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How to Arm, Disarm and Bypass Caddx Alarm

Most basic process with your Caddx Alarm System is to arm and disarm your alarm system. Although you may arm and disarm your alarm with wireless (keyfob) remote, Caddx Keypad is mostly used tool to control alarm systems.

How to Arm Caddx Security Systems

Meaning of “Arming” is to prepare and start to operate an Caddx security system. When an alarm system is armed, it starts to detect and protect your home or office. Usually Passive InfraRed (PIR) sensors and Magnetic Contacts (MC) are start to operate.

Before arming your security alarm system, be sure that all of your doors and windows are closed and no one is moving around your home or office. Otherwise your security system will not be ready for arming. When all of the windows and doors are closed “READY” light will be ON in your Caddx keypad. In some keypads there is not a Ready light, instead they have a LED display. In this case you will see “System Ready / Type code to arm”. If you see a message like “System not Ready / For help, …” OR if your keypad’s READY light is not illuminated, at least one of your “zones” are not ready (not secured). If you have LED display keypad, you can see which zones are open (not ready) just by pressing UP or DOWN keys. In this case you must check your zones manually.

Reason of open zones might be open Fire / Smoke zones. If one of your fire detectors are activated before, this prevents you from arming your caddx alarm system. Fortunately, resetting fire detectors is easy. Just press *7 at keypad. This command cuts current in all of fire detectors and makes them READY.

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When your alarm system is ready, you can arm your alarm system by entering your master code or by a user code. Each time you press a key to keypad, you will hear a beep tone. As a result, this indicates that you successfully pressed and it is understood by the alarm panel. When you finished pressing your code, if you hear three consequent beeping tone, this indicates that code is not accepted or wrong. press # key and re-enter your code.

When your code is accepted, keypad beeps continuously with small gap tone. Meanwhile, you must exit from your home or office. Exit time is programmable. When your system gets ready, red “ARMED” light is illuminated. This shows that your system is armed and operating.

How to Change Caddx Entry and Exit Delay Time

You can change entry and exit delay times for Cadxx Alarm panels easily. In short, Location number for defining delays is #24.

Here is the entry and exit delay time programme code:

* + 8 + YOUR_PROGRAM_CODE  // eg. *89713 
0#
24#
30*  // Entry Time-1 , in seconds
45*  // Exit Time-1 , in seconds
30*  // Entry Time-2 , in seconds
45*  // Exit Time-2 , in seconds
*   // This segment is not important, just press "*"
*   // This segment is not important, just press "*" 
#   // End programme

How to Bypass a Zone in Caddx NX8 Alarm System

In order to arm (start to operate) a Caddx Alarm System, you must close all of the doors, windows. In addition, all of the PIR’s, smoke detectors, fluid detectors, magnetic contacts MUST be closed. If any of the zones are open, you can no arm your alarm system.

If you meet such an open zone, firstly, you must search for that zone and close that zone. Simply, the reason might be a open door. But sometimes reason might be a faulty detector! In that case, you must repair or replace that faulty detector, if you have a replacement. If not, only thing you can do is BYPASS that zone. By BYPASSing a zone, you are simply ignoring that zone. By that way, you can arm your Caddx Alarm System temporarily.

How to Bypass a Zone in Non-LED Keypads

Step 1 - Press [BYPASS] Key in the Keypad
Step 2 - Enter Zone number. Example 1: Press [7] to bypass Zone #7
                            Example 2: Press  [1] then [6] to bypass Zone #16
Step 3 - Press  [BYPASS] Again.
Step 4 - Repeat above steps for all zones you want to bypass.
Step 5 - Press  [BYPASS] key or [#] key to exit Bypass Mode.

How to Bypass a Zone in LED Keypads

Step 1- Press UP key at Right side of LED display. This will show open zones, as you press UP key.
Step 2- To Bypass that zone, press BYPASS key ("a man outside of house" key, Left-Top most key)
Step 3- Repeat Step 1 & Step 2 for all zones you want to bypass.

When you finished your bypasses, you can ARM your Caddx Security Alarm. Notice that, bypassed zones are not armed.

When you disarm your system, all of the zones will be de-bypassed automatically.

Written by Metin Karal
Metin Karal is a Computer Engineer, specialized at Interlogix Caddx security systems and living in Turkey. He is interested in reviewing products that He used.

8 thoughts on “How to Arm, Disarm and Bypass Caddx Alarm”

  1. Need someone from your company that can assist with this alarm unit. He must repair and always come out when there is a problem.

  2. I bought a house with this system and it was supposed to be deactivated.However, my tenant hit a button accidentally last night and this afternoon when he opened a door the alarm is going off. I don’t have a code because I understood the system to be deactivated. how can we turn it off?

    1. If it is armed, there is no much thing, unless you know the code. You can try generic codes likes, 1234, 1111, 9999 etc. If you can’t stop it, just cut electricity of panel to get rid of annoying alarms.

  3. My home was struck by lightening ruining 2 TVs & I believe messed up my Home Alarm. I need to reset my Caddx NX-8 System. I’ve tried to Arm my home when leaving, but it will not let me.
    Zones 3 & 8 are flashing. Tried a couple things, has not worked. I’ve looked & not seen anything about how to Clear Flashing Zones on Keypad on the internet.
    I am Not directly hooked up to Fire Dept or Police.

    Recently upgraded my home to 10 year battery Smoke Detector Alarms. Would this be an additional reason I may need a reset ?

    thank you for your help in this matter. I really appreciate this.

    1. First of all, you must know the address of wireless module. It is usually determined by dip switches on it. You can search it via google.
      After you learnt the address of wireless module (eg. 32)

      type:

      *8-Admin_Code (if not changed, default is *89713)
      32#
      — Close 1 and 2
      then type : 0#32* then press remote control button. You must hear a ding-dong from keypad.

      thats all.

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