NetworX – Bypassing a Zone

All modern alarm system allows you to bypass a zone. If your alarm system does not want to arm because a zone (input is open) is not closed, you can tell the alarm system to ignore the zone and arm the system. The term “bypass” is used if an input on the board is not closed. By bypassing the zone, you willbe able to arm system.

If zone 1 is the kitchen door is burning on the LED keypad, or on an LCD keypad, the system will show you the zone is open you can “bypass” the zone by making use of the [*][1] command.

BYPASSING

To bypass one or more zones, this must be done while the system is in a disarmed state. The following steps are used for bypassing zones.

Step 1: press the [Bypass] key.
Step 2: Enter the user code if required (optional). The bypass light flashes.
Step 3: Enter the digits indicating the zone you wish to bypass. Example Press the [1] key for zone 1, or press [1][0][6] for zone 106)
Step 4: Press the [Bypass] key again.
Step 5: The corresponding zone light will illuminate indicating the zone has been bypassed. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for any other zone that need to be bypassed.
Step 6: Press the [Bypass] key again or press [#] key to exit bypass mode. The bypass light will stop flashing upon the exiting of the bypass mode.

Example bypass zone 8.

Press Bypass key, select 08 or 8, and press Bypass key twice. You have successfully bypassed the open zone.

GROUP BYPASS

By pressing the [BYPASS] key, followed by the [0] key, then the [BYPASS] key again, all zones that are designated as group bypass zones will be bypassed. Press the [BYPASS] key again to exit group bypassing

UNBYPASSING

To manually unbypass zones, perform the bypassing procedure on a zone that is already bypassed. The corresponding light for that zone will go off when unbypassed. NOTE: All zones will automatically be unbypassed each time the system is disarmed.

TURNING THE DOOR CHIME ON AND OFF

The door chime is turned on or off by pressing the [CHIME] key while the system is in the disarmed state. If the chime is on the chime light will be illuminated. If the chime is off, the chime light will be off. Each press of the [CHIME] key will toggle the chime feature on/off and produce a momentary ding-dong sound.