PROA7 or PROA7PLUS: Awareness Zone Types

In this video, Dylan from Alarm Grid demonstrates the Awareness and 24 HR Awareness Response Types available on the PROA7 and PROA7PLUS panels. These new zone response types were added in firmware version 03.1868.32.0. They allow a user to program a zone for monitoring locally and through Total Connect 2.0, without sending any type of signal to a central monitoring station. Both options are excellent for use with indoor and outdoor motion viewers, which are now available for the PRO Series panels.

00:00 - Introduction
01:07 - Zone Programming
04:23 - Testing Chime Operation
05:35 - Continuous Trouble Beeps Operation
08:11 - Notes on Partitioned Systems
09:31 - Outro

The Awareness Response Type is only active when the system is armed. It is active in both Away and Stay arming modes, and it does observe Exit Delay, meaning it is not active until the Exit Delay time has expired. The 24 HR Awareness Response Type is active regardless of whether the alarm system is armed or disarmed.

To program a zone for either of the Awareness zone types, enter programming by pressing the Menu icon, then scrolling down to Tools, then entering the Installer Code (Default is 4112), then choosing Programming and then Peripherals. From here, you can either choose to add (+) a new zone, or you can choose to edit an existing zone. Choose either Awareness or 24 HR Awareness as the Response Type, choose a sound option (Chime, Continuous Trouble Beeps, or Alarm), and whether you want the zone to be supervised, then once all other zone programming parameters have been configured, tap "Save" in the upper right.

Once programmed, when an Awareness Zone is active and becomes faulted, a blue banner will pop up on the panel's main screen, showing the descriptor for the zone. When you press the banner, you're prompted for a valid code. The code used must be a Master or secondary User Code and not the Installer Code. After entering the code, you're taken to a screen where you can see any active awareness zone notifications. To acknowledge and clear the blue banner, you must press the word Acknowledge (or Acknowledge All) at the top right, and again enter a valid code. Once you acknowledge all alerts, the blue banner is removed from the main security screen.

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