Using multiple areas with an OP2

[bittwiddler]

Hello
 
I have a house with a separate garage monitored by my OP2. I would like to set up three different areas - the house itself, the garage, and attic / crawlspace access. What I would like to do is to
 
- monitor all the zones in any areas from all my consoles
 
- independently arm and disarm the areas from any console
 
- be able to arm and disarm all from any console
 
Is this something that can easily be done with the areas in an OP2? I wanted to make sure this was all feasible before trying to reconfigure everything in the software
 
Thanks

 

[bittwiddler]

And just to follow up
 
I can set up the multiple areas and even though the console in the house is set for global access it does not alert me when a door to the garage is opened
 
Guess I'll experiment with some programs and see if I can get it to at least signal when the doors are opened. Looks like I'll probably have to use a program to arm more than one area at a time easily

 

[neillt]

Yes, this is very easy to do with an OP2.  The hardest part will be ensuring folks are choosing the correct zone on the keypad when they are arming and disarming.
 
That last part there, where you want alerts on keypads that don't belong to that area (keypads, even with global access, belong to a specific area) is going to require programming.

 

[bittwiddler]

But it is something that can be done with programming? I'll give it a shot. Thanks
 
The rest looked like it could work. I wanted to set up the multiple areas because I'll be having some people doing work out here at times and want more flexibility with what I can do

 

[ano]

You can create 8 areas.