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Auto-Arming Based on Motion
Motion
sensor and door contacts are used to monitor movement in the building.
If no motion is detected for a pre-determined period of time, the
system will automatically arm.
When a zone is
tripped (a door opens or a motion sensor detects motion) a counter is set
to a certain value. This value
determines the period of time in which there can be no motion detected
before the system will arm. In
this example the counter will be set to 30.
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WHENEVER
Motion 1 (Zn 1) BECOMES NOT SECURE
THEN
SET AutoArm (Counter 1) TO 30
WHENEVER Door 1 (Zn 2) BECOMES NOT SECURE
THEN SET AutoArm (Counter 1) TO 30 |
A
rule similar to the ones above must be written for every zone that is
being monitored for motion. Each
zone will set the same counter (counter 1 in this example) to 30 so that
each time a zone is tripped the counter is reset to 30.
If there is no motion detected for a period of 60 seconds on any of the
monitored zones, a value of 1 will be subtracted from the counter.
In this example the counter was set to 30, therefore the system
will automatically arm if there is no motion for 30 minutes.
An AND statement must be included for each zone that is being
monitored.
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WHENEVER
EVERY 60 SECONDS
AND
Motion 1 (Zn 1) IS SECURE
AND
Door 1 (Zn 2) IS SECURE
THEN SUBTRACT 1 FROM AutoArm (Counter 1) |
When the counter
reaches 0 (meaning that there has been no motion detected for 30 minutes)
the system will automatically arm to away mode.
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WHENEVER
AutoArm (Counter 1) CHANGES TO 0
THEN ARM AREA(S) 1 TO AWAY
IMMEDIATELY |
By adding additional THEN statements to the rule, other
actions can be performed when the counter reaches 0.
For example, a task can be activated that will turn all the lights
off or set the thermostat to economy mode.
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WHENEVER
AutoArm (Counter 1) CHANGES TO 0
THEN ARM AREA(S) 1 TO AWAY IMMEDIATELY
THEN ACTIVATE Lights Off (Task 1)
THEN ACTIVATE Tstat_Economy (Task2) |
Auto-Arming
with Warning Announcements
When choosing
to Automatically Arm you can arm immediately as shown above or you can arm
after a duration of time. If
the system is programmed to arm after a duration, the system will
automatically announce a warning message for the last ten minutes before
the system is armed. This
message is announced every minute and informs any occupants of the
building how long it will be before the system arms.
In this example the system is set to automatically arm to away mode
after 10 minutes when the counter reaches 0.
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WHENEVER AutoArm
(Counter 1) CHANGES TO 0
THEN ARM AREA(S) 1 TO AWAY AFTER 10 MINS |
If
there is someone in the building who wishes to remain, they will need to
manually arm the system, and then disarm the system to cancel the
auto-arming sequence or extend the time until auto-arming at the keypad.
In some cases, the system should auto-arm with warning messages, but the
auto-arming sequence should automatically reset if motion is detected,
eliminating the need to arm and disarm or extend the time.
This can be done using rules to make the warning announcements and
using the Automatically Arm immediately option.
In this example, 5 miscellaneous messages are set up to give the
warning announcements. The
messages are set up to say “System Will Arm in X Minutes”, where the X
represents the value of the “AutoArm” counter (and the number of
minutes left until the system automatically arms).
If desired a message such as “Warning System Set to Auto Arm”
can be set up as a miscellaneous message and announced each minute.
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WHENEVER
AutoArm (Counter 1) CHANGES TO 5
THEN ANNOUNCE Miscellaneous 5 (vm 243)
WHENEVER AutoArm (Counter 1) CHANGES TO 4
THEN ANNOUNCE Miscellaneous 4 (vm 242)
WHENEVER AutoArm (Counter 1) CHANGES TO 3
THEN ANNOUNCE Miscellaneous 3 (vm 241)
WHENEVER AutoArm (Counter 1) CHANGES TO 2
THEN ANNOUNCE Miscellaneous 2 (vm 240)
WHENEVER AutoArm (Counter 1) CHANGES TO 1
THEN ANNOUNCE Miscellaneous 1 (vm 239) |
When
the counter reaches 0, the system will then automatically arm to away
mode, immediately.
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WHENEVER
AutoArm (Counter 1) CHANGES TO 0
THEN ARM AREA(S) 1 TO AWAY IMMEDIATELY |
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