Exit Alarms; Common Zone Operation - ADEMCO VISTA-20SE User Manual

Exit Alarms

Whenever you arm the system, the exit delay begins. If an entry/exit door or interior zone is
faulted when the exit delay ends (e.g., exit door left open), the system sounds an alarm and
starts the entry delay timer. If you disarm the system before the entry delay ends, the alarm
To minimize false alarms
sound stops and the message "CANCELLED ALARM" or "CA" is displayed on the keypad,
sent to the alarm
along with a zone number indicating the faulted zone. No message is sent to the alarm
monitoring company,
monitoring company. To clear the exit alarm condition, the open zone must be made intact;
your system may have
to clear the display, enter your code plus OFF.
been programmed for
If you do not disarm the system before the entry delay ends, and an entry/exit door or interior
this feature. Ask your
zone is still open, the alarm sound continues and an "exit alarm" message is sent to the alarm
installer if "Exit Alarm" is
monitoring company. The message ""EXIT ALARM" or "EA" is displayed on the keypad, along
active for your system.
with a zone number indicating the faulted zone. To stop the alarm, the system must be
Exit Alarm Active
disarmed (your code plus OFF); to clear the display, enter your code plus OFF a second time.
An "exit alarm" also results if an entry/exit door or interior zone is faulted within two minutes
after the end of the exit delay.
Your system may have been set up to use a common zone, which is an area shared by users of
Ask your
both partitions, such as a foyer or lobby. If so, please note the following:
installer if a common
• The common zone will sound and report alarms only when both partitions are armed. If only
zone was assigned.
one partition is armed, the system ignores faults on the common zone.
• Either partition may arm its system if the common zone is faulted, but once armed, the other
partition will not be able to arm unless the common zone is first bypassed or the fault is
corrected.
• If either partition is armed and the other is in chime mode, the common zone will not chime.
The common zone will chime if both partitions are disarmed and either is in chime mode.
• Faults on the common zone are displayed on keypads in both partitions.
• Either partition can clear and restore the common zone after an alarm.
ENTRY/EXIT DELAYS

COMMON ZONE OPERATION

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