At-Home Arming; Keypad Zones; Adjusting The Keypad Sounder Tone And Backlighting - DSC PC560 Installation Manual

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]+[9]: At-Home Arming

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Entering [ ][9] will arm the system with all "Home-Away" zones automatically bypassed.
When the system is armed using the [
has been armed with the At-Home Arming option.
Important Note about Keypad [
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The [ ] commands will not function when the system is in the disarmed state and the bell or siren is active. In
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order to use the [ ] functions, an Access Code must first be entered to silence the alarm.

Keypad Zones

Three types of alarm may be activated by pressing and holding a single key on the keypad. For these alarms
to be transmitted, Priority Alarm Reporting Codes must be programmed in Section [13].
[F] Press and hold the [F] Key for 2 seconds to sound an [F] Key alarm. The siren will sound a pulsed
tone, and the alarm will be reported to the monitoring station. The keypad will sound a series
of short beeps once the system has accepted the alarm.
[A] Press and hold the [A] Key for 2 seconds to generate an [A] Key alarm. An alarm will be
transmitted to the monitoring station, but the siren will not sound when this function is activated.
The keypad will sound a series of short beeps once the system has accepted the alarm.
[P] Press and hold the [P] Key for 2 seconds to generate a [P] Key alarm. An alarm will be transmitted
to the monitoring station. The [P] Key alarm may be programmed as either silent or audible; refer
to Programming Section [05]. When programmed as "audible", the bell or siren will sound a steady
alarm tone and the keypad will sound a series of short beeps once the system has accepted the
alarm. When programmed as "silent", the bell or siren will not sound on alarm and the keypad
will not beep to indicate that the system has accepted the alarm.

Adjusting the Keypad Sounder Tone and Backlighting

The sounder tone and the lighting behind the keys for each Keypad may be individually adjusted. The sounder
tone may be set as high, low, or no tone at all. The backlighting can be set at medium or high brightness, or
it may be turned off.
To adjust the Keypad's sounder, press and hold the [#] Key; after two seconds, the sounder will begin to beep.
With each beep, the tone of the beep will increase or decrease. When the desired tone is achieved, release
the [#] Key.
To adjust the Keypad's backlighting, press and hold the [
and the Keypad will beep as each of the three backlighting levels is shown: medium, high and off. When the
desired level is reached, release the [
If all power to the system is shut off, each Keypad's tone and backlighting will be restored to the factory settings.
NOTE: WARNING
Some models of the PC560 have a special lockout feature that prevents the
control panel from being reset to the factory default programming. Call DSC
Australia if you are attempting to take over a system installed by another
security company.
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][9] command, the "Armed" light will FLASH to indicate that he system
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] Commands
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] Key. Press the [#] Key to return to the "Ready" mode.
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] Key. The zone and status lights will be shut off,