How to Partition the IQ Pro

Hey, guys. Hayden here again from Alarm System store. And today I thought I'd show you how to partition an IQ Pro alarm system. So it's actually super simple on this system. Essentially, you just enable partitions. And then whenever you're setting up all your different devices, you just select what partition each one's going to be on. So it's much simpler than any other system I've worked with except for, you know, maybe the IQ 4, because it uses the same, you know, setup. But, essentially, we're just going to walk through it here real quick. Mine already is set up for partitions, but I'll walk you through every step that you would need to do. Currently, I have two devices connected, which are this keypad here and then this first contact. We're going to be adding this one, and we're going to be adding it to partition two. So same thing that I'm going to show here is going to apply to any device that you want to partition on your system.

So the first thing we're going to do is just get logged in to our IQ installer and get it connected to the system. Then click config, installation, dealer settings, and then partition settings. So, as far as partitions are concerned, it's literally just this toggle. By default, it does come off. All you have to do. I probably shouldn't have done that. It takes a second. But anyway, all you have to do is come in here, and you toggle partitions on, and then it will start populating the partition settings for all of your devices, which once this finishes loading, I will show you here in just a second. All right. So we're going to turn those back on real quick. And then we're right back out. It can do that in the background. But anyway, once you have partitions enabled, back out to the installation screen, click on devices, and then security sensors or whatever you want. And you can set up PGMs, so they only work for specific partitions, you know, whatever the case. But we're messing with security devices today. So click devices. Now, for this, I have the one keypad setup. And then I have our first contact here, which I just labeled partition one door. And like I said, we're just going to be adding that second sensor. And we're going to add that to partition two. 

So all you do for that is you would go into your CORBUS. And since this is a hardwired zone, I'm going to click plus down here to add a hardwired zone. And then you'll notice here at the top, there is a new option that you wouldn't have seen otherwise if partitions were not enabled. So it just says partition name, and it shows you all eight partitions that you can select from. So we want this to be a partition two door. So we're going to click partition two. However, it doesn't automatically remove the partition one assignment. So make sure you only have these specific partitions that you want this to work on selected. However, what that means, though, is you can have zones that are connected to multiple partitions. So for whatever situation, you can have your partition set up where multiple zones are attached to multiple partitions to give you, you know, the exact customized setup that you want. Just pay attention whenever you're doing this part because you don't want to. You know, accidentally leave one of these partition settings enabled for a partition that that zone does not apply to. So we only want this on partition two. So that is how I'm going to set it up. You back out. You go through, do the rest of your programming. P2 door. And back up. And then we're just going to make it instant to make it simple. And then it is normally closed because I'm not using a resistor. All right. So now we have P1 door, P2 door, and the keypad. 

So, on our keypad here, what we can do is we have partition one up there at the top. This is the DSC touch screens, which they already have built-in partition functionality. So, like, even on a DSC, you can use these to very simply access multiple partitions. So that's why I'm showing it here. The LCD keypads are not as intuitive when it comes to partitions. So, I wouldn't recommend ever connecting or setting up partitions if you're only using one LCD keypad. However, the DSC touch screen or the IQ remote touch screens offer partition functionality that works super well. So on this one, if we bring up our zone status, it is only going to show us the devices that are on partition one. And so that would be the P1 door and the keypad itself. However, if we go into options, partition status, we do have to plug in our master code here. And then you can see through here that partition one and partition two are both not ready. And now the reason they are not ready is because I'm still logged into the programming essentially. So it's not going to let me arm, however, if we click on partition two there it will bring up partition two up here at the top. And then if we click on zone status, it is going to show us just the devices that are on partition two. And you can see with the check mark there, they're both of our zones are technically good. Like I said, the only reason these partitions aren't ready is because we're in programing. So. That is how you would set up basic partitioning for your systems. 

Now, if you do have LCD keypads, and you wanted, you know, each specific keypad to be connected to a specific partition, you can do that as well. So under our keypad here on the app, we can go into the edit options with the pencil. And then at the top, that same partition name option is still there. So if we wanted an LCD keypad, you know, for partition one that just controls all of partition one, and you don't want to mess with partition two from that keypad, you can do that and then use another LCD just for partition two. If you know all of these partitions, you do want to be able to view and manage under the same keypad. You're going to want to use one of the touch screens just because it makes your life a whole lot simpler. I haven't used it. But I do believe global mode with the LCD keypad does work with the IQ Pro. I haven't tested that myself just because I hate global mode personally, on an LCD keypad. It's just messy, and it's so much simpler to just have a keypad for each of your partitions. But anyway, I digress. 

As I mentioned, this partition option is going to apply to any device that you connect to the panel. Even if I went and got a wireless device, that partition option is still going to show up there at the top. So you can select whichever partition any of your devices is going to be connected to. So that makes partitioning so much simpler than any other system I've worked with, save the IQ4 like I told you. All you do is essentially toggle on partitions and then tell it what's going to be where. It is a little confusing when you first turn on partitions because in here it's just going to tell you the amount of partitions that you have whenever you toggle it on. So don't let that confuse you. Just know that the partition count just shows the amount of partitions that are currently in use. So when we first set this up, now you can rewind if you want, but it showed me the count as one, and that's because we just had the one keypad and the one door contact. As soon as we added that second door contact, it changed the count to two, so that anytime we view this screen, we can just easily see how many partitions there are. Now, one thing that you may find confusing is whenever you're looking at, like, your status on your app dashboard, it doesn't separate anything into partitions. You do have to go into, you know, the CORBUS, like the devices section, to actually see what's on which partition. 

The only other odd thing that I found with this is you can't name your partitions, so unlike the DSC neo, for example, you can go in and give your partitions a label. Maybe I'm just missing it on here. However, I haven't seen the option to add labels to each partition. It's not particularly necessary. I mean, you should know what each of your partitions are, but, like, on the neo, when you went to partition status, instead of showing partition one and partition two, it would say like main house and outdoor garage or whatever the case may be. So that's the only limited capability that I can find. And like I said, I might just be missing it. However, I'll keep looking at that, and if I find anything, I'll post a comment on this video or something just to let everybody know. However, everything else regarding partitions is super simple, so. But that's going to do it for me. If you guys have any questions, by all means leave them down below. Hopefully, this was informative. And for those of you looking to partition your system, it helped you out. Otherwise, though, if you don't mind, leave a like and subscribe, and I will catch you guys on the next one.