What is Delay When Entering/Leaving

Delay When Entering (delay for raising the alarm) is the time you have to disarm the system after entering the premises.

Delay When Leaving (delay for raising the alarm) is the time you have to leave the premises after arming the system.

Delays when entering/leaving are configured only for intrusion detection devices. The detectors respond to an alarm in one of three modes:

• Instant alarm;
• Entry/Exit;
• Follower.

The Entry/Exit and Follower operating modes allow user to set delays when entering/leaving.

Detectors’ operating modes

Instant Alarm

The armed detector will immediately react to a threat and raise an alarm. This operating mode is for devices that are not expected to be triggered when people enter/exit the facility when arming/disarming the system.

Entry/Exit

When delays are set, the armed device starts the countdown and doesn’t raise the alarm even if triggered. This operating mode is for devices that control the entry and exit of the facility.

The Entry/Exit operating mode allows you to set delays when entering/leaving.

How the Delay When Entering works:

1. The user enters the secured premises.
2. The Entry/Exit operating mode detector registers an alarm and initiates a countdown. The user has to disarm the system until the relevant time period runs out. The Follower operating mode detectors also do not raise the alarm.
3. An alarm will be triggered if the system is not disarmed by the end of the countdown.

How the Delay When Leaving works:

1. The user arms the system.
2. The hub initiates a countdown. During this time, the system ignores all detector alarms in the Entry/Exit and Follower operating modes. The Instant Alarm operating mode detector that is armed will raise the alarm if triggered.
3. After the delay time expires, the detectors will switch to the armed mode. All the detectors will be armed when the exit delay starts, and the hub will ignore the triggering of the Entry/Exit and Follower detectors.

If you do not leave the protected premises before the exit delay expires, or if you go to the area where the detectors are operating in the Instant Alarm mode, the detectors will be triggered. An alarm will be raised, and you will receive a notification in the Ajax app. For example, if you close the front door after the exit delay has expired. Note that this event does not raise an alarm, but you will receive a notification in the Ajax app.

Extend the delay time or use two-stage arming to avoid false alarms after the exit delay has expired.

Follower

The detector in Follower mode inherits the delays from Entry/Exit detectors. However, if the Follower is triggered individually, it immediately raises an alarm. This operating mode is for devices that detect the user’s path from the entry point to the keypad.

Entry/exit delays can be configured for devices in the Follower operating mode when the Arm in Night Mode option is enabled.

If the entry/exit delay is not set, the detector will operate as a Follower in the Night Mode. If the delay is set — in the Entry/Exit operating mode. During the delay countdown, the device will not raise an alarm. If the delay is not set, the system will notify users in case of an alarm.

How to choose operating mode

Delays are convenient if you prefer to control the system using the keypad installed inside the premises.

The device in the Follower operating mode does not have its own entry/exit delay. It inherits the delays from Entry/Exit detectors. But the device in the Follower mode will instantly raise an alarm in case an intrusion. For example, the user walks from the door to the keypad, and an intruder enters the room through the window. The device with a delay in the Entry/Exit operating mode will not be triggered, but the following detector on the window will be triggered and raise an alarm.

If you have a siren, it can use beeps to count down the delay (audible warning).

How to configure siren’s notifications about delays when entering/leaving, in the Ajax apps:

1. Select the required space if you have several or if you use the Ajax PRO app.

2. Go to the Devices tab.

3. Select the required siren.

4. Go to its settings by clicking the gear icon in the upper right corner.

5. Go to the Beep Settings menu.

6. Specify the required parameters in the Beep on Delays menu:

   • Entry Delays;

   • Exit Delays;

   • Entry Delays in Night Mode;

   • Exit Delays in Night Mode.

7. Click Back to save the settings.

Repeat entry delay option

When the Repeat entry delay option is enabled, an entry delay starts each time a device with entry delay configured raises an alarm while the system is armed. When the Repeat entry delay option is disabled, if the system is not disarmed before the entry delay countdown ends, the system sends an alarm.

Only systems with a hub running OS Malevich 2.40 or later support the Repeat entry delay option. The option is available in Ajax PRO apps with the following versions or later:

• Ajax PRO: Tool for Engineers 2.47 (iOS/Android)
• Ajax PRO Desktop 5.47 (Windows/macOS)

To configure the Repeat entry delay option, in the Ajax PRO apps:

1. Go to the hub settings by clicking on the icon.
2. Go to the Service menu.
3. Go to the Arming/disarming process menu.
4. Enable the Repeat entry delay option.
5. Click Back to save the new settings.

How to set up delays in the Ajax system

To set a delay when entering/leaving, in the Ajax apps:

1. Select the required space if you have several or if you use the Ajax PRO app.

2. Go to the Devices tab.

3. Select the required device or detector on which you want to set the alarm delay.

4. Go to its settings by clicking the gear icon in the upper right corner.

5. Specify the Entry/Exit operating mode.

6. Specify the required parameters in the fields:

   • Delay When Entering;

   • Delay When Leaving;

   • Night Mode Delay When Entering (if Arm in Night Mode is activated);

   • Night Mode Delay When Leaving (if Arm in Night Mode is activated).

7. Click Back to save the settings.

Note that delays are supported only by motion detectors, opening detectors, and integration modules. Fire detectors, break and leak detectors do not support this function.