Protege System Controller Reference Manual

Area Control
Area control allows you to arm/disarm areas/partitions in the Protege system. The area control provides access
to group and 24HR arming options per area/partition.
Area Status Display
The area status display is a scrollable display showing the status of all the areas that the currently logged in user
has access to. The screen only shows a single area at a time. Accessing the area status screen allows you to
control that area for arming and disarming. The ability to limit the area's that a user has access to and which
area's are displayed is programmable refer to the access level programming section.
*Area 001
is DISARMED
The area status display can be accessed in three ways depending on the programmed options for the user who
logged in to the system and the configured options set for the keypad the user used to login.
• If Direct Menu Mode is turned on the user is taken directly to the Arm/Disarm menu item (first item available
in the main menu) at which point they can select [MENU, 1].
Shortcut Keys: [123456, ENTER, MENU, 1]
Change Area Display: [] and []
• If menu mode is tuned off the user will be taken directly to the area status display once they have logged in,
this is a shortcut access and is recommended for most users. This is the default operation of the users with
the exclusion of the installer.
Shortcut Keys: [123456, ENTER]
Change Area Display: [] and []
• If the user is already logged in to the system the area status display can be access by selecting [MENU, 1].
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