Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this video Dylan from Alarm Grid shows you how to adjust the screen brightness on the IQ Panel 4. To adjust the brightness, tap the gray bar at the top of the panel screen. The gray bar is located just above the time and date. This brings down a menu and you can see a slide adjustment for both the volume and the screen brightness. In addition there is a Nighttime Mode feature that you can use to turn off the screen at night.
00:00 - Introduction
00:34 - Adjust Brightness
01:22 - Nighttime Mode Setup
03:15 - Outro
The Nighttime Mode feature is enabled by default and begins at 11:00 pm and ends at 6:00 am, though the times can be adjusted. During Nighttime Mode, certain aspects of the system can be muted or disabled. This is particularly helpful if the panel is mounted in a bedroom or near a baby's room.
By default, only the display is disabled during Nighttime Mode. You can also disable Voices, Chimes, and LEDs if you want. That means, from 11:00 pm - 6:00 am (or whatever start and stop times you set) the display will be dark, and if enabled, there will be no voice annunciation, no chimes, and no LEDs lit. If you touch the display, it will wake up, and if an alarm occurs, it will be treated as any normal alarm with full display and sound.
With the information in this video, you'll be able to adjust the screen's brightness. You'll also be able to set up Nighttime Mode with your preferred options. If you deselect all options (Display, Voices, Chimes, and LEDs) you will disable Nighttime Mode, regardless of the start and stop times selected.
alarmgrid.com/faq/what-to-do-if-a-qolsys-iq-panel-4-keypad-is-too-bright
http://alrm.gd/get-monitored
In this video Dylan from Alarm Grid shows you how to adjust the screen brightness on the IQ Panel 4. To adjust the brightness, tap the gray bar at the top of the panel screen. The gray bar is located just above the time and date. This brings down a menu and you can see a slide adjustment for both the volume and the screen brightness. In addition there is a Nighttime Mode feature that you can use to turn off the screen at night.
00:00 - Introduction
00:34 - Adjust Brightness
01:22 - Nighttime Mode Setup
03:15 - Outro
The Nighttime Mode feature is enabled by default and begins at 11:00 pm and ends at 6:00 am, though the times can be adjusted. During Nighttime Mode, certain aspects of the system can be muted or disabled. This is particularly helpful if the panel is mounted in a bedroom or near a baby's room.
By default, only the display is disabled during Nighttime Mode. You can also disable Voices, Chimes, and LEDs if you want. That means, from 11:00 pm - 6:00 am (or whatever start and stop times you set) the display will be dark, and if enabled, there will be no voice annunciation, no chimes, and no LEDs lit. If you touch the display, it will wake up, and if an alarm occurs, it will be treated as any normal alarm with full display and sound.
With the information in this video, you'll be able to adjust the screen's brightness. You'll also be able to set up Nighttime Mode with your preferred options. If you deselect all options (Display, Voices, Chimes, and LEDs) you will disable Nighttime Mode, regardless of the start and stop times selected.
alarmgrid.com/faq/what-to-do-if-a-qolsys-iq-panel-4-keypad-is-too-bright
http://alrm.gd/get-monitored





![VISTA 128BPT: Programming a Wireless Zone
In this video Griffin from Alarm Grid shows the user how to program a wireless receiver and then a wireless zone into a VISTA-128BPT panel. The steps to program a VISTA-250BPT are exactly the same. Resideo and Alarm Grid recommend using address 07 for your first RF receiver. The VISTA-128BPT can support up to two (2) receivers per system.
To address a 5881-style receiver to address 07, set dip switches 2, 3, and 4 to ON. Connect the receiver to the panels keypad bus. Enter programming (Installer Code + 8 + 000, default code is 4140) and press [#] or [*] + 93 to enter menu-driven programming. You will be prompted with several options before you reach Device Programming. Press 0 for No on each of these options. At Device Programming? Press 1 for Yes. When prompted for the device address, enter 07 and press [*].
At device type, enter 03 for RF Receiver and press [*]. At RF House Code, if you arent using any bi-directional devices such as the 5828, 5828V, or 5804BD, or 5804BDV, then you can leave this setting at 00 and press [*]. If you are using bi-directional devices, just be sure the House ID entered here matches the House ID you program into your other devices. Press [*] and you will be back at Enter Device. Press [00] [*] and at the Quit Menu Mode? prompt, press [1] + [*].
Press [#] or[*] + 93 again and this time at the Zone Programming prompt, enter 1 for Yes. Enter the zone number you wish to program then press [*]. A little-known fact is that you can program any zone as a wireless zone, even zone numbers 1 - 9. The only zone you cant program as a wireless zone is zone number 64. This is reserved for low battery supervision for wireless keypads. To move through the prompts, press [*] to move forward. If you need to return to the previous prompt, press [#]. Program the zone based on your needs, following the information shown in the video. There are a lot of options in zone programming, and some of them are only shown if you program certain prerequisites first. For that reason, we wont go into all the details here. When in doubt, refer to the FAQ linked below or the Program Guide for the VISTA-128BPT.
After you view the final summary screen, at the end of the programming for your zone, press [*] and you will be back at the Enter Zone Number prompt. If you are finished with zone programming, enter [000] + [*] and you will shown the Quit Menu Mode? prompt. Press [1] and youll be back in regular non-menu programming. Press [*] + 99 to exit programming. Be sure to test any new zones youve programmed.
https://www.alarmgrid.com/faq/how-do-i-program-a-wireless-zone-on-a-vista-128bpt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnU8vnzkg6I VISTA 128BPT: Programming a Wireless Zone](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vnU8vnzkg6I/mqdefault.jpg)




