Re: 5010 Auto Arming

Frank Olson <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Auto Arm only Arms in Away Mode. It's actually supposed to be used in the
event you leave the house and forget to arm.

> shady wrote:
>> Just curious to see if a 5010 can be auto armed to stay mode.
>>
>> I don't see anything in the manuals about choosing away or stay, but
>> it would seem like a natural concept for auto arming. (ie: auto stay
>> arm at midnight for residential applications)
>>
>>
>
>
> Dunno. You would think that any zone programmed as "stay" would
> bypass automatically (unless you opened the entry door during the exit
> delay).
> The thing that would drive me nuts would be the bedroom keypad
> beeping
> the "auto arm" warning at you (particularly if you were already fast
> asleep).
>
> It might not be such a good thing to do. You may have forgotten to
> close the dining room window and your system may not arm, or if it
> does, you'll have an unprotected entry point and no active motion
> detector. Either way, you'd be vulnerable and would have lost the
> benefit of even the system's "stay" mode.

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    ... I don't see anything in the manuals about choosing away or stay, but it would seem like a natural concept for auto arming. ... You would think that any zone programmed as "stay" would bypass automatically (unless you opened the entry door during the exit delay). ... The thing that would drive me nuts would be the bedroom keypad beeping the "auto arm" warning at you. ...
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  • Re: 5010 Auto Arming
    ... would seem like a natural concept for auto arming. ... automatically (unless you opened the entry door during the exit delay). ... The thing that would drive me nuts would be the bedroom keypad beeping the "auto arm" warning at you. ...
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    ... >> Just curious to see if a 5010 can be auto armed to stay mode. ... > automatically (unless you opened the entry door during the exit delay). ... > the "auto arm" warning at you (particularly if you were already fast ... They usually have activated auto bypass to at least allow the system to ...
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