Customer ServiceBAT-Mini Honeywell Vista: The Ultimate Setup Guide
Hey, guys. Hayden here again from Alarm System Store. And today we're gonna be hooking up the BAT-Mini to the Honeywell Vista system. I have a 20P here in front of me, and this is the BAT-Mini itself. so it's pretty small communicator. It is very similar to the BAT-connect if you're familiar with it, but essentially it is just a cellular and IP (WiFi) dual path, universal communicator.
So this does have certain systems that it can integrate pretty well with. And the Honeywell Vista series is one of them. not all vistas fall under that category. There is a compatibility sheet if you need to see that. But essentially the 15P and the 20P that we carry, it does integrate well with.
So we're just going to be going through the process of wiring this up and programing the Vista panels so that you can get your interactive features such as arming and disarming from the app, getting notifications, so on and so forth. So I'll bring the camera over here. We'll get started.
All right, so first things first. Are we going to do is get the communicator open, and there is no immediately obvious way to open this. what I found was if you pinch the side, you get a little crease right there and then just pops open like that. So, pretty simple. It's just not immediately apparent how to do that. But now that we have it open, we're just going to wire the BAT-Mini to the Honeywell Vista. And then we'll go into programing and I'll show you what you need to do for that.
So for wiring on this module, if you are looking to get those interactive features and have the integration available for the Vista panels, you're going to need a four wire CORBUS connection. And then you're also going to need two wires for a phone line connection for dial capture. So first off, I'm going to hook up the red black, yellow and green CORBUS wires.
So I'm going to do that real quick.
All right, so for you guys, that is what it's going to look like for the CORBUS wires. Hopefully you can see the terminals there. Basically it's green in, yellow in, ground, and power. So, green, yellow, black and red as you go left to right across the terminals. Now you need a two wire connection for the phone line. So we're going to use, we're just going to use red and black for the ring and tip. So there is the BAT-Mini. Completely wired up. So green, yellow, black, red for your CORBUS. And then just two wires for your dial capture. you can probably use red and green. Those would be better wires for ring and tip, if I recall, but it doesn't really matter what color the wire is as long as it goes to the correct terminal.
So now we're going to wire the BAT-Mini to the Honeywell Vista. So we're going to take our four wire connection that's going to go to the CORBUS. And if you have a keypad or you have some other module like a zone expander that's connected to the CORBUS what you’re going to do is match up the wiring there. So as you can see, my keypad here is connected to terminal four, five, six and seven. And that's going to be black, red, green, and yellow. So we're going to do that real quick. All right. So our CORBUS is wired there, and now we're going to hook up our dial capture wires and ring, which is our red is going to go to terminal 24 down here. And tip is going to go to terminal 23 which is the third from the last. All right. And that is all the wiring you have to do for the BAT-Mini. So like I said CORBUS connection and dial capture wires. And now all we have to do is go in and program the system so that it is able to actually talk to the communicator. So I'm going to get this moved out of the way and we'll pull the keypad up and I'll show you guys what programing needs done.
All right, so for the programing of the Honeywell Vista, we actually have a pretty comprehensive little programing manual that you can find on our website located on the BAT-Mini page. I have it pulled up here on my phone, and we're just going be following it literally line by line and just going down and entering where it says keypad entry. Here you can pretty much just follow those button presses all the way down the list, and it will program the module correctly. However, there are a couple sections where there is a difference between the 15P and the 20P such as the open report code indication, which is right here. I don't know if you guys can see it.
Basically on the 15P there's only a 1-digit entry. And on the 20P there's a three digit entry. So just pay attention to that. There's only one other thing that you have to worry about when it comes to a Honeywell Vista. So this should be active by default. But whenever you're using the BAT-Mini or the BAT-Connect or any of the illegal communicators, it basically takes up a keypad slot. So you have to make sure that keypad slot is open and available. However, it should be on by default, so you shouldn't have to mess with it. But double check it before you go and do the rest of the programing just to make sure. And I'll show you that right now.
So go into programing 4112 800. If you have a different installer code, enter your installer code followed by 800. And once you're in programing, the keypad, slot number or keypad address that you need to make sure is enabled is address 21. So go to section *194. This is the screen you'll see when you get there, and then just press 1 0 to make sure it is active. You'll get a confirmation ding, and then it'll move on to the next section. So now we can go back to our little programing manual provided by Alula. So the next thing we need to do is you do need to make sure you have the proper installer code because that's going to need provided to, the service provider.
They have to plug it in on their end and sync the system. So if you had the back door into your programing, go into star 20, set your installer code to whatever you need it to be there. We have another video on that if you would like to see it. but from there, we're going to go to the primary phone number, which is *41, and you just need to have a dummy phone number in here.
It doesn't have to be a legitimate phone number. So we're just going to do 123456789 and then hit * to confirm. As long as there's something programed in there that basically tells the system that it needs to use the phone line to send out a signal. So that is required. we need to go to *43 to set up a account number. Again, this just needs to be a dummy number. So we're going to do 1234 *. And then from there we need to go to *47. And then we need to press one for tone dialing. And that just kind of determines that just determines that the system is going to use tone dialing as the dial capture method. So that the BAT-Mini can read it, get a ding, then go to *48, which is going to be our report type. we need to set this as contact ID, which is going to be a 7 7.
From there hit *65. This is going to be the open report code for the system. So the partition one actually sends open reports. This is what allows the communicator to see whether see when the system is disarmed basically. So from here press 1 0 0 if you're on a Vista 20. If you have a 15P, you only have to hit 1, one time and it'll do. so after that we're going to go to *66, which is the away/stay report code which basically says the system is armed now. this is actually a six digit entry. So basically up here you can see since this is a 20P, you have a 1, 2 and a 3. Those are talking about the partitions.
So it's a two digit entry per partition. So away and stay for partition one, away and stay for partition two etc.. So you need to hit 1 1 0 0 0 0. It'll give you the ding. So you basically said one one which is away and stay for partition. One is enabled and all the rest of the zeros turn off partition two and partition three. From there we need to hit *70 and then press one. That is going to allow alarm restore codes, which means if an alarm condition is disarmed, it'll report that.
And then we need to go to *84 So this section is for auto stay. Basically what that does is whenever you are in the system, the system system's going to want to arm in stay mode unless it sees a delay door open and close, regardless of whether you hit the stay or away buttons to arm. But whenever you disable this option, it allows the BAT-Mini to decide whether you're going to be arming in stay mode, or whether you're going to be arming in away mode. So you just need to disable this. Go into *84 and then hit 0.
The only other thing you got to do is hit *99 to back out.
Now the only thing you would have to do from here is have your service provider sync up the system to the BAT-Mini, which is done remotely. So if you're activating with us, make sure that you've submitted your activation form, which comes whenever you purchase the service. Once that's done, just say, hey, my installation and programing is done. Please sync the communicator. We'll go in, as long as it syncs everything's good to go and you can just start using your BAT-Mini. So that is all there is to it. The BAT-Mini is a very simple installation for Honeywell Vista Systems, and it is quite useful considering it is a universal option while providing integration to the Vista platform.
So if you're interested in it or any other Alula or Vista products, by all means check us out and alarms system store.com. we got the vista, we got the BATs. We got service for the Alulas. We also have other things like Alarm.com, DSC, Qolsys. And all of our stuff is designed to be DIY friendly. So if you're interested in setting up your own communication or service or you just need a new service provider, whatever the case is, reach out to us, let us know, and we'll help you get set up. But that's going to do it for me. You guys have a good one.
If you're on YouTube, give us a like and subscribe and I will catch you guys on the next one.
So this does have certain systems that it can integrate pretty well with. And the Honeywell Vista series is one of them. not all vistas fall under that category. There is a compatibility sheet if you need to see that. But essentially the 15P and the 20P that we carry, it does integrate well with.
So we're just going to be going through the process of wiring this up and programing the Vista panels so that you can get your interactive features such as arming and disarming from the app, getting notifications, so on and so forth. So I'll bring the camera over here. We'll get started.
All right, so first things first. Are we going to do is get the communicator open, and there is no immediately obvious way to open this. what I found was if you pinch the side, you get a little crease right there and then just pops open like that. So, pretty simple. It's just not immediately apparent how to do that. But now that we have it open, we're just going to wire the BAT-Mini to the Honeywell Vista. And then we'll go into programing and I'll show you what you need to do for that.
So for wiring on this module, if you are looking to get those interactive features and have the integration available for the Vista panels, you're going to need a four wire CORBUS connection. And then you're also going to need two wires for a phone line connection for dial capture. So first off, I'm going to hook up the red black, yellow and green CORBUS wires.
So I'm going to do that real quick.
All right, so for you guys, that is what it's going to look like for the CORBUS wires. Hopefully you can see the terminals there. Basically it's green in, yellow in, ground, and power. So, green, yellow, black and red as you go left to right across the terminals. Now you need a two wire connection for the phone line. So we're going to use, we're just going to use red and black for the ring and tip. So there is the BAT-Mini. Completely wired up. So green, yellow, black, red for your CORBUS. And then just two wires for your dial capture. you can probably use red and green. Those would be better wires for ring and tip, if I recall, but it doesn't really matter what color the wire is as long as it goes to the correct terminal.
So now we're going to wire the BAT-Mini to the Honeywell Vista. So we're going to take our four wire connection that's going to go to the CORBUS. And if you have a keypad or you have some other module like a zone expander that's connected to the CORBUS what you’re going to do is match up the wiring there. So as you can see, my keypad here is connected to terminal four, five, six and seven. And that's going to be black, red, green, and yellow. So we're going to do that real quick. All right. So our CORBUS is wired there, and now we're going to hook up our dial capture wires and ring, which is our red is going to go to terminal 24 down here. And tip is going to go to terminal 23 which is the third from the last. All right. And that is all the wiring you have to do for the BAT-Mini. So like I said CORBUS connection and dial capture wires. And now all we have to do is go in and program the system so that it is able to actually talk to the communicator. So I'm going to get this moved out of the way and we'll pull the keypad up and I'll show you guys what programing needs done.
All right, so for the programing of the Honeywell Vista, we actually have a pretty comprehensive little programing manual that you can find on our website located on the BAT-Mini page. I have it pulled up here on my phone, and we're just going be following it literally line by line and just going down and entering where it says keypad entry. Here you can pretty much just follow those button presses all the way down the list, and it will program the module correctly. However, there are a couple sections where there is a difference between the 15P and the 20P such as the open report code indication, which is right here. I don't know if you guys can see it.
Basically on the 15P there's only a 1-digit entry. And on the 20P there's a three digit entry. So just pay attention to that. There's only one other thing that you have to worry about when it comes to a Honeywell Vista. So this should be active by default. But whenever you're using the BAT-Mini or the BAT-Connect or any of the illegal communicators, it basically takes up a keypad slot. So you have to make sure that keypad slot is open and available. However, it should be on by default, so you shouldn't have to mess with it. But double check it before you go and do the rest of the programing just to make sure. And I'll show you that right now.
So go into programing 4112 800. If you have a different installer code, enter your installer code followed by 800. And once you're in programing, the keypad, slot number or keypad address that you need to make sure is enabled is address 21. So go to section *194. This is the screen you'll see when you get there, and then just press 1 0 to make sure it is active. You'll get a confirmation ding, and then it'll move on to the next section. So now we can go back to our little programing manual provided by Alula. So the next thing we need to do is you do need to make sure you have the proper installer code because that's going to need provided to, the service provider.
They have to plug it in on their end and sync the system. So if you had the back door into your programing, go into star 20, set your installer code to whatever you need it to be there. We have another video on that if you would like to see it. but from there, we're going to go to the primary phone number, which is *41, and you just need to have a dummy phone number in here.
It doesn't have to be a legitimate phone number. So we're just going to do 123456789 and then hit * to confirm. As long as there's something programed in there that basically tells the system that it needs to use the phone line to send out a signal. So that is required. we need to go to *43 to set up a account number. Again, this just needs to be a dummy number. So we're going to do 1234 *. And then from there we need to go to *47. And then we need to press one for tone dialing. And that just kind of determines that just determines that the system is going to use tone dialing as the dial capture method. So that the BAT-Mini can read it, get a ding, then go to *48, which is going to be our report type. we need to set this as contact ID, which is going to be a 7 7.
From there hit *65. This is going to be the open report code for the system. So the partition one actually sends open reports. This is what allows the communicator to see whether see when the system is disarmed basically. So from here press 1 0 0 if you're on a Vista 20. If you have a 15P, you only have to hit 1, one time and it'll do. so after that we're going to go to *66, which is the away/stay report code which basically says the system is armed now. this is actually a six digit entry. So basically up here you can see since this is a 20P, you have a 1, 2 and a 3. Those are talking about the partitions.
So it's a two digit entry per partition. So away and stay for partition one, away and stay for partition two etc.. So you need to hit 1 1 0 0 0 0. It'll give you the ding. So you basically said one one which is away and stay for partition. One is enabled and all the rest of the zeros turn off partition two and partition three. From there we need to hit *70 and then press one. That is going to allow alarm restore codes, which means if an alarm condition is disarmed, it'll report that.
And then we need to go to *84 So this section is for auto stay. Basically what that does is whenever you are in the system, the system system's going to want to arm in stay mode unless it sees a delay door open and close, regardless of whether you hit the stay or away buttons to arm. But whenever you disable this option, it allows the BAT-Mini to decide whether you're going to be arming in stay mode, or whether you're going to be arming in away mode. So you just need to disable this. Go into *84 and then hit 0.
The only other thing you got to do is hit *99 to back out.
Now the only thing you would have to do from here is have your service provider sync up the system to the BAT-Mini, which is done remotely. So if you're activating with us, make sure that you've submitted your activation form, which comes whenever you purchase the service. Once that's done, just say, hey, my installation and programing is done. Please sync the communicator. We'll go in, as long as it syncs everything's good to go and you can just start using your BAT-Mini. So that is all there is to it. The BAT-Mini is a very simple installation for Honeywell Vista Systems, and it is quite useful considering it is a universal option while providing integration to the Vista platform.
So if you're interested in it or any other Alula or Vista products, by all means check us out and alarms system store.com. we got the vista, we got the BATs. We got service for the Alulas. We also have other things like Alarm.com, DSC, Qolsys. And all of our stuff is designed to be DIY friendly. So if you're interested in setting up your own communication or service or you just need a new service provider, whatever the case is, reach out to us, let us know, and we'll help you get set up. But that's going to do it for me. You guys have a good one.
If you're on YouTube, give us a like and subscribe and I will catch you guys on the next one.