Roberto,
I apologize — I completely missed your second post earlier and only saw the first one.
Regarding your question:
“Then the alarm goes off instantly – when you arm a zone that is set to force arm and is faulted.
Am I missing an option that auto bypasses the zone when faulted and force armed?”
I’m not entirely sure I understand the exact sequence of events that is causing the alarm activation, but I’ll address the core of your question.
There is an option under Area Settings called “Auto Bypass.” I’ll explain how that works along with Force Arm, since they are similar in behavior but function differently.
Force Arm (zone setting):
When Force Arm is enabled on a zone and that zone is not ready at the time of arming, the system will temporarily bypass the zone (logs in history as “Inhibited”). Once the zone becomes secure, it is automatically restored (Enabled in the history) and no longer bypassed.
Auto Bypass (area setting):
When Auto Bypass is enabled, any zones that are not ready at the time of arming are automatically bypassed for the entire duration of that armed period. These are logged in History as “Auto Bypassed”.
When both are enabled:
Force Arm effectively overrides Auto Bypass. Zones configured for Force Arm will not remain bypassed for the full arming period. Instead, they follow the Force Arm behavior and restore once they become secure.
If your goal is to have a zone remain bypassed for the entire arming period, you would need to disable Force Arm on that zone and rely on Auto Bypass instead.
This behavior exists because the two features conflict in intent. Force Arm is designed to include the zone in the system once it becomes secure, while Auto Bypass is designed to exclude it for the entire armed state. Prioritizing Force Arm ensures the system does not unintentionally leave a zone unprotected.
You can still use Auto Bypass at the area level, it will simply exclude any zones that have Force Arm enabled.
Again, I apologize for missing that part of your question earlier.
I’ll follow up once I have more information on the error code. In the meantime, please let me know if you have any questions on Force Arm vs Auto Bypass.
Thanks,
Mike