Hi DIYers, Joe from Alarm Grid.
And today we're going to talk about how to enroll
a keypad to your GC3 system.
Now there's two main keypads that you're probably
going to be interested in for the GC3.
There's the SP1 and the SP2.
And we have both of those keypads here.
And we're going to show you how to program them in--
program them in to the GC3.
There's another keypad called the Pad 345.
It's not touchscreen, and it's only push button.
It's not a really popular keypad,
but it is fully functional.
And if an installation calls for it, you can certainly use it.
But we do recommend that you do check out the SP1 or the SP2,
as they're much more functional.
You'll get more out of it, and they're easier to use.
Now, the two keypads are different.
The SP1 is a fully functional keypad.
It actually looks exactly the same as the GC3 system.
And this is going to give you all the features
that the actual GC3 system has.
So you'll be able to control Z-wave devices.
You'll be able to do pretty much anything that you can
that's not programming based on the GC3 system.
And it works great.
Now, the other keypad that you could install is the SP2.
This one, it looks very similar to the GC3 also.
It's just that with this keypad, you're
only going to have your arming and your disarming functions.
So if you're looking for something more basic,
just to arm and disarm the system
and see the system status, then the SP2
is what you're going to want to go with.
But if you want a full fledged keypad,
the SP1 is the one to use.
Now, on the system itself, you're
going to want it on its latest firmware,
just for the best functionality and to have all the features up
to date.
But the keypads, they are compatible
with different firmwares if your system isn't on the latest.
The SP1, the system has to be on 3.1 or higher, and the SP2 it
has to be on 3.0.2 or higher.
Now the latest firmware is above both those.
So if you go to our website and type in GC3 firmware,
you'll see the firmware update page.
We have instructions and the file.
Just download the firmware update, put it on a USB stick,
update your GC3 system, and then you'll
know you'll be good to go.
Now, the keypads, there's two methods
you can enroll them to the panel.
You can have them enroll over Wi-Fi,
or you can actually have them connect directly
to the system's access point mode.
We're going to just enroll them through the Wi-Fi method today.
But the AP mode is convenient if you're
on-site or at a location that doesn't have Wi-Fi there.
You can use the system itself to connect the keypads directly
to the system to use them as such.
We've already enrolled the keypads
to the local Wi-Fi network.
So we're just going to jump into programming
and show you how to enroll them into the system.
So on your GC3, you want to click on the 2GIG symbol,
enter our installer code, which is 1561 is the default--
System Config, and then Keypads.
Now, you have four keypad slots right here.
So we're on the first one.
We're going to click on Keypad Used,
and then we're going to enable it.
On the second program in line, you'll
see it says Equipment Code.
This is the 2GIG SP1 that we have selected.
That's actually the keypad that we're going to learn in.
So we're going to go down to Device ID.
And then we have our pair option.
Now actually, let's enable this.
So we're going to click Pair.
And now the system's listening for the keypad.
So now on our SP1, you'll notice we've already
connected it to Wi-Fi.
And there's a Pair button.
If we click this, it's going to broadcast,
and it should hit our GC3 system.
And there you go.
As you can see, it says SP1 connected.
And that's pretty much it.
So if we go down, there's some other options
that you can enable.
You can say if it's a new or an older keypad.
This won't have any effect on anything else in programming.
And you can also enable or disable the panic buttons
on the keypad.
There is also a voice descriptor you can add.
But for that, we're pretty much programmed in
as far as the SP1 goes.
Let's go ahead and add the SP2 to the system, also.
So if I click the button down here and go back to keypads,
you'll see it did save our programming.
I'm just going to select keypad number two,
and then Keypad Used.
We're to enable it.
And then on our equipment code, when I click this,
this is going to be the SP2.
So we want to change it.
Let's click the button here, and then do SP2.
And now we're going to go down to Device ID,
and then click Pair.
This will put it into listening mode, again.
So now on our SP2, we turn it on.
We're going to do Pair Device Settings.
This is a little funny, because there's
a bug in the programming, which you're going to see.
As you can see, we have the IP address
of the master panel there.
We're going to click the Check button.
And now it's saying, enter parent key from master panel.
And you'll notice that on our GC3 there is no parent key.
So when you get to this menu, what you should do
is just click the Check button.
And there you go.
Keypad was successfully paired.
And you can see that it is connected with our GC3.
We're just going to click OK.
This is going to show this screen while your GC3 is
in programming.
So on the side, everything else looks good.
We can go back to keypads.
And as you can see, we have our two keypads
locked into programming.
Now, we have to exit to save this all.
So we'll do Return to System Configuration.
You'll see our keypad button is indicating
that we have made some changes.
Let's click the back arrow.
And now it's going to show us all the changes
that we made in programming.
And it's going to ask us if we want to confirm it.
We definitely want to, so we're going to click Save.
And now the keypads are both in the system.
And they should be working.
So as you can see, we have a couple error messages up here
because we have some of the covers off
and some other things going on.
But don't worry about that.
The SP1 is showing the main screen.
You can arm and disarm with it.
It looks exactly the same.
Or this is the SP2, rather, pardon me.
And on our SP1, we literally have the exact same display
as our GC3.
And that's how to enroll a keypad onto your GC3 panel.
If you do have any questions about the GC3,
keypads that work with it, or anything alarm system related,
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