Setting, Unsetting And Security Levels; Partitions And Security Levels - Cooper Security i-on 40 Administrator's Manual

i-on40 Introduction
Setting, Unsetting and Security
Levels
The majority of alarm systems are intended to detect the
movements of people, and to notify others when people move
into protected areas. Readying the system to start an alarm when
someone moves into a protected area is called "setting" the
system. Disarming the system so that people can move freely is
called "unsetting" the system.
The installer can program the alarm system to give you a choice
of which areas to protect by assigning detectors to different
"security levels". Each security level is a collection of one or more
detectors that monitors a different area. The highest security level
is called Full Set, and includes all the detectors. There are three
other security levels called Part Set B, C and D. For example, in a
family home Full Set might monitor the whole house and out-
buildings, while Part Set B might monitor just the downstairs
rooms and external doors.

Partitions and Security Levels

At a site where all users have complete access to the whole alarm
system, then the installer can program the i-on40 to provide four
levels of security: Full Set and three different Part Sets. Any user
can put the alarm system into any of the security levels.
If the system is installed at a site where some users must have
restricted access to parts of the alarm system, then the installer
can split the i-on40 electronically into four separate "partitions".
Users can set and unset each partition completely independently
of all the others. Individual users can be given access to one or
more partitions: if they have no access to a partition then they
can not set or unset that partition. In effect the i-on40 becomes
four separate alarm systems.
In addition each partition can be programmed to set at one of two
security levels: either Full Set or Part Set B. Any user who is
allowed to set a partition can select either of the two security
levels.
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