Visonic PowerMaster-10 G2 User Manual page 67

APPENDICES
HOME: This type of arming is used when people are present within the protected site. A classic example is
night-time at home, when the family is about to retire to bed. With HOME arming, perimeter zones are protected
but interior zones are not. Consequently, motion within interior zones will be ignored by the control panel, but
disturbance of a perimeter zone will cause an alarm.
Instant: You can arm the system AWAY-INSTANT or HOME-INSTANT, thereby canceling the entry delay for all
delay zones for the duration of one arming period.
For example, you may arm the control panel in the HOME-INSTANT mode and remain within the protected
area. Only perimeter protection is active, and if you do not expect somebody to drop in while the system is
armed, alarm upon entry via the main door is an advantage.
To disarm the system without causing an alarm, use your control keypad (which is normally accessible without
disturbing a perimeter zone) or use a keyfob transmitter.
It's me: The PowerMaster system includes a powerful device locator that helps you to identify the actual device
displayed on the LCD, as follows:
While the LCD displays a zone (device), the LED on the respective device flashes indicating "it's me". The "it's
me" indication appears after a certain time delay (max. 16 seconds) and will last for as long as the LCD displays
the device with a timeout of 2 minutes.
Latchkey: The Latchkey mode is a special arming mode in which designated "latchkey users" will trigger a
"latchkey message" to be sent to a telephone when they disarm the system.
For example, if parents want to be sure that their child has returned from school and disarmed the system.
Latchkey arming is only possible when the system is armed in the AWAY mode.
Magnetic Contact Sensor: A Magnet-controlled switch and a wireless transmitter in a shared housing. The
sensor is mounted on doors and windows to detect changes in state (from closed to open and vice versa). Upon
sensing that a door or window is open, the sensor transmits an "alarm" signal to the control panel. The control
panel, if not armed at that time, will consider the alarm system as "not ready for arming" until the door or window
is secured and the panel receives a "restored" signal from the same sensor.
Motion Sensor: A passive Infrared motion sensor. Upon sensing motion, the sensor transmits an alarm signal
to the control panel. After transmission, it stands by to sense further motion.
Non-Alarm Zone: Your installer can designate a zone for roles other than alarm. For instance, a motion sensor
installed in a dark stairway may be used to switch on lights automatically when someone crosses the dark area.
Another example is a miniature wireless transmitter linked to a zone that controls a gate opening mechanism.
Quick Arming: Arming without a user code. The control panel does not request your user code when you press
one of the arming buttons. Permission to use this arming method is given or denied by the installer while
programming the system.
Remote Responder: A responder can be either a professional service provider to which the home or business
owner subscribes (a monitoring station) or a family relation/friend who agrees to look after the protected site
during absence of its occupants. The control panel reports events by telephone to both kinds of responders.
Restore: When a detector reverts from the state of alarm to the normal standby state, it is said to have been
"restored".
A motion detector restores automatically after detection of movement, and becomes ready to detect again. A
magnetic contact detector restores only upon closure of the protected door or window.
Sensor: The sensing element: pyroelectric sensor, photo-diode, microphone, smoke optical sensor etc.
Smoke Detector, Wireless: A regular smoke detector and a wireless PowerG transceiver in a shared housing.
Upon detection of smoke, the detector transmits its unique identification code accompanied by an alarm signal
and various status signals to the control panel. Since the smoke detector is linked to a special fire zone, a fire
alarm is initiated.
State: AWAY, HOME, AWAY-INSTANT, HOME-INSTANT, LATCHKEY, FORCED, BYPASS.
Status: AC fail, low battery, trouble, system state etc.
User Codes: The PowerMaster is designed to obey your commands, provided that they are preceded by a valid
security access code. Unauthorized people do not know this code, so any attempt on their part to disarm or
defeat the system is bound to fail. Some operations, however, can be carried out without a user code as they do
not degrade the security level of the alarm system.
Zone: A zone is an area within the protected site under supervision of a specific detector. During programming, the
installer allows the control panel to learn the detector's identity code and links it to the desired zone. Since the zone
is distinguished by number and name, the control panel can report the zone status to the user and register in its
memory all the events reported by the zone detector. Instant and delay zones are "on watch" only when the control
panel is armed, and other (24-hour) zones are "on watch" regardless of whether the system is armed or not.
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