Re: Help with Vista 20PS Night-Stay Zones

[Joe <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

briansgooglegroupemail@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Joe wrote:
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>>Night stay can be tricky.
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>>In *81 you select zone list 5
>>then you enter the 2 digit zone number then * (that part can trip you up)
>>then enter 00 and *.
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>>you do not want to delete the list or the zone on your way out.
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> The zone is properly listed in the zone list 5.
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>>are you sure you are activating night-stay properly?
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> Yep.
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>>double tap the stay button
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> The problem is the keypad.  It is the 6270 touch screen keypad.  The
> "Night" button is programmable by the keypad and can be programmed to
> "Away", "Instant", "Night", "Maximum"  and a couple others.  It was
> previously set to "Instant" which gave no entry delay.  But apparently
> in "Instant" mode, Night doesn't pull in zone list 5.  Setting it to
> "Night" does pull in zone list 5, but it also activates entry delay on
> perimeter zones.  That's not what I want.  And if I set it to "Maximum"
> it sets ALL zones (perimeter and Interior) in Night-Stay with no entry
> delay but also activates the audible exit delay (like you'd get in Away
> mode) which I have now turned off.  This is fine because I don't
> currently have any interior zones that I would want bypassed at night
> anyhow.  But it would be a huge flaw if I did.
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>>I use night-stay all the time and do not have any problems (I use the
>>FA168cps version of your panel... same-same)
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> Which keypad?
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Usually the FA260 (fixed word) and occasionally the FA560 (alpha) but
have used 700's (the touch screen) but I always set them to night.  the
delay isn't an issue as I only put delays on 1 or 2 of the perimeter
zones.