Plug 'n Power Security (610-2611) Preparation Faxback Doc. # 16045 System PLANNING YOUR SECURITY SYSTEM Before you set up your security system you need to make a security plan of your home. It is especially important that you plan your system if you install multiple sensors and want to set up several different protection zones. Even if you install only the supplied sensor, take time to think about the best location for the sensor. If you live in an upstairs apartment, the front door might be the best place to mount the sensor. If you live in a house or a downstairs apartment, you might need to place the sensor on a back door or window for best coverage. Start by drawing a simple floorplan of your home. You can use this floorplan throughout all stages of planning your system. Your security system has three purposes: To prevent loss by discouraging potential intruders. To scare intruders away before they can take your property or break into your home. To alert you and/or others that someone is breaking into your home. To accomplish these goals, you should: Post warning stickers on doors and windows that state that your home is protected by a security system. Choose a location for the base receiver where it is not easily accessible or seen by intruders. Position the base receiver where its siren can be heard clearly from outside your home. You can also enhance your security system with external sirens, automatic telephone dialers and other accessories. Radio Shack stores carry a full line of U.L. Approved security system accessories. Contact your local Radio Shack store for details. Most police departments offer home security guidelines that might also be helpful. Some agencies even have officers that come to your home and advise you on good security planning. After making a preliminary plan, contact your local police department to see if they offer such a service. NOTE: Statistics show that in most cases of burglary, the victims locked their doors and windows, yet their homes were still burglarized. However, fewer than five percent of burglarized homes are protected by a security system. By purchasing this system, you have taken one of the most effective measures you can to prevent your home from being burglarized and to protect it from intruders. BASE RECEIVER Because no two homes are exactly the same, we can only give you some guidelines and suggestions for choosing a location for your system's base receiver. You want to select a location for the base receiver that: Has an unswitched AC outlet Cannot be seen from an entrance Is easily visible to family members so that the zone indicators can readily be seen Allows the alarm to be heard from outside your home Is not subject to temperatures outside the range of 32 degrees F to 122 degrees F DOOR/WINDOW SENSORS Deciding where to place your sensors is not difficult. Place the sensors at your home's most probable entry points. In most cases this means the doors and windows. If you do not plan to cover all doors and windows at this time, determine the most likely points of entry an intruder would use, and place the door/window sensors at these locations. Then, as you add to your system, give priority to the doors and windows that need coverage the most. You can use one sensor to cover more than one door or window by adding more magnetic contact switches to the sensor (see Page 12). You lose the flexibility of having separate sensors but this might be a good choice if you have several windows that are close together (like a bay window). Do not place a sensor in an unheated location where the temperature might fall below freezing. Most intruders enter the home through the front or the back door. Therefore, you should concentrate your security precautions on these areas. Secure your entries two ways. First, install dead bolt locks or other devices to make it physically difficult to open these doors. Mount sensors on your outside doors so that your alarm sounds if an intruder breaks through your door locks. Of course these precautions are for houses not apartments. In an apartment, the most likely entry point is still the front door, but the next most likely entry point is a patio door or fire escape access. ASSIGNING ZONES TO THE SENSORS The final step before you begin installing your system is to assign each sensor to a zone. Your security system has 16 zones. If you wish to protect more than 16 doors and/or windows you will need to loop some of them together and connect them to one sensor as the same zone (see "Installing Sensors"). A group of windows that are close together for example, can be protected by the same sensor. There are eight indicators on your system's base receiver. These show the status of the first eight zones you install. You can see the status of the next eight zones by pressing the [ACCEPT] button. However, you will find it more convenient to check the status of your system if you install your eight most important sensors first. These will then be assigned to the first eight zones and their status will always instantly be shown on the base receiver's control panel. Assign a zone number to each door and window, making Zone 1 the most important, Zone 2 the next most important, continuing to Zone 16. If you have more than 16 doors and/or windows, decide which ones you want to group together and assign a zone number to the group. Install the sensors in the order to which you have prioritized their zones, see "Installing Your System". QUICK-INSTALLING YOUR SYSTEM Before you permanently install your system, we recommend that you follow these nine simple steps to familiarize yourself with your system's operation. Following these steps will check that all the parts of the system are working the way they should and show you how easy it is to set up the system. 1. Set the house and unit code dials on the base receiver to A1. Set the INSTALL/RUN switch to INSTALL. Place a 9V alkaline battery in the battery compartment and plug the base receiver into any unswitched AC outlet. Fully extend the antenna. 2. Install a 9V alkaline battery in the remote control's battery compartment. While standing near the base receiver, press [ARM]. The base receiver beeps and logs in the remote control. If you do not hear a beep, or if the red light stays on, press [CODE] with the point of a pencil and then press [ARM]. 3. Install a 9V alkaline battery in the door/window sensor's battery compartment. While standing near the base receiver, press [TEST] on the sensor. The base receiver beeps and logs in the door/window sensor. The Zone 1 indicator on the base receiver turns on. If you do not hear a beep, or if the sensor's red light stays on, press [CODE] with the point of a pencil and then press [TEST]. 4. Set the switch inside the battery compartment of the door/window sensor to the right - N.C. (Normally Closed) and the switch on the front of the sensor to MIN. Place the magnet next to the magnetic switch connected to the door/window sensor. 5. Plug a lamp into the lamp module (included) and plug the module into a functioning AC outlet. Set the lamp module's house and unit code dials to A1. 6. Set the INSTALL/RUN switch on the base receiver to RUN 2. 7. Move the magnet away from the magnetic switch. The base receiver emits a chime sound. This happens every time someone opens a door or window in the RUN 2 mode if you have not armed the system. (RUN 1 mode - no chimes). 8. Place the magnet next to the magnetic switch. Set the switch on the remote control to MIN and press [ARM]. 9. Move the magnet away from the magnetic switch. The alarm sounds and the lamp connected to the lamp module flashes on and off. Press [DISARM] to turn off the alarm. Press [LIGHT OFF] to turn off the lamp. (br/all-07/21/95)