Standards

  All alarm systems must comply with defined security standards. Each standard has specific security requirements that apply to the market/country in which the alarm system is installed.
  1. Select Configuration > System > Standards.

  2. Configure the fields as described in the following table.

    Continent Select the appropriate location for the installation. Options are Europe, Asia, North America, South America, or Oceania.

    Installation Type

    Select the type of installation. Options are Domestic, Commercial or Financial.

    Region Compliance

    To change the region on your panel, it is strongly recommended that you default your panel and select a new region as part of the start up wizard. Select the region in which the installation is installed and the regional requirements it complies with.

    Some selections will implement local or national requirements which supersede EN50131 requirements. The options in the Grade area will change depending on your selection in the Region Compliance area.

    Options are UK, Ireland, Europe General (EN), Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Germany (VDS), France, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Netherlands, Finland, Portugal, and Czech Republic.

    Grade

    Select the Security Grade that applies to the installation.

    The options in the Grade area will change depending on your selection in the Region Compliance area.

Unrestricted Grade

A Security Grade setting of Unrestricted does not apply to any regionally approved security restrictions of the installation. Instead, the Unrestricted setting enables an engineer to customize the installation by changing security policy options and configuring additional options which do not comply with the selected regional security compliance.

Unrestricted configuration options are denoted in this document by the following symbol:

See System Options for details of configuring system policies.