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I need help implementing an idea I have for improving my home's security system. The goal is to ensure all doors are properly secured (closed and locked) before the alarm system can be armed.
I'll need to monitor two parameters for each exterior door:
1. Closure state (open/closed) via a door-mounted magnetic switch.
2. Deadbolt state (locked/unlocked) via a microswitch mounted within the doorstrike.
How should I define a door's deadbolt zone? I believe it should be "Burglar Entry/Exit" because this zone type offers an entry/exit delay. My concern is how the ELK M1 will treat the following "unlock and open the door" scenario:
1. Unlock the deadbolt and trip the deadbolt zone.
The entry delay timer will begin its countdown.
2. Open the door and trip the door zone.
Is the entry delay timer, initiated by the deadbolt zone, reset? Does a second entry delay timer begins its countdown? How does the M1 handle two Entry/Exit zones activated concurrently? Does this pose problems?
I'd appreciate any insight into how the M1 would handle this situation.
I'll need to monitor two parameters for each exterior door:
1. Closure state (open/closed) via a door-mounted magnetic switch.
2. Deadbolt state (locked/unlocked) via a microswitch mounted within the doorstrike.
How should I define a door's deadbolt zone? I believe it should be "Burglar Entry/Exit" because this zone type offers an entry/exit delay. My concern is how the ELK M1 will treat the following "unlock and open the door" scenario:
1. Unlock the deadbolt and trip the deadbolt zone.
The entry delay timer will begin its countdown.
2. Open the door and trip the door zone.
Is the entry delay timer, initiated by the deadbolt zone, reset? Does a second entry delay timer begins its countdown? How does the M1 handle two Entry/Exit zones activated concurrently? Does this pose problems?
I'd appreciate any insight into how the M1 would handle this situation.