Postponing arming procedure

A postponement arming can be activated in two ways, depending on the circumstances:

  • During the exit delay: when the system is being armed, whether armed manually or by arming schedule, and a "no disarm" schedule is valid.
  • While the system is armed, during any interval when the “no disarm” schedule is valid, the normal disarming of the system will automatically initiate a postponed arming, for a number of times not exceeding the maximum number defined in the postpone count field.
Note:
  • In both cases, the system will automatically arm itself at the end of the postponement delay (when the postponement delay expires, the exit delay is initiated) only if the “no disarm” schedule is in effect at the time.
  • A postponed arming can only be activated at door readers defined as “arming reader” or as “postponing reader”.
  • For a door reader defined as “postponing reader”, you can only postpone during the “exit delay”.
  • For a door reader defined as “disarming reader”, you can postpone during the “exit delay” or when the system is armed and a “no disarm” schedule is valid.
  • A postponed arming can only be activated with a card with the “disarming access level”, which has to include access to the door from which it is to be activated.
  • A postponed arming can be activated during the “exit delay” when the system is being armed, during a postponement delay already in progress or when the system is armed and a “no disarm” schedule is valid.
  • If a postponement-arming request is done when one is already in progress will reset the postponement delay and decrement the count of consecutive postponement allowed, if the limit has not already been reached. A limit is defined (0-15) for the number of successive postponement delays permitted.
    Warning: An entry of 0 in the “postpone count field” will cause an infinite number of successive postponements to be permitted.
  • If a reader is defined as BOTH the arming and disarming reader for a given alarm partition, its function with respect to postponement will be as the postponement reader, i.e. postponement will initiate immediately upon card access.