How to Change Zone Type – NX / Reliance

Changing a zone to a different type

Quite often you will need to change zone types for different zones. You may need to create a zone to be a Keyswitch,  key switches are used to turn on and off the alarm.

You may also need to create a 24-hour zone type for a panic or duress button.

First thing you will need to know is the zone number you are working with. You can tell by looking at the main panel and see where the zone is wired into. See below.

In this example, we have a fire exit door that needs to be alarmed 24 hours, so anytime the door opens we want an alarm to be generated. For this example we are going to use Zone 2, so we want to make it an input type 26.

To make these changes we will do the following.

• *8
• 9713 (Installer Code)
• 0#
• 18# (Enters Location 18 – Zone 1 to 8 Input Types)
• * * (Will Display Zone 2 input type) Each time * is pressed it will jump to the next zone type until you reach zone 8.
• 26* (This will change zone 2 to input type 26)
• # Exits location 18
• Exit

You have now programmed zone 2 to be a 24-hour audible zone.

NX / Reliance Default Zone Types

0 Zone Disabled

1 Entry / Exit Delay 1: Partial – Forced Arming – A trip will start entry delay 1. This zone will be
active in partial mode. This zone type may be faulted while arming if forced arming is enabled in the
area options.
2 Entry / Exit Delay 1: Chime – Forced Arming – A trip will start entry delay 1. This zone will be
bypassed in partial mode. This zone type will set the code pad chime if set via the code pad [Chime] key.
3 Entry / Exit Delay 1: Partial – Chime – Forced Arming – A trip will start entry delay 1. This zone
will be active in partial mode. This zone type may be faulted while arming if forced arming is enabled
in the area options. This zone type will set the code pad chime if set via the code pad [Chime] key.

4 Entry / Exit Delay 2: Partial – Forced Arming – A trip will start entry delay 2. This zone will be
active in partial mode. This zone type may be faulted while arming if forced arming is enabled in the
area options.

5 Entry / Exit Delay 2: Partial – Chime – Forced Arming – A trip will start entry delay 2. This zone
will be active in partial mode. This zone type may be faulted while arming if forced arming is enabled
in the area options. This zone type will set the code pad chime if set via the code pad [Chime] key.

6 Handover: Forced Arming – Interior zone that follows the entry delay zones. Instant alarm type
unless an entry zone if faulted first. This zone will be bypassed in partial mode. This zone type may
be faulted while arming if forced arming is enabled in the area options.

7 Handover: Partial – Forced Arming – Interior zone that follows the entry delay zones. Instant alarm
type unless an entry zone if faulted first. This zone will be active in partial mode. This zone type may
be faulted while arming if forced arming is enabled in the area options.

8 Handover: Twin Trip – Forced Arming – Interior zone that follows the entry delay zones. Instant
alarm type unless an entry zone if faulted first. This zone will be bypassed in partial mode. This zone
type may be faulted while arming if forced arming is enabled in the area options. This zone type will
require two triggers or another zone would have to have been trigged before it will activate an alarm.
9 Handover: Group Isolate – Forced Arming – Interior zone that follows the entry delay zones.
Instant alarm type unless an entry zone if faulted first. This zone will be bypassed in partial mode.
This zone type may be faulted while arming if forced arming is enabled in the area options. This zone
type will be part of the group bypass zones.

10 Handover: Twin Trip – Chime – Forced Arming – Interior zone that follows the entry delay zones.
Instant alarm type unless an entry zone if faulted first. This zone will be bypassed in partial mode.
This zone type may be faulted while arming if forced arming is enabled in the area options. This zone
type will require two triggers or another zone would have to have been trigged before it will activate
an alarm. This zone type will set the code pad chime if set via the code pad [Chime] key.

11 Handover: Partial – Twin Trip – Forced Arming – Interior zone that follows the entry delay zones.
Instant alarm type unless an entry zone if faulted first. This zone will be active in partial mode. This
zone type may be faulted while arming if forced arming is enabled in the area options. This zone type
will require two triggers or another zone would have to have been trigged before it will activate an
alarm.

12 Handover: Partial – Group Bypass – Forced Arming – Interior zone that follows entry delay
zones. Instant alarm type unless an entry zone if faulted first. This zone will be active in partial mode.
This zone type may be faulted while arming if forced arming is enabled in the area options. This zone
type will be part of the group bypass zones.

13 Handover: Twin Trip – Group Bypass – Forced Arming – Interior zone that follows the entry delay
zones. Instant alarm type unless an entry zone if faulted first. This zone will be bypassed in partial
mode. This zone type may be faulted while arming if forced arming is enabled in the area options.
This zone type will require two triggers or another zone would have to have been trigged before it will
activate an alarm. This zone type will be part of the group bypass zones.

14 Handover: Partial – Twin Trip – Group Isolate – Forced Arming – Interior zone that follows the
entry delay zones. Instant alarm type unless an entry zone if faulted first. This zone will be active in
partial mode. This zone type may be faulted while arming if forced arming is enabled in the area
options. This zone type will require two triggers or another zone would have to have been trigged
before it will activate an alarm. This zone type will be part of the group bypass zones.

15 Instant: – Produces an instant alarm if tripped when armed. Ignored when disarmed. This zone will
be bypassed in partial mode.

16 Instant: Partial – Produces an instant alarm if tripped when armed. Ignored when disarmed. This
zone will be active in partial mode.

17 Instant: Partial (no DEOL) – Produces an instant alarm if tripped when armed. Ignored when
disarmed. This zone will be active in partial mode. This zone type will not be enabled for dual end of
line monitoring if enabled in the system options.

18 Instant: Twin Trip – Forced Arming – Produces an instant alarm if tripped when armed. Ignored
when disarmed. This zone will be bypassed in partial mode. This zone type may be faulted while
arming if forced arming is enabled in the area options. This zone type will require two triggers or
another zone would have to have been trigged before it will activate an alarm.

19 Instant: Group Bypass – Produces an instant alarm if tripped when armed. Ignored when disarmed.
This zone will be bypassed in partial mode. This zone type will be part of the group bypass zones.

20 Instant: Partial – Chime – Produces an instant alarm if tripped when armed. Ignored when
disarmed. This zone will be active in partial mode. This zone type will set the code pad chime if set
via the code pad [Chime] key.

21 Instant: Partial – Twin Trip – Produces an instant alarm if tripped when armed. Ignored when
disarmed. This zone will be active in partial mode. This zone type will require two triggers or another
zone would have to have been trigged before it will activate an alarm.

22 Instant: Partial – Group Bypass – Produces an instant alarm if tripped when armed. Ignored when
disarmed. This zone will be active in partial mode and will be part of the group bypass zones.

23 Instant: Twin Trip – Group Bypass – Produces an instant alarm if tripped when armed. Ignored
when disarmed. This zone will be bypassed in partial mode. This zone type will require two triggers
or another zone would have to have been trigged before it will activate an alarm. This zone type will
be part of the group bypass zones.

24 Instant: Partial – Twin Trip – Group Bypass – Produces an instant alarm if tripped when armed.
Ignored when disarmed. This zone will be active in partial mode. This zone type will require two
triggers or another zone would have to have been trigged before it will activate an alarm. This zone
type will be part of the group bypass zones.

25 Instant: Local – Produces an instant alarm if tripped when armed. Ignored when disarmed. This
zone will be bypassed in partial mode. This zone will not activate the communicator.

26 24 Hour: Audible – A trip on a 24 Hour zone produces an instant alarm when armed or disarmed.
This zone type will set sirens.

27 24 Hour: Silent – A trip on a 24 Hour zone produces an instant alarm when armed or disarmed.
This zone type will not set sirens.

28 Fire: – A short on a fire zone will create an alarm condition when the system is armed or disarmed.
An open will create a Trouble condition. Requires smoke detectors wired Normally Open. Code pad
zone LED is steady for fire condition and flashing for trouble condition. After a fire activation,
press [*] [7] on the code pad to clear & reset fire zone. Note: 120 seconds of chamber full = alarm.

29 Day Zone: – When armed, a trip produces an instant alarm. When disarmed, a trip activates the
code pad sounder.

30 Key-Switch: – A zone attached to a momentary key switch will arm/disarm the panel if the zone is
momentarily shorted from a sealed condition. A 3.3K resister must be used. Note: If DEOL
monitoring is enabled in system options, this zone type must have its EOL configuration as all other
DEOL zones, i.e. two 3.3K resistors must be used to allow full line monitoring for this zone type.

31 Chime: – This zone will sound a ding-dong on code pads when unsealed. Alarm activation will
occur if armed.