Fire department dispatched on a test with no call

[Gattopardo]

I must have selected the wrong plan. I have now added monitoring.

Now on to tackle the various other issues like the odd error message, arming stay when I select away, and motion detectors that aren’t performing well.

[jwcsurety (Jason)]

arming stay when I select away

This is caused by the Auto-Stay setting. Auto-Stay is a setting that is enabled by default in the panel. It reverts arming to Stay mode if you do not open an Entry/Exit door during the exit countdown.

You can disable Auto-Stay on the IQ Panel under Settings > Advanced Settings > Installer Code > Installation > Security and Arming.

motion detectors that aren’t performing well.

Motion detectors can be a bit confusing to test depending on the model. Under normal operating circumstances, battery operated detectors do not transmit status constantly when motion is occurring, they report motion once, then there is a couple minute reset where all motion must have stopped so they can trigger again.

Some detectors have an on board test mode activated by various means which will just flash an LED to help determine range while setting up.

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