# Configure Entry Delay

Entry Delay provides some time (default of 30 seconds) for a user to disarm an area, after entering the site. It is ideally suited for intruder alarm sites, where a user has entered using a physical key, and must then disarm the site.

### Procedure

To configure entry delay, perform the following procedure:

1. Click the **Areas** tab.
2. Select the area to configure entry delay for.
3. Select the **Delay Warnings** tab.
4. Enable Entry Delay. The default entry delay time is 30 seconds. This is the period of time a user will have to disarm the site, after entry.
5. Click the **Assign Inputs** button and assign one or more entry points.

   The first entry point to be activated will trigger entry delay. When the area is in delay, entry points will not raise an alarm until the delay period has expired. Non-entry point sensors will immediately raise an alarm when the area is in delay or armed.

   **Notes:**

   * Assignment of an entry point is required if entry delay has been enabled.
   * Only inputs assigned to the area, can be assigned as entry points.
   * Inputs assigned to an access-controlled door cannot be assigned as entry points.
   * Battery Low and Mains Failure inputs cannot be assigned as entry points.
   * When a disabled input is assigned as an entry point, it will be automatically enabled.
   * When an input is assigned as an entry point, the input’s alarm response will be set to ‘Secure Alarm’.
6. If required, select the readers to beep when the area is in entry delay.

   Any reader can be assigned as a delay warning. When the area is in delay, the reader will emit a continuous beep, until such time, as the delay has been cancelled, or the delay period has expired.
7. If required, select the outputs to activate when the area is in entry delay.

   Any output, excluding door relays, can be assigned as a delay warning. The output will activate, until such time, as entry delay has been cancelled, or entry delay has expired. The output could be a piezo buzzer or light that provides an audible or visual indication to users, that the area is in entry delay. An output is useful when the audio from a reader cannot be heard, (e.g. a user has entered an upstairs office, failing to disarm before entry).

**Note:** To complete the configuration, a warning (reader or output) must be assigned.

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### Output behaviour

If the delay warning output is on, and delay occurs, the output will remain on for the delay period and will turn off when the delay has been cancelled, or the delay period has expired. If the output is an Alarm Output, the output will be on when the area is in alarm, (i.e. will remain on after the delay period, if the area is in alarm). Likewise, if the output is a Reflected Output, the output will be on when the area is armed, (i.e. remain on after the delay expires, if the area is armed).

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### Auto-guard callout

If the delay period expires and an incident is generated, auto-guard callout will occur from the time the incident was raised. For example, if the system has been configured to call a guard after 10 minutes, and entry delay is configured for 30 seconds, the system will call a guard 10 minutes and 30 seconds after activation of the first entry point.

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### Ignoring entry points

If a customer isolates an entry point when arming, the input will continue to trigger entry delay. An alarm will be raised that entry delay has timed out (if timed out), however, the isolated input will not raise an alarm. This is expected behaviour. Ideally, the customer should not arm the area when the entry point is open.


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