2GIG GC Touch: Walk Test
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In this video, Dylan from Alarm Grid will show you how to enter and perform a Walk Test on a 2GIG GC Touch security panel. After watching this video, you will understand what Walk Test mode does and why it is useful for verifying sensor operation. This video shows you how to access Walk Test mode step by step so you can confirm that all programmed sensors are communicating properly with the system. Watch to learn how to test your security devices and ensure your system is working correctly.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:10 What it is
00:32 Enter Walk Test
01:20 Perform Walk Test
03:06 Outro
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In this video, Dylan from Alarm Grid explains how to use the Walk Test feature on a 2GIG GC Touch security system. He begins by discussing what Walk Test mode is and why it is important for checking the functionality of programmed sensors and wireless devices. Walk Test mode allows users to trigger sensors one at a time and confirm that the panel properly receives each signal.
You’ll then learn how to enter Walk Test mode through the Installer Toolbox and how to perform the test by faulting sensors throughout the system. Dylan demonstrates how the panel responds when devices are activated and explains what users should look for during testing to verify proper communication and operation.
By the end of the video, you’ll know how to access Walk Test mode, test your sensors and devices, and confirm that your 2GIG GC Touch system is functioning correctly. Regular Walk Testing can help ensure reliable system performance and early detection of sensor or communication issues.
For more details, check out our written FAQ linked above, which provides step-by-step instructions.
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Transcript
Hey, DIYers. Dylan here with Alarm Grid. Today, we are going to review how to use the walk test feature on the GC touch panel. This is after you installed your sensors and programmed them to your alarm panel.
The walk test allows you to activate the sensors, and it will show up on a list on the panel screen, letting you know that the sensor is communicating. And it'll show some information about the sensor as well. So let's go ahead and show those.
All right, so again, we have our GC touch panel. Before we enter walk tests-- really, for anything that you do on this panel, before you go into settings, you want to make sure the panel is disarmed, which clearly is. So that's good.
So walk test Settings icon, for this one, you can enter in either your master code or the installer code. Either option is fine. I'm going to use the installer code, 1561, and then enter.
So it's going to bring us to this next page here. We are going to do equipment management, and then we will do system test. This is going to give us our test options. Today, we're just going to focus on walk test.
So walk test, once this is active, basically we are going to activate the sensors, to make sure that they are communicating with the panel itself. All right, so I will start-- I'm going to open and close my front door. [DOORBELL RINGS]
Perfect. So that came in. And then I'm going to activate my motion sensor. Excellent. So when you activate the sensors, you see that it's going to give us the LED response. [DORRBELL RINGS] Perfect.
It's going to show up on the list here-- front door, living room. Living room is my motion sensor. And then you'll continue this for each sensor that you have, and then that's just going to make sure that they're all communicating with the panel itself.
It's also, besides just showing you the sensors are communicating, it's going to show you some information about the sensor. So zone number, obviously that's the number that we have the sensor programmed to. And then the device name, living room, front door. And in case these are showing backwards, we did exit programming and go back in. So just so you know.
And then RSSI, that is basically like a signal strength. So higher the number, the better. Lowest, you'd be OK at would be like a three or two. But yeah, essentially it's showing us the signal strength from the sensor to the panel. Right now the sensor is pretty close, so that's why it's a very high number for those.
OK, so that is the walk test feature. As you saw, we tested our sensors to make sure they're communicating with the panel, showed how to access that menu there. So it's very useful just to make sure everything is working after you get everything installed.
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