Honeywell VISTA: Program *29, Long Range Radio

We will show you how to enable and disable the long range radio on your Honeywell Vista 6160 control panel in this video.

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The long range radio is a built in device that enables communication over IP or GSM from your control panel to the central monitoring station. This communication will be set up either prior to your installation call or during the initial installation call to the central station.

If you are not being monitored, you can disable the long range radio. However, if your system is being monitored, disabling the long range radio is not an option. In this video we will show you how to enable and disable the long range radio on the Honeywell Vista 6160 control panel.

Access the keypad as shown in the video. Enter the installer code followed by the numbers 800 to access programming mode. You can verify you are in programming mode by reading “Installer code 20” on the LCD screen.

From this screen you need to enter the star(*) code for the long range radio. This code is “29”. Follow along with the video as you enter star (*)29 on the key pad. You will be able to verify that you are in the Long Range Radio section from the LCD screen. It should read “Enable IP/GSM”.

You will have two options enable or disable. Pressing the “0” on the key pad will disable the long range radio, while pressing “1” will enable it. On the Honeywell Vista 6160 control panel, press 1 on the key pad. The video will guide you through the enabling process.

Once you press the 1 followed by the star (*) key, you will access a secondary menu that will present you with three more options. In general, unless asked by a technician, you will press 0 to quit followed by the star (*) key.

The 21IP has now been enabled and the network will be able to send out calls to the monitoring home station. It is important to note that this program is disabled by default. This means that when you install the control panel you must access this program and enable it as shown in the video.

However, if you have your system set up and are not subscribed to live monitoring, you may disable the long range radio. The video will show you how to do this as well.

As the video shows, to disable the long range radio, you access the star(*)29 menu as described above and previously in the video. However, this time instead of pressing 1 to enable, you will press 0 followed by the star (*) key to disable the long rang radio.

Disabling the radio will send you back to the main programming menu screen as there are no further options. Pressing star (*) 99 on the key pad will exit back to the read to arm state.

You can view our other videos to learn more about the Honeywell 6160 control panel as well as its devices and functions.