note: This system must be checked by a qualified
technician at least once every three (3) years.

System Features

Your PowerMaxExpress offers a large number of
unique features:
 Master / User Settings:
There are two types of user settings, Master User
and User. See the table below for the functions of
each.
User type Function
Master User Arm/disarm
Zone bypass
Authorize 7 other user codes
Set user codes
Report to private
Enroll/delete keyfob
Automatic arming
Enable squawk
Set date and time format
Read event log
Arm/disarm
User
Zone bypass
 29 zones: Each protected zone is identified by
number and by name.
 3 Partitions (optional): One of the advantages of
the PowerMaxExpress is its ability to divide the
system into a maximum of 3 partitions. Each
partition may be viewed as a separate security
system, each of which can be armed and disarmed
individually individually or altogether in one
operation.
D-303974 PowerMaxExpress User's Guide