Hey DIYers, I'm Jorge from Alarm Grid.
Today, I'm going to be showing you guys how
to program your VISTA-21iP to use internet only.
Now, the VISTA-21iP is a Honeywell,
or now known as Resideo, wired alarm system.
It is basically the same thing as a VISTA-20P,
except the VISTA-20P has an internet communicator built
into it right onto the board, so the panel comes ready.
All you have to do is plug it into your router
and you're ready to go.
Now, you also have the option of adding cellular communicators
to them.
Right now, there are no LTE cellular communicators
for the normal VISTA-21iP.
You do have the option of adding an external cellular
communicator.
You just have to do something with a jumper
to turn it to look for external communicators
and not use these internal ones.
It's a whole setup.
If you guys decide to do that, you can contact us
and we can help you out with that.
But today, I'm just going to show you guys how to program
it to use internet only.
So the first thing we need to know is the installer code.
We do need to be able to go into programming.
And make sure you have the installer code, not
the master code.
There's a difference.
Installer code you used to go into programming.
The master code and any other sub-user codes,
you use to arm and disarm the system.
All right.
So if you know your installer code,
you would enter that in plus 800 which is the command
to enter into the programming.
So mine is defaulted, so I'm going to enter in 4112800,
and it brings me into Installer Code 20.
Now, if you're looking closely, I
have a 6160 alphanumeric keypad, which
means it actually displays the fields that I'm in.
And you are going to need a 6160 because the level
of programming that we're going into
is actually deep level programming, which
is where we need to be to change the IP-- or the communication
settings on your VISTA-21iP.
If you're using a 6150, meaning if you enter in your installer
code 800 and you want to see a 20,
this process will not work for you and you should stop
and exit out before you go into deep-level programming,
as you'll be working blindly and can possibly
break your system, which would cause
you to have to buy a new one and you don't want that.
All right.
So when we're in installer code programming,
we have to go to our Communications menu, which
is Star 29, so Star 29.
Now, it's asking us if you want to Enable IP-GSM
and already, you can tell the difference
between the alphanumeric and the 6150 fixed English, right?
It doesn't show that, so that's what I'm
saying you're working blind.
You don't know what to enter in.
You don't know if it accepted a button press.
You literally have nothing to go off on this keypad.
This one is the one you will need to go
into deep-level programming.
You need to keep the IP-GSM enabled.
So I'm going to hit 1 for yes.
Hit 1 and then Start to continue to the next menu.
Now, it's giving us the option to Program, to check
the Diagnostics or to Quit.
We need to go into the Programming
of the Communication settings on the VISTA-21iP,
so I just enter in 1 and it brings me into my first field--
the Internal Device.
Now, I actually have the internal communications
enabled on this system, which is what I was telling you earlier
about the jumper, which is a complete different subject.
But so since I have that on the correct two jumpers,
it's looking for internal communications.
And I actually have a GSM board snapped into my VISTA-21iP,
but today's video is showing you how to enable it for IP only.
So when you're in these menus, you
use Star to scroll through the options and Pound
to go to the next option.
So I'm going to hit Star just to show you guys what we have.
All right.
We have we had IP at first, now we have GSM.
Now, we have IP and GSM, and then if we hit Star one more
time, we're going to get Disable.
So if you want to disable the comms, you would do that here.
And if you hit Star again, we're going to get IP only.
So I don't want my panel to look for the GSM,
I just want it to use internet only
and you can program it to do so just
by switching this in the communication programming.
So after we do this, you now hit Pound to go to the next field
and the rest of the field are all communication settings
that you don't need to worry yourself about.
This is mainly for the alarm company.
So what I'm going to do is just hit Pound
until I get to the very end, which
it's going to ask me if I want to review,
and I'm going to simply put, no.
So you see, there's a lot of different options here.
At the end, it will ask me to review.
So Review.
Make sure when you're doing this,
you're also going through it slow.
You don't want to just keep hitting Pound
and then get here and hit Pound by accident.
It's going to ask you if you want to review it, yes or no.
Review means you want to go over every single thing
that you changed.
You don't have to review it, so it's giving you
the yes or no option.
This is where I have to use my Function keys.
The bottom one is Shift, the third one is Yes--
or it's No or Yes.
The second one is Up or Down, and this one,
if you use Shift and the top one, it's to Exit.
So right now, I'm just going to hit No,
so I'm going to hit the third key,
and you'll see it-- it'll put in N for November right there.
And after I hit N, I'm going to hit Pound
to move to the next field.
It'll say, "updating the root file."
For mine, I believe it said failed,
but that, again, that's because it's not registered.
And then it should take you out.
If you guys get stuck in a blank screen,
you will have to use the Shift and Exit.
So you have to use the fourth button and the top button,
if you guys get stuck on a screen
that you're entering your numbers
and it's not allowing you to Exit.
If it takes you back out to here, perfect.
Just hit Star 99 and you're out.
If you don't get the enter Star or Pound,
again, hit the Shift function and hit the top button
and then it should take you back to the main programming
screen, where it'll say enter Star or Pound,
and then you can Exit by using Star 99.
Now, again, this is just if you plan
on using the VISTA-21iP with internet only, that's
if you're using the internal communication
devices on the panel.
If you put the jumper to the off position
and you're going to use an external communicator,
so you can use the LTE-IA, LTE-IV, 7847i,
it's still the same process.
You still have to go into Star 29
to go into the communication programming,
but it would just-- the jumper would
be on a different set of pins.
All right.
So if you guys need any help whatsoever getting
your VISTA-21iP set up for monitoring, activated,
if you guys need any help, by all
means contact us at support@alarmgrid.com.
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I'm Jorge and I'll see you guys next time.