Voice-Assisted Arm/Disarm

Module

User Manual

Printed in Canada 06/2007 paradox.com APR3ADM2-EU02

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION .......................................... 4

ACCESS CODES ......................................... 4

Stand-alone Code (default 123456) .............................. 4
User Access Codes ....................................................... 5

HOW DO I USE IT? .................................... 5

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ....................... 6

When Accessing your APR3-ADM2... .......................... 6
When Arming or Disarming... ....................................... 6
When Activating or Deactivating an Output... ............ 7
When Entering Your Stand-alone Code... ................... 8
When Using your APR3-ADM2... .................................. 8

TELEPHONE PUSH BUTTON FEATURES ......... 8

Clear - [*] ......................................................................... 8
Change Stand-alone Code - [#] [8] ............................... 9
Activate/Deactivate APR3-ADM2 Output - [#] [0] ........ 9
Hang Up - [#] [9] ............................................................. 9

SYSTEM CHECKLIST ................................... 9

APR3-ADM2 EXAMPLE ............................ 10

COMPATIBILITY

• Spectra 1728, 1738, 1759MG

INTRODUCTION

Congratulations for choosing the Paradox

Voice-Assisted Arm/Disarm Module. The APR3-
ADM2 turns any touch-tone telephone into a
keypad. With the APR3-ADM2, you can now
arm or disarm your Spectra security system as
well as activate or deactivate your APR3-
ADM2’s programmable outputs (PGMs) all from
your telephone. Using detailed voice prompts to
guide your way, the APR3-ADM2 is as simple
as picking up your telephone.

ACCESS CODES

The APR3-ADM2 uses two types of access

codes to allow access to your security system,
the stand-alone code and the user access
codes.

Stand-alone Code (default 123456)

The stand-alone code is the code that logs you
on to the APR3-ADM2. This code does not give
you access to your security system. To do so,
you must then enter your user access code. Ask
your installer whether your stand-alone code is
4-digits or 6-digits in length.

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User Access Codes
The APR3-ADM2 uses your user access code
to grant you access to your security system.
The user access code you would enter into your
security system keypad is the same user
access code you will use to enter on your
telephone.

HOW DO I USE IT?

STEP 1: Pick up your telephone and dial your

telephone number (the telephone
number of the line to which your
APR3-ADM2 is connected).
The APR3-ADM2 asks you to enter
your stand-alone code.
STEP 2: Enter your stand-alone code (default
123456).
STEP 3: After the voice prompt, enter your user
access code.
STEP 4: If your security system has not been
partitioned, proceed to STEP 5. If your
security system has been partitioned,
keys [1] and [2] from your telephone
represent partitions 1 and 2 just like
your keypad. To arm or disarm your
security system, press the desired
partitions’s number on your telephone.

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 This will toggle the partition between
armed to disarmed. Refer to Example
1 on page 10.
STEP 5: To activate or deactivate the APR3-
ADM2’s output, press the [#] key and
then the [0] key. Refer to Example 1
on page 10.
STEP 6: To change your stand-alone code,
press the [#] key and then the [8] key.
After the voice prompt, enter your new
stand-alone code. Then enter the
same code again so that the APR3-
ADM2 can verify your new code.
The APR3-ADM2 will confirm the new
stand-alone code with a “Code
changed” prompt.

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

When Accessing your APR3-ADM2...

• To access a system that is connected to an
answering machine or service, call the
APR3-ADM2, hang-up, wait 10 seconds
and then call the APR3-ADM2 again.

When Arming or Disarming...

• You will only be able to arm or disarm
areas that your User code has access to.

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• If your security system is partitioned, once
you have performed an action to a
partition, you will not be able to perform
another action to the same partition until
you exit and re-enter your user access
code.
• If your security system has not been
partitioned, once you enter your user
access code, the arming state of the
system will automatically be changed and
no partition options will be prompted.
• If your security system has been
partitioned, but your user access code only
has access to one partition, when you
enter your user access code, the APR3-
ADM2 will automatically change the arming
state of the partition you have access to.

When Activating or Deactivating an Output...

• Your APR3-ADM2’s output can be used to
turn on lights, open or close a garage door
and much more. Ask your installer about
this useful feature.
• If the APR3-ADM2’s output is not enabled,
you will not be able to activate or
deactivate the output.
• Your installer can program the output to
either deactivate manually or follow a timer.
If programmed to be deactivated manually,

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 the output will remain activated until you
deactivate it. If programmed to follow a
timer, the output will deactivate after the
timer has elapsed.

When Entering Your Stand-alone Code...

• If the stand-alone code is entered
incorrectly after 3 consecutive attempts,
the APR3-ADM2 will immediately hang up.

When Using your APR3-ADM2...

• In some cases, your telephone’s tone may
not be powerful enough to interrupt the
APR3-ADM2’s voice prompt. If this is the
case, simply wait for the APR3-ADM2’s
voice prompt to finish before entering your
action.
• If your security system and APR3-ADM2
share the same telephone number, you
may be interrupted at times when using
your APR3-ADM2.

TELEPHONE PUSH BUTTON FEATURES

Clear - [*]
If you have made an error, press the [*] key on
your telephone to clear the error and then re-
enter the information.

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Change Stand-alone Code - [#] [8]
To change the stand-alone code (default
123456), press the [#] key and then press the
[8] key from your telephone. After the voice
prompt, enter your new stand-alone code. Then
enter the same code again so that the InTouch
can verify your new code.

Activate/Deactivate APR3-ADM2 Output - [#] [0]

To activate or deactivate the APR3-ADM2’s
output, press the [#] key and then the [0] key
from your telephone.

Hang Up - [#] [9]

When you wish to hang up, press the [#] key
and then the [9] key to immediately hang up.
The APR3-ADM2 will confirm the hang up with
“Good-bye”.
If the Hang Up feature is not used
and if no action is performed after 2
minutes, the APR3-ADM2 will hang
up automatically.

SYSTEM CHECKLIST

Telephone Number: _____________________

Stand-alone Code: N6-digits N4-digits

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Output Activates: _______________________

Output follows: NOutput Timer

NManual Deactivation
Output Timer Length: ______ Nsec. or Nmin.

Call, hang-up, and then call back within __ secs.

# of rings before the APR3-ADM2 answers: ___

An area and a partition are two words to

describe the same thing. Your Spectra’s
partitions are called areas by the APR3-
ADM2.

APR3-ADM2 EXAMPLE

Example 1: Using the APR3-ADM2

Nelson has a Spectra security system and an
APR3-ADM2 hooked up at home. His security
system has two partitions. Both partitions are
presently armed and the APR3-ADM2’s output
(which is hooked up to his garage door opener)
is deactivated. Nelson is on his way home and
wishes to disarm both partitions and open his
garage door. Nelson performs the following
action:

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Nelson first dials the telephone number
of the line to which the APR3-ADM2 is
connected.

When the APR3-ADM2 picks up, it will

prompt Nelson with the following:
“Enter your stand-alone code.”

Nelson enters his stand-alone code.

The APR3-ADM2 then prompts Nelson

with the following:
“Area 1 armed”
“Area 2 armed”
“Output is deactivated”
“Please enter your code.”

Nelson enters his user access code.

The APR3-ADM2 then prompts Nelson

with the following:
“Area 1 armed”
“Area 2 armed”
“Output is deactivated”
“To change, enter area number 1”
“Area number 2”

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 Nelson presses the [1] key on his
telephone to disarm partition 1.

The APR3-ADM2 then prompts Nelson

with the following:
“Area 1 disarmed”
“Area 2 armed”
“Output is deactivated”
“To change, enter area number 2”

Nelson presses the [2] key on his

telephone to disarm partition 2.

The APR3-ADM2 then prompts Nelson

with the following:
“Area 1 disarmed”
“Area 2 disarmed”
“Output is deactivated”
“Please enter your code”

Nelson then presses the [#] key and

then the [0] key on his telephone to
activate the output connected to the
garage door.

The APR3-ADM2 then prompts Nelson

with the following:
“Output is activated”

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