New D55 Plexiglass Keypad Stand for use with Radionics Bosch horizontal style keypads allows them to be placed directly onto a desktop and includes both a pigtail and wiring harness for convenient wiring harness installation in D6112 series control panels.
Command 4 is a standard keypad feature that acknowledges trouble conditions, stops beeping keypads, and initiates code changes on some systems (for more details please consult your burglar alarm manual). Other commands may vary according to individual models.
Functions
Radionics alarm panels used a standard set of commands for arming and disarming, consistent across models and keypads. While these commands remain active on older systems, their presence has diminished on more modern systems that utilize numbered command keys instead.
Toggle Watch Mode: Enabling this mode activates the “watch” function which causes all keypads (depending on your model) to emit an audible short tone when any perimeter zone fault occurs, alerting users and central stations of any issues as well as sending a fire panic signal if enabled if reporting home alarm monitoring systems.
This button can be found on older black keypads like D520 and D636A and allows the user to bypass specific zones when arming their alarm system. In order to do this, they must enter their six-digit code before selecting which zone(s) to bypass before pressing [BYPASS]. This feature acts as a security measure designed to avoid false alarms due to accidental disarming of panel or keypad.
Change Code: Accesses the panel programming menus and allows the user to modify their master code. This must be performed by an accredited technician and once service mode has been activated.
Silence Smokes: Resets the 2-wire smoke detector loop by momentarily disabling power to it – this is the only effective way of resetting an activated detector.
Arm All On (Perimeter and Interior Protection Activated): This arming mode is the standard setting on Radionics alarm systems, arming it both with exit/entry delays as well as arming with perimeter/interior protection activated.
Keypad layout
A keypad layout defines how alphanumeric keys and function keys are organized on a keyboard. Usually divided into rows with letters on one row and numbers on another, space bars separate these rows as dead keys represent them – this arrangement also specifies which characters can be reached with AltGr and which require multiple combinations of keys for accessing.
Many alarm systems include built-in ways of alerting their user of problems by beeping through the keypad(s). While this can be distracting at night, pressing a special key on your keypad can halt this beeping temporarily and give you enough time to assess what the source of concern might be.
LED display
Radionics security systems traditionally used a set of standard “Commands” to control arming and disarming functions as well as programming options and panic alarms. While each model had slightly different commands, their general format remained constant; for instance, Command 4 is still used to acknowledge trouble conditions as well as silence beeping keypads; this comes in particularly handy when someone forgets their code and the system starts beeping at them in the middle of the night!
Older systems allow Commands 1-6 to set the watch point status. This setting determines how the panel arming/disarming and whether exit/entry delays are activated. To change these settings, press Master Code + [USER #] (1-6) + new 4-digit code combination or change them using keypad by pressing [CODE] once with old code followed by twice with the new one.
The display at the keypad provides the current status of your system and zone status using the * button. When “System OK” appears on screen, all points have been closed and are ready to arm; when “Not Ready to Arm” does so instead, check that all doors and windows are properly shut before trying again to arm. Furthermore, using Selective Zone Shunting instructions from your panel manual you may also shunt or bypass certain zones via keypad control.
Pressing the 9 key will arm your system without delay; using the 0 key you can arm Part On with exit and entry delays – perfect if you are leaving town and don’t want anyone else accessing your home while you are gone.
Power requirements
Radionics d620 Keypad requires AC power and connection to a panel; compatible with D6112 series panels as well as D630 and D636 panels. When requested, a wiring harness (pigtail) is included with this keypad, connecting directly with serial data so as to ensure only relevant commands reach your panel and no other user’s data reaches it.
Older Radionics systems used a set of “Commands” to perform arming, disarming, and other functions. Newer Alarm panels utilize different formats; please consult your panel manual for a list of available commands.
