Hi ,newbie to this,recently installed a new veritas r8 ,replacing an old optima system[which had no problems other than old fashioned] i have used all the original wiring,pir and door contacts..however to get the system operational i have had to wire 3zones into zone 1 reason being,z1 was entry exit door,z2 dining room ,z3 front room ,z 4 front door,z 5 garage,i have to walk through the house to bed after setting the alarm. with the alarm in the timer /count down ,as soon as i step into z2 [dining room ] the alarm is immediate.What have i done wrong?help/advice will be grearfully acknowledged.

mike wilson, December 2007

try this zone 1 is entry /exit, all other zones arm immediately lengthen the count down time in the panel and add zone 2 to 1 you need to have gone past zone 2 while it is still counting down not after,Doing this will have one drawback if zone 2 detects movement panel will not sound alarm until delay time has expired, same as entering your front door alarm does not sound straight.away giving you time to get to the panel,

wirecutterman, January 2008