How To Enroll Proximity Tags On The IQ Pro

Hey, guys. Hayden here again from Alarm System store. And today I thought I would show you guys how to enroll prox tags for users when using a Prox-compatible keypad with the IQ Pro alarm system. So this is going to mostly apply to people with touchscreens. Just because touchscreens are easily the most popular wired keypad that people purchase for the IQ Pro, however, this is the HS2LCDPENGN keypad. So, if your keypad has a P in the title or the part name, that basically means it is Prox compatible. So you can use these prox tags as well. That being the case, I figured I would just show quickly how to enroll these prox tags on both the touchscreen and the LCD keypad. 

So on these keypads, this little target symbol is where you swipe the prox tag to either enroll it or just to use it in general. So if I were going to, you know, disarm or arm the system, I just swipe it right there on that target symbol, and it'll read the prox tag itself on the LCD keypad. You can't see the target symbol unless the cover is closed. So that doesn't mean that the, prox sensor is in the cover, though. It is actually just behind here, just to the left of these emergency buttons. But essentially, I'm sure you can see it there under the DSC logo is that little target symbol. So that's where you would swipe the prox tag if you were going to arm, disarm, and enroll it. Whatever the case is. 
Anyway, I'll show you quickly how to enroll it. So first, all you're going to do is get your installer app connected to your system so that you can access the programming, and then you're going to go to the config option. And then under user management, you're going to basically just add a new user code. So you can set up a secondary master code. User code, guest code, or here at the bottom, you can click prox tag. That's what you're going to want when you're enrolling these prox tags. So click on that, and it'll turn on Prox tag Auto learn. So basically, all you have to do from there is swipe it. And it's going to give you basically the number designation for this prox tag. So you just click it. And from there and once you get to the next screen, it's going to show up with a user option in the name prox tag name. So under the user option, if you click on that, it's going to give you a list of the available user codes that you can assign this prox tag to.

So right now, the only code in there that has that is compatible with a prox tag is the admin code or the master code. So that's what this is going to default to under the name. You can just name it whatever you want. I'm just going to leave it prox tag one. But you can put in like your name or you know, a specific person's name if you're enrolling them for, you know, specific people, so on and so forth. But basically once you're done, you just go back to the screen, click save,  and it will show configured just the same way you, you do with like sensors and other devices. And then you stop auto learn and. I can't arm the system that while the app is up, however, you can see right here under the admin option, it shows the little price tags symbol. So if we click on the user itself it shows proximity tag there gives the name proximity tag one. And that shows you basically that the master or the admin code is essentially tied to this prox tag. So it is very important that you keep track of which prox tag is which. 

And now if we wanted to we can click on that to remove it. And I'll go ahead and just add another user real quick. So we'll just do 5678, six and eight, give it a name. Bob there. We'll save that. So now we have an additional user programed into the system. So if we go back we can see we have the admin code. We have Bob the user. Then we have the other three default options which are the duress installer and dealer code. Now if I go to enrolling prox tag. Swipe the prox tag as you see here. The prox tag number is different than what it showed before, so I don't quite understand how the numbers work per se. So, that part I can't really explain, but basically, just trying to keep track of which Prox tag is tied to each user. So anyway, same thing applies. Click add and then under user. Now we have both admin and Bob. So if we wanted to give Bob prox tag, you plug in his user code first. Basically set him up as a user, and then you go and you enroll the prox tag and assign it to him. So let the prox tag one.

That one's configured. So we're going to stop the auto learn. Now as you can see the admin code has no little prox tag symbol there. Bob has it instead. So if we click on that we can see that prox tag one is tied to Bob. Now you cannot have the same prox tag tied to multiple users. Anytime you enroll a proxy tag, you have to pick one specific user that it is going to be tied to. So anytime that prox tag is used, it will be exactly the same as if Bob came in and arm the system. So if you use like alarm.com to monitor, you know, who arms and disarms your system, or even if you go into the, event tab of your installer and you can view this, but essentially anytime this prox tag is used here, I don't need to show up. Okay. It won't show up now, but that's just because I'm still in the programing, so it won't let me arm the system. However, if I close this out, and then reconnect it anytime this prox tag is used to arm or disarm the system, it will show up as an event in the system, and it will show user Bob armed or disarmed or whatever. You know, the event that Bob caused was so same as with user codes. You know, anytime somebody specifically types in their user code, whatever name you have assigned to them, it will show up as an event. And that way, you know, through either the system or alarm.com, you can keep track of who is arming and disarming your system, at what time, you know, so on and so forth.

And now, one thing to be aware of when you're using prox tags is anytime you use this prox tag, like I said, it is exactly the same as if you just went in and typed in your code. So if you are leaving your home, you swipe the products tag first, just like you would plug in your code. And when you open that entry door to leave your house, it's going to tell the system to arm it away mode. However, if you swipe the prox tag and you don't open and close a delay door, then it will arm in stay mode. So just like it's not like using one of the function keys where like for the Icue Pro, the stay function, you can set it where it's instant, stay. The way these work is, if I just walked in, typed in a code on my keypad, and then walked out. So you can't like activate function keys with this, it you have to treat it as if you're typing in your code manually every time you swipe it. So it shouldn't really come into play. Too often. You know, if you're leaving, it's pretty straightforward. The system's going to arm in a way mode, and that's what you want. It's just something to be aware of.

But anyway, that is a quick overview of how to use these prox tags. So pretty straightforward. However, I hadn't gone over it specifically, so I thought I'd do this quick video for you guys. They can be quite useful in a lot of scenarios, and they come basically just attach it to your keychain. That way you don't have to worry about flipping open your cover or typing in your code at a certain time limit or whatever. You know, if you're like, carrying groceries or something, you can just grab your keys in one hand, make sure the prox tags sticking out, swipe it whenever you come in. So. However, that's going to do it for me. Hopefully you guys learned something and if you don't mind, leave a like and subscribe down below if you have more questions on the IQ Pro. And we have lots of videos on this system and plenty of other products that we carry, and you guys would like to see anything else, by all means leave it down in the comments below and if it's something I can do a video on, then I will do it anyway. Like I said, like and subscribe. And I will catch you guys on the next one.