What Is the Difference Between Duress & Panic Alarm?

Solution 2000/3000 - What Is the Difference Between Duress And Panic Alarm?

Below is the distinction between a Duress alert and a Panic alarm:

• The duress alarm can only be activated by entering the user code with the numbers 9 or 3 at the end on the codepad. Duress alarms cannot be generated by RF keyfobs.

Codepad duress alarm

When 9 is added to the end of a valid User Code used to disarm the system, a codepad Duress Alarm is utilized as a silent holdup alarm.

Because domestic reporting formats cannot decipher the type of alarm that occurred, a Duress Alarm (Contact ID Event Code 121) is only relevant if your system reports to a monitoring station. Option 2 in Location 498 allows you to utilize 3 instead of 9 to activate a Duress Alarm (refer to Consumer Options 2, page 143)

Panic alarm can be triggered by Codepad and RF keyfob.

• Codepad panic alarm
  When a user simultaneously pushes [1] and [3] or [STAY] and [AWAY], an audio codepad Panic Alarm activates.
• Keyfobs (for example, HCT-4, RFKF-TB, RFKF-FB, RFPB-SB, RFPB-TB) can set off an RF keyfob Panic alarm, as seen below.

• In Location 493, choose Option 1 to make the Codepad Panic Alarm and Keyfob Panic Alarm mute (refer to System Options 2, page 139). If the system reports to a base station receiver, a Codepad Panic Alarm sends Contact ID Event Code 120.

This guide is for Bosch Solution 2000 and Bosch Solution 3000