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Home Automation, Inc. Owner's Manual Model 1503 Home Control and Security System Document Number 1503U1000 Revision - May, 1991.
MODEL 1503 COMMAND SUMMAR Y ALARM SYSTEM To Arm AWAY (or ASLEEP or HOME), then your CODE To Silence SECURITY-OFF, then your CODE and Disarm To Silence CANCEL Trouble beeps To Bypass SECURITY-OFF, *, 2, ENTER, CODE. a Zone (2) To restore SECURITY-OFF, #, #, CODE.
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Model 1503 Owner's Manual 1 Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 6 UNDERWRITER’S LABORATORIES (UL) LISTING ................................................. 6 2. OVERALL DESCRIPTION .
Home Automation, Inc. 2 4. HOME CONTROL .............................................................................. 2 3 X-10 POWERHOUSE tm MODULES ........................................................................ 2 3 MODULE TYPES ...........
Model 1503 Owner's Manual 3 SHOW PROGRAMS FOR ALL UNIT NUMBERS .................................................... 4 4 SHOW PROGRAMS FOR ONE UNIT NUMBER ...................................................... 4 4 SHOW SECURITY PROGRAMS ..........
Home Automation, Inc. 4 9. SET-UP ................................................................................................ 6 4 SET TIME ...........................................................................................................
Model 1503 Owner's Manual 5 DIAL TYPE ................................................................................................................ 7 2 MY PHONE NUMBER ...........................................................................
6 Home Automation, Inc. 1. INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing your new Home Automation system. You are about to enjoy a new feeling of security, peace of mind and conve- nience in your home. We at Home Automation, Inc. hope that you will take a few moments to become familiar with all of the features of our fine product by reviewing this manual.
Model 1503 Owner's Manual 7 a . Console(s) - The console has a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a keypad to control the en- tire system. You may have 1 to 4 consoles in a system. Each con- sole works independently of the others. Consoles can be mounted flush in the wall or in a wooden enclosure for table top or bed- side use.
8 Home Automation, Inc. f . Control Modules - Each light or appliance to be controlled by the System is plugged into or wired into a control module that can receive commands over the existing electrical wiring in your home from the Control/Com- municator.
Model 1503 Owner's Manual 9 descriptions are normally entered by your dealer. See SET-UP, NAMES. ) Whenever a zone, unit, or button must be specified, the SHOW key may be pressed to show the name for the first zone, unit, or button.
11 Model 1503 Owner's Manual 3. SECURITY SYSTEM OPERATION DISARMING THE SECURITY SYSTEM and SILENCING ALARMS Before going any further, you should know how to turn your alarm system OFF. Turning the system OFF disarms the burglar alarm, resets the fire and emergency alarms and silences all sirens and sounders.
Home Automation, Inc. 12 If you are going to sleep but a family member is expected home later, use the HOME mode so that there is an entry delay. To put your system in the ASLEEP mode, Press the ASLEEP key Enter your code on the keypad. The console will beep once and the red indicator on the ASLEEP key will light.
13 Model 1503 Owner's Manual If you do enter through an EN- TRY-EXIT zone first, then the other zones are disabled during the ENTRY DELAY, in case you have to cross through another zone to get to your console (an interior motion detec- tor, for example.
Home Automation, Inc. 14 system is armed, the Model 1503 will automatically bypass a zone if the zone is in the alarm state when the system is armed. When this happens, the display will indicate that the zone was bypassed.
15 Model 1503 Owner's Manual EMERGENCY BUTTONS There are three buttons on the console surrounded by a border marked EMERGENCY. These buttons are labeled FIRE, POLICE and MEDICAL. There are actually two switches under each of these buttons. Touch each button lightly with your fin- gertip and you will feel two bumps under each one.
Home Automation, Inc. 16 number that is stored in SET-UP location MY PHONE NUMBER is spoken here) PLEASE RESPOND IMMEDIATELY.” The message is repeated two times. At any point during the message, the called party can enter a code as described in EMERGENCY DIAL OUT to log in and stop the Model 1503 from dialing any further numbers.
17 Model 1503 Owner's Manual When the FIRE alarm is activated by the smoke/fire detector(s), the alarm responds exactly as described under BURGLAR ALARM ACTIVATED , except: - The console display reads “FIRE ALARM! ZONE NAME TRIPPED” - The interior sounder will pulse on and off to distinguish the fire alarm from the burglar alarm.
Home Automation, Inc. 18 If you are having your system monitored by a central station, the central station will be sent a code representing the type of alarm (medical emergency button.
19 Model 1503 Owner's Manual When the last call is made in the MEDICAL DIAL ORDER, the house phones are reconnected and the system stops dialing. - The console beeper continues to sound and the lights continue to flash until the alarm is turned off.
Home Automation, Inc. 20 tinue to flash. The dialer will continue to dial until all numbers have been dialed. ALARM CANCEL At any time, you can silence your alarm system by pressing the SECURITY-OFF key and entering your code.
21 Model 1503 Owner's Manual nected and that the battery fuse (in line with the red wire con- nected to the battery in the Model 1503 Control/Communicator) is good. The BATTERY LOW indica- tion will remain until the next battery test is run, 1 hour later, or when a SHOW TEST com- mand is given.
Home Automation, Inc. 22 the LARGER of the two cables (marked PHONE LINE on the pro- cessor board) plugged into the Model 1503 Processor board to be sure that it is firmly connected at both ends. To silence the trouble beeps on the console, press the CANCEL key.
23 Model 1503 Owner's Manual 4. HOME CONTROL The home control features of the Model 1503 make it easy and conve- nient to control almost any light or appliance from the console or over the telephone.
24 Home Automation, Inc. When placing items under remote or automated control, always give due consideration to the safety aspects of turning an appliance on or off without being present to watch it. For example, do not acti- vate dangerous appliances by remote control or on a timed basis.
25 Model 1503 Owner's Manual 17 - 32 first Model 1102* 33 - 48 second Model 1102* 49 - 64 third Model 1102* 65 - 80 fourth Model 1102* 81 - 96 X-10 modules 1 - 16, House Code X+1 97 - 1 1 2 X-10 modules 1 - 16, House Code X+2 113 - 1 28 X-10 modules 1 - 16, House Code X+3 * If Model 1102 Expansion Enclo- sures are used.
26 Home Automation, Inc. ALL LIGHTS ON To turn on all light modules, press the ALL key, then the ON key. The console will beep, and a command will be sent that turns all LAMP MODULES on. Note that lamp modules that are currently dimmed will remain at the same intensity; they will not get brighter.
27 Model 1503 Owner's Manual The output may be turned ON for 1- 99 minutes, then OFF; or turned OFF for 1-99 minutes then ON. To enter a timed on/off command, press the UNIT-NUMBER key, enter the unit number (or scroll to it using the SHOW and SETUP keys), press the TIME key, enter the on/off time in minutes, then press the ON or OFF key.
28 Home Automation, Inc. appropriate mode (HEAT, COOL or AUTO, if available) and set the temperature to your preference. Note that your heating and cool- ing system will always be off if you set your thermostat to OFF mode. The PESM cannot turn it back on.
29 Model 1503 Owner's Manual When you are finished, press CANCEL twice to return to the time, date and status display. There is an alternative way to control energy saver modules using the UNIT-NUMBER key. To turn energy saver module 17 off, press UNIT-NUMBER, 1, 7, OFF.
30 Home Automation, Inc. TEMPERATURE ALARMS Temperature sensors can be used to signal that a temperature (in a special room, like a greenhouse or wine cooler) has gotten too high or too low.
31 Model 1503 Owner's Manual these outputs, such as a sprinkler system, your dealer will explain its operation. Auxiliary outputs cannot be brightened or dimmed.
32 Home Automation, Inc. determines which unit numbers to skip by looking at the number of expansion enclosures. If there are none, then units 20 - 80 are not used. In scrolling up and down, the display will jump from unit 19 to unit 81 when you press the up arrow key, and from 81 to 19 when you press the down arrow key.
33 Model 1503 Owner's Manual while you are programming, simply press the CANCEL key to get back to the status display. Then you can see which alarm is sounding and disarm the system. It is recom- mended that you program the system with the security system OFF.
34 Home Automation, Inc. TO SEE YOUR PROGRAM, press CANCEL to exit the program menu and return to the time, date and status display. Now press SHOW, PROG, UNIT-NUMBER, 4 (or the SHOW key 4 times), ENTER. “ BEDROOM LIGHT ON 6:00 PM 11/08 ” should be shown on the display.
35 Model 1503 Owner's Manual The display will read “FRONT PORCH OFF - 12:00 AM 11/08 *IF ”. Press TIME, AM. The display will read “FRONT PORCH OFF - SUNRISE 11/08 *IF ”. Now press the DATE-DAY key once. The display will read “ DATE: 11/ 08 - MMDD DAY” Enter 1, 1, 0, 9, then press ENTER.
36 Home Automation, Inc. Press the ENTER key. The display will read “FRONT PORCH ON - SUNSET MTWTFSS *IF ”, which means “Turn FRONT PORCH on at sunset every day. ” Since this is what we want, press ENTER. The console beeps to indicate that this program has been stored and returns to the PROGRAM menu.
37 Model 1503 Owner's Manual Press ENTER. The console will beep as the program is entered into memory. EXAMPLE 6: Program the security system to OFF weekday mornings at 7:30 AM, IF it was previously armed in the ASLEEP mode. Press PROG key if you aren ’ t already at the PROGRAM: menu.
38 Home Automation, Inc. Go to Bed (Button 3): - turn off all lights - dim outdoor lights 20% to extend bulb life and reduce consumption - arm security in ASLEEP mode Watch TV - dim the den lights - turn off the bedroom and living room lights - arm security in HOME mode To activate a preprogrammed but- ton, press its number, then ENTER (i.
39 Model 1503 Owner's Manual - Press PROG, * (for program a button) - Enter the button number, then ENTER - If a conditional is desired, press *, then the conditional (i.e. *, PM for “ if dark ”) - Enter the command (i.e. UNIT- NUMBER, 2, ON) - Press ENTER to save the program in memory.
40 Home Automation, Inc. TO RUN BUTTON PROGRAMS Any time you want to activate the programs entered for a button, press the button number, then ENTER from the time, date and status display. To run the BUTTON 3 programs in the example above, first look at the display to see that it is displaying time, date and status.
41 Model 1503 Owner's Manual Buttons can be programmed to run on a time and date or day schedule exactly as any other command. But- tons can be programmed as one-time programs or repeating programs. EXAMPLE: Program BUTTON 2 to run at 6:00 PM every weekday, Press PROG (from the time, date and status display) Press 2, ENTER.
42 Home Automation, Inc. into the alarm state. So we program button 21 to turn unit 5 on for 5 minutes. Press PROG, *(button), 2, 1, ENTER, UNIT-NUMBER, 5, TIME, 5, ON. The display should show “ WHEN Z6 ALM: - STAIRWELL ON FOR 5 ”. Press ENTER to commit the program to memory.
43 Model 1503 Owner's Manual To allow a program to only be executed if time clock 2 is on/enabled, press *, TIME, 2, ON. To allow a program to only be executed if time clock 3 is off/disabled, press *, TIME, 3, OFF. To allow a program to only be executed if zone 5 is closed/secure, press *, 5, OFF.
44 Home Automation, Inc. occur only during a normal Monday through Friday 9:00 - 5:00 work week. Enable and disable times for each of the three time clocks may be specified under SET-UP MISC, TIME CLOCKS . BUTTONS ACTIVATING OTHER BUTTONS It is possible to program a but- ton to activate another button.
45 Model 1503 Owner's Manual In this case, programs associated with button 183 will only execute when button 179 is activated and zones 1 through 4 are secure. Continue: *, 180, ENTER, UNIT-NUMBER, 5, ON, ENTER. Continue: *, 180, ENTER, UNIT-NUMBER, 9, ON, ENTER.
46 Home Automation, Inc. (like a programmable thermostat), and by buttons - for example, your mode of security. Therefore, your temperatures are adjusted for your real-life schedule for maximum comfort and energy savings.
47 Model 1503 Owner's Manual For each temperature zone, the secure/alarm status of the zone is determined by the current tempera- ture of the zone in relation to its setpoints. The zone is considered to be in alarm if the current tem- perature is below the low setpoint or above the high setpoint.
48 Home Automation, Inc. 6. SHOW The SHOW function allows you to show the following items on the display: - Programs - all timed and button programs - Events - the 50 most recent alarm system events -.
49 Model 1503 Owner's Manual previous program in memory. When you reach the top of the list, the display will show the SHOW PROGRAMS menu. DELETE PROGRAM To delete a program, make sure that the display is showing the program you wish to delete. Then press 1.
50 Home Automation, Inc. 7. TELEPHONE CONTROL Your Model 1503 is equipped with a built-in telephone response fea- ture that allows you to control and get the status of your system from any Touch Tone phone. The Model 1503 actually talks to you using a digital recording of a real human voice, so the sound is startlingly life like.
Model 1503 Owner's Manual 51 the OUTSIDE SIREN DELAY before the outside siren starts, then you have the DIAL OUT DELAY before the sys- tem disconnects the house phones and dials out.
52 Home Automation, Inc. it was authorized, you should change your access and master codes to stop whoever made the calls. There are a number of SET-UP items that control what you can do from a remote phone when you or anyone else calls into your home.
Model 1503 Owner's Manual 53 you press a number, the Model 1503 stops talking and goes on to the function that you have selected. If you press a key that is not on the current menu, you will hear 3 beeps and the menu will be re- peated.
54 Home Automation, Inc. control, then press the # key. For example, 1, 0, #. The Model 1503 will say “UNIT NUMBER 10. COMMANDS ARE: 0: OFF, 1: ON, 2: OFF FOR TIME, 3: ON FOR TIME, 4: LO, 5: HI, STAR (*): CAN- CEL.
Model 1503 Owner's Manual 55 2 - SECURITY Press 2 from the main menu to get to the Security menu. The Model 1503 will say: “SECU- RITY COMMANDS ARE: 0: OFF, 1: HOME, 2: ASLEEP, 3: AWAY, STAR (*): CAN- CEL ” . Press 0 for SECURITY OFF, 1 for HOME, 2 for ASLEEP or 3 for AWAY.
56 Home Automation, Inc. Enter your code number. When correctly entered, the Model 1503 will say “THE SECURITY MODE IS (whatever you set it to.) To Restore a zone, press the # key instead of entering your code number. The Model 1503 will say “ENTER ZONE NUMBER TO RESTORE, THEN POUND KEY, POUND KEY: ALL, STAR: CANCEL ” .
Model 1503 Owner's Manual 57 (EMERGENCY, FIRE or BURGLAR) ALARM ACTIVATED OR (EMERGENCY, FIRE or BURGLAR) ALARM RESET AND one or more of the follow- ing: - ZONE X (ZONE TYPE) TRIPPED - FIRE ZONE .
58 Home Automation, Inc. 8 - MESSAGE (MODEL 1503 Version 2 ONLY) You can hear or leave an 8 sec- ond message on your Model 1503. You can also hear and record the street address that the Model 1503 uses when it dials out in an emergency. To hear the message, press 8 from the main menu.
Model 1503 Owner's Manual 59 into your system, then it takes only 5 presses of the # key to activate the emergency alarm. To prevent accidental activation of the panic feature over the phone, you must press the # key 5 times, all at once. If you pause for more than 2 seconds, or press any other key, the panic activation is canceled.
60 Home Automation, Inc. DIAL-OUT PLANNER Use the following dial-out planner to help you set up the voice dial- out numbers: MODEL 1503 VOICE DIAL-OUT PLANNER DIAL OUT NUMBER 1: ______________________.
Model 1503 Owner's Manual 61 INSTRUCTIONS TO CALLED PARTY Dear _________________________________________________________ I have programmed my Home Automation system to call you if the alarm is activated at my house. If my alarm is activated, it will call and say: “ Emergency.
62 Home Automation, Inc. 8. EMERGENCY DIAL-OUT Emergency dial out consists of two distinct parts: the “digital dialer ” and the “voice dialer. ” DIGITAL DIALER The digital dialer (also called a “ digital communicator ” ) reports alarm events to a central station monitoring center.
Model 1503 Owner's Manual 63 use a monitoring service if you want the police notified when your alarm is activated. As a preventative measure against phoning in a false alarm, you should have the system try to phone you, a neighbor and a rela- tive and then try you again.
Home Automation, Inc. 64 9. SET-UP Refer to UNDERWRITER'S LABORA- TORIES REQUIREMENTS for set up requirements in UL Listed Installa- tions. This section describes the items normally associated with setting up the system when it is installed. However, over the life of the sys- tem you may wish to change them.
65 Model 1503 Owner's Manual MASTER CODE The display will read "NEW MAS- TER CODE: 0000-9999." You may now enter a new four digit master code, if you wish. Enter the four new digits, which will be echoed on the display. If you make a mistake, press CANCEL.
Home Automation, Inc. 66 IF YOU FORGET your master code or if you have purchased a home with a system whose code is un- known, contact your dealer to have a new code installed. AUXILIARY CODES 1 - 4 There are 4 auxiliary codes. To take an auxiliary code out of the system, enter 0000 as the code.
67 Model 1503 Owner's Manual ENTER. To remove a code, enter 0000 in its place. DURESS CODE Press the SHOW key to advance the display to NEW DURESS CODE: If you are forced to disarm the system against your will by an intruder, use the DURESS code in- stead of the master or auxiliary code.
Home Automation, Inc. 68 Press SHOW to advance the display to HIGH SECURITY MODE. In HIGH SECURITY MODE, the MAS- TER CODE is always required to do the following functions: a . View or Change SET UP items. (SET-UP key) b . Create PROGRAMS. (PROG key) c .
69 Model 1503 Owner's Manual HOME, ASLEEP or AWAY modes, the system will wait this amount of time before actually arming itself. The default entry delay is 15 seconds. You may change it from 15 to 180 seconds. To change the EXIT DELAY, enter the desired entry delay time in seconds, then press ENTER.
Home Automation, Inc. 70 This delay is set at the factory to 15 seconds. We recommend a mini- mum time of 15 seconds to preclude an accidental activation of the alarm from calling in a false alarm. To set the dial out delay, enter the desired dial out delay in seconds, then press ENTER.
71 Model 1503 Owner's Manual press ENTER. ENTRY/EXIT CHIME When ENTRY/EXIT CHIME is set to YES, the console(s) will beep once when a door on an entry/exit zone is opened, even if the alarm system is off. This lets you know when children enter or leave the house, etc.
Home Automation, Inc. 72 QUICK ARM ENABLED: The Quick Arm feature allows the security system to be armed by pressing the desired mode key twice instead of having to enter your code. To enable quick arm, press 1, ENTER. To disable this feature, press 0, ENTER.
73 Model 1503 Owner's Manual TELEPHONE ACCESS The TELEPHONE ACCESS item allows you to turn the local (in-house) and remote telephone control fea- ture on and off. If set to ON, the Model 1503 will allow local and remote tele- phone access as described in TELE- PHONE CONTROL.
Home Automation, Inc. 74 REMOTE COMMANDS OK? The REMOTE COMMANDS OK? item allows you to prevent any commands from being issued from a remote telephone. When REMOTE COMMANDS OK? is set to YES, the Model 1503 will allow all commands to be executed when called from a remote tele- phone.
75 Model 1503 Owner's Manual For example, if your normal work hours are 8 to 5 Monday through Friday, then set DIAL OUT 1 ON to 8:00 AM MTWTF and DIAL OUT 1 OFF to 5:00 PM MTWTF. (These are the de- fault settings for DIAL OUT 1 ON and DIAL OUT 1 OFF.
Home Automation, Inc. 76 The TIME that was entered before setting an on or off time to NEVER is saved, and will re-appear when a day is set in place of NEVER. Setting both the DIAL OUT 1 ON and the DIAL OUT 1 OFF times to NEVER will make DIAL OUT NUMBER 1 never active.
77 Model 1503 Owner's Manual 7 . The DIAL OUT DELAY shall not exceed 30 seconds. 8 . The BEEP ON TROUBLE feature must be ON. 9 . The DIGITAL COMMUNICATOR shall be enabled and programmed in Home Health Care applica- tions.
Home Automation, Inc. 84 strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, may cause interference to radio and television reception. It has been type tested and found to comply with the limits.
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