NETGEAR HSS101 User Manual

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350 East Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
April 2011
202-10834-01
v1.0
Home Security Touchscreen
HSS101

User Manual

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 User Manual 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 April 2011 202-10834-01 v1.0...
  • Page 2: Technical Support

    NETGEAR, Inc. Technical Support Thank you for choosing NETGEAR. To register your product, get the latest product updates, get support online, or for more information about the topics covered in this manual, visit the Support website at http://support.netgear.com.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Box Contents ..........6 Hardware Features.
  • Page 4 Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Chapter 4 Settings Settings Button Options ........38 Security .
  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Introduction Getting to know the touch screen The Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 helps you manage your home security system through an interactive touch screen. It provides a simple, safe, and connected experience that is integrated with your home security system.
  • Page 6: Box Contents

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Box Contents The box contains the touch screen, power supply, and URL card. The URL card has the link to this user manual. The rechargeable battery is inside the unit. When the battery runs low, plug the power supply into a power source to recharge the battery.
  • Page 7: Hardware Features

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Hardware Features The Home Security Touchscreen has the Home button, stand, memory card slot, and controls shown here and described below. Home button USB port AC power adapter input Memory card slot Stand Figure 2. Home button, memory card slot, stand, and controls Home button.
  • Page 8: Product Label

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Product Label The Home Security Touchscreen product label is on the back under the stand. Product label Figure 3. The product label is under the stand The label includes the integrated circuit identification number (IC ID). This number identifies the product and its manufacturer.
  • Page 9: Home Screen

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Home Screen The Home screen is a gateway to all of the screens, buttons, controls, and icons available to you for monitoring your home system. LOGO Settings button System & Internet widget icons Security bar Figure 5. Home screen icons, buttons, and controls Logo.
  • Page 10: System Information

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 System Information Touch the logo and then Version Information to display technical information about your Home Security Touchscreen. If you ever need to contact technical support, they might request some of the information from this screen.
  • Page 11: Entering Numbers And Letters

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Entering Numbers and Letters In general, the Home Security Touchscreen lets you make selections by touching an icon or button on the screen. In some cases, you have to enter numbers or letters with the numeric or alpha keypads as applicable.
  • Page 12: Alpha Keypad

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Alpha Keypad The alpha keypad displays whenever you have to enter text and numbers for more advanced text input, such as location names in the Traffic widget. As you touch each character, it displays at the top of the keypad.
  • Page 13: Chapter 2 Security Bar

    Security Bar Securing your home The Security bar runs along the bottom of the Home screen, and provides access to the security system functions. The screens you access from the Security bar let you do things like arm and disarm the system or change the display when a door opens, motion is detected, or a sensor has a low battery.
  • Page 14: Security Bar Buttons

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Security Bar Buttons Going left to right, the Security bar has an Emergency button, a System icon, and an ARM/DISARM button. These features are introduced here and described below. Emergency button System icon ARM/DISARM button Figure 8. Security bar along the bottom of the screen Emergency button.
  • Page 15: System Icon

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 System Icon The System icon is available from the Security bar, and a smaller version of it displays on most other screens. It is a graphical representation of the overall status of your system with text on either side that provides more information such as whether the system is armed or disarmed.
  • Page 16: Sensors Screen

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Sensors Screen Touch the System icon to display the Sensors screen with a list of all sensors installed at your site and their current status. Figure 10. Front door, liquor cabinet, motion sensor, and smoke detector Touch the Bypass button in the top-right corner to display the Sensor Bypass screen.
  • Page 17: Bypassing Sensors

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Bypassing Sensors Use the bypass function to temporarily disarm a sensor that would otherwise trigger an alarm. In general, you can bypass sensors only when they are active and capable of generating an alarm. This feature is useful in the following situations: The system is already armed and you want to open a particular non-entry door or window •...
  • Page 18: Arm And Disarm Buttons

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 ARM and DISARM Buttons When your system is disarmed, the ARM button displays on the Security bar. To arm the system, touch ARM. The ARM button lets you arm your entire system when you are leaving the house, or only your doors and windows when you are staying home.
  • Page 19: Disarm Button

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 When this option is on, the Security panel does not chime during the exit delay. Turning • this option on is useful when you want to leave the house and arm the security system, but you do not want to wake people who are sleeping in the house.
  • Page 20: Subdisarm The System

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 This Trouble Arming warning displays a list of problems (trouble list) that prevent the arming operation from finishing. If you correct all of the problems on the trouble list such as closing the front window, this warning disappears, and the arming action finishes. If you want to bypass the problem and arm the system anyway, touch ARM ANYWAY.
  • Page 21 Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 To subdisarm the system to gain access to your special items without setting off an alarm, touch Settings on the Home screen, and then touch Security. The Security screen displays. Figure 15. Touch Settings > Security to display the Security screen On the Security screen, touch Subdisarm Security Panel and enter the master code to subdisarm the system.
  • Page 22: Chapter 3 Widgets

    Widgets Monitoring your home and checking the Internet Widgets are applications that let you quickly view information that is of interest to you. For example, you might want to check weather conditions or review the live video broadcast from one of your security cameras before leaving the house. This chapter describes the 2 types of widgets available on the Home Security Touchscreen: •...
  • Page 23: System Widgets

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 System Widgets System widgets let you monitor the cameras, lights, and thermostats installed at your site and adjust the display of your Home Security Touchscreen. Cameras Touch the Cameras icon to play the live video from the last camera viewed. After a few seconds the controls disappear and only the video plays.
  • Page 24: Lights

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Lights Touch the Lights icon to display a list of the lighting modules installed at your site and the current setting of each. The list includes any appliance with a Z-Wave lighting module installed. Figure 19. List of installed lighting modules On the Lights screen, you can change the lights settings as follows: Lamps equipped with an On/Off switch only.
  • Page 25: Thermostats

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Thermostats Touch the Thermostats icon to display a list of the thermostats installed at your site and the current temperature of each. If you have only one thermostat, the widget bypasses the thermostat list and displays the settings for that thermostat.
  • Page 26: Night Mode

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 When the heater or air conditioner is active, the word Cooling or Heating, as applicable, displays below the temperature. Touch Back to display the list of thermostats. Figure 23. Cooling displays below the temperature Night Mode Touch the Night Mode icon to darken the Home Security Touchscreen display.
  • Page 27: Internet Widgets

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Touch anywhere on the screen and then touch Digital in the top-right corner to switch to a digital clock. Figure 25. Display a digital clock Internet Widgets The Internet widgets provide access to interactive content through your broadband Internet connection.
  • Page 28 Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Touch the screen while the slide show is playing to display the News controls. Figure 27. News controls Icon Definition Display the previous news category. Display the next news category. Pause the news. Restart the news.
  • Page 29: Photos

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Photos The Photos widget lets you play a slide show from a standard set of photos or from your Yahoo! Flickr account. The widget loads up to 25 photos and cycles through the photos for an hour. After an hour, the widget loads the next 25 photos in the album and repeats the process.
  • Page 30 Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Touch the screen while the slide show is playing to display the Photos controls. Figure 30. slide show controls Icon Definition Display the previous photo. Display the next photo. Pause the slide show. Restart the slide show.
  • Page 31 Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Touch Yahoo!/Flickr Account and the Flickr login screen displays. Touch Flickr Account ID. The alpha keyboard prompts you for your Flickr account ID. The default Flickr ID (ictrl) displays in the entry field. You can view private photo sets that your make available by entering a account ID for a friend and your own user name and password in Step 6.
  • Page 32: Sports

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 public and private photo sets. If you did not enter a user name and password, this screen includes only public photo sets. Select the photo set you want to play. Sports The Sports widget lets you display sports headlines, pictures, and brief stories in a slide show format.
  • Page 33: Traffic

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Icon Definition Display the previous sports story. Display the next sports story. Pause the slide show. Restart the slide show. Touch Settings to display the list of sports categories. A check mark next to a category indicates that the category is included in the sports slide show.
  • Page 34 Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Touch the Traffic widget to display the traffic in the area you last viewed. Figure 34. Traffic in the area you last viewed Touch the map to display the Traffic controls. Figure 35. Traffic controls Icon Definition Add a location.
  • Page 35: Weather

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Icon Definition Scroll down. Reset the display to the center of the current location and the zoom level to the default setting. Zoom in. Zoom out. Weather The Weather widget displays the current weather conditions and the 5-day forecast.
  • Page 36: Daily Word

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Icon Definition Add a location. When you touch +, the keypad displays. Enter the name of the location you want to add, such as Paris or New York, or enter the zip code, if it is a U.S. location.
  • Page 37: Chapter 4 Settings

    Settings Configuring your home system The Settings button in the top-right corner of the Home screen lets you modify the Home Security Touchscreen settings. • Settings Button Options • Security • Screen • Sounds • Access Codes • Installer • Time Zone...
  • Page 38: Settings Button Options

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Settings Button Options Touch the Settings button in the top-right corner of the Home screen to display the Settings screen. Note that some security panels do not have the Access Codes and Installer options. Touch any of the options on this screen to view or modify its settings.
  • Page 39 Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Touch Door Chime to turn chiming on or off. If you turn it off, the Home Security Touchscreen makes no sound if doors or windows open or close when the security system is disarmed. Notice the small chime icon on the Security panel display when you turn this option on.
  • Page 40: Security Panel

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Security Panel Touch Security Panel to display the Security Panel screen. Figure 42. Security Panel screen Security Panel Activity. Displays a list of user changes to the system and events, such • as alarms, arming, disarming, and so on.
  • Page 41: Screen

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Screen Touch Screen to display the Screen settings. • Figure 44. List of screen settings On this screen, you can adjust: Brightness. Touch the brightness level you want for the display. • Background. Touch to select a background image. See on page 41 •...
  • Page 42: Screen Saver

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Screen Saver The Screen Saver setting lets you play one or more widgets or other Home Security Touchscreen features when the Home Security Touchscreen is not in use. The screen saver is like a computer screen saver, but the widgets playing are live. This means that if you select a camera as one of your screen saver widgets, that screen saver (camera) plays live video.
  • Page 43: Add Widgets To The Screen Saver List

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 If you do not change any of the default settings, the screen saver starts after 10 minutes of idle time and plays the Photos widget continuously. Note: You have to set up the Photos widget for this feature to play your personal photos instead of the sample photos provided with the Home Security Touchscreen.
  • Page 44: Change The Playing Time Of A Widget

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Touch the widget you want to add to the list.The Advanced Screen Saver screen displays with the new widget added to the list. When only one widget was on the list, the playing time was set to Plays Continuously.
  • Page 45: Specify Screen Saver Start Time

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Note: Deleting widgets removes them from the Screen Saver list only. It does not delete them from your Home Security Touchscreen.  To remove a widget: Touch DELETE next to each widget you want to remove from the list.
  • Page 46: Clean Screen

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Clean Screen  To clean the screen: Touching the display often leaves fingerprints and smudges. You can use this feature to turn the screen black so smudges are easier to see. This feature also lets you clean the screen without inadvertently changing any settings.
  • Page 47: Access Codes

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Access Codes Touch Access Codes to display the numeric keypad where you enter the master access code. Touch OK to display the Access Codes screen. This feature is not available for all Security panels. After you enter the access code, the Home Security Touchscreen is in user programming mode.
  • Page 48: Add A User Access Code

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Add a User Access Code  To add a user access code: On the Access Codes screen, touch Add. The Add User screen displays. Touch Touch to Enter User Name, enter a unique name for the user on the alpha keyboard, and touch OK.
  • Page 49: Change The Master Access Code

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Touch Add New User Code. You return to the Access Codes screen, and the new user name is on the list. Change The Master Access Code  To change the master access code: On the Access Codes screen, touch Master Code. The Change Master Code screen displays.
  • Page 50: Change A User Access Code

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Change A User Access Code  To change a user access code: On the Access Codes screen, touch the name of the user whose code you want to change. The Change User Code screen displays. Touch Touch to Change User Code, enter a new 4-digit code, and touch OK. The access code has to be unique.
  • Page 51: Installer

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Installer This option lets installers access advanced features used only for installing the system. End users generally do not need to use this option. If you are an installer or know the installer access code, refer to the installation guide for your system for details about installer settings.
  • Page 52: Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Diagnosing and fixing problems This chapter describes the following common problems and their resolutions. • Dark Screen • Wi-Fi Connection • Cameras...
  • Page 53: Dark Screen

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Dark Screen The screen is blank (dark) Reason. The Home Security Touchscreen is set to the night mode. Resolution. Touch the screen to change the mode. The screen is dark except the logo, time, and a message that security information is not available from this device Reason.
  • Page 54: Cameras

    Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 Cameras Cameras display on the Cameras screen, but live video does not play Reason. The camera is offline. • The camera antenna is down. • There is a temporary communication failure. • The Wi-Fi connection is lost or intermittent.
  • Page 55: Appendix A Notification Of Compliance

    Eesti [Estonian] Käesolevaga kinnitab NETGEAR Inc. seadme Radiolan vastavust direktiivi 1999/5/EÜ põhinõuetele ja nimetatud direktiivist tulenevatele teistele asjakohastele sätetele. English Hereby, NETGEAR Inc., declares that this Radiolan is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC.
  • Page 56 Product Name & Model Español Por medio de la presente NETGEAR Inc. declara que el Radiolan cumple con los [Spanish] requisitos esenciales y cualesquiera otras disposiciones aplicables o exigibles de la Directiva 1999/5/CE. Ελληνική ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΑ NETGEAR Inc. ΔΗΛΩΝΕΙ ΟΤΙ Radiolan ΣΥΜΜΟΡΦΩΝΕΤΑΙ ΠΡΟΣ...
  • Page 57 FCC Declaration of Conformity We, NETGEAR, Inc., 350 East Plumeria Drive, San Jose, CA 95134, declare under our sole responsibility that the Product Name & Model complies with Part 15 Subpart B of FCC CFR47 Rules. Operation is subject to the following...
  • Page 58: Industry Canada

    Cet équipement doit être installé et utilisé avec un minimum de 20 cm de distance entre la source de rayonnement et votre corps. GPL License Agreement GPL may be included in this product; to view the GPL license agreement go to ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/GPLnotice.pdf. For GNU General Public License (GPL) related information, please visit http://support.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2649 . Notification of Compliance...
  • Page 59 Product Name & Model Interference Reduction Table The table below shows the Recommended Minimum Distance between NETGEAR equipment and household appliances to reduce interference (in feet and meters). Household Appliance Recommended Minimum Distance (in feet and meters) Microwave ovens 30 feet / 9 meters...
  • Page 60: Index

    Index access codes Fire button adding Flickr accounts changing deleting alarm history, clearing alphanumeric text, entering heat mode arming system Home Screen access codes for Emergency button quick exit System icon subdisarm trouble with installer codes Installer settings Background Image setting Internet widgets blank screen, troubleshooting broadband connection status...
  • Page 61 Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 screen saver start time Screen Savers panic buttons configuration Security Personal button Security Panel Sounds photos test screen saver display pictures Time Zone widget Settings button playing time, screen savers Settings screen Police button signal strength...
  • Page 62 Home Security Touchscreen HSS101 warning, Trouble Arming Weather widget widgets add screen savers Camera Daily Word Internet Lights News Night Mode photos Sports System Thermostat Traffic Weather Wi-Fi signal strength troubleshooting Yahoo! Flickr accounts Z-Wave lighting module...

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