There is definitely some weirdness the way multiple areas interact. When I arm area 1, area 2 arms with it by a rule. When area 2 arms I hear the announcedment that it is armed away. Then I hear that the countdown is about to expire. Then I hear it announce an open zone in area 1. This only happens when I have a zone in area 1 open at the time of arming. I have talked to elk tech support about this and they replied that this is how the system works. Not an error and not a problem, it's just how it works. That's not right.video321 said:Nice find, but unfortunately can't see how it would help me out.
Not trying to take away from your thread, but to add... especially if Spanky is lurking around
I did some testing and this is what I found:
To recap-
I have a 2nd area that is armed whenever area 1 is armed away and disarmed whenever area 1 is disarmed - accomplished only with rules.
When I arm away using the keypad quick arm or code entry the auth timer clock will continue to run after countdown.
When I arm away using the keyfob (it uses zones and rules) the auth timer clock will NOT run at all.
When I arm stay using the keypad quick arm the auth timer will NOT run at all - area 2 is not armed in stay mode.
The auth timer clock will only stop after hitting * on the keypad if using the keyfob to disarm, but will stop on it's own after a minute when disarming with a code on the keypad.
Luckily... since I'm not using any 'F' keys for arming/disarming it's not that much of an issue. I also verified that even though the auth timer is running, the system will still prompt for a user code when bringing up the system menu options on the keypad if I disarmed with the keyfob.
I have no idea why it behaves like this...
Again, not the same issue as you, but yet similar.
Mike.