Use an Arming Station Pro to arm and disarm zones

Last modified: Monday February 02, 2026.

Use the Arming Station Pro keypad or a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) card to arm and disarm zones or trigger an alarm.

Before you start

• Install an Arming Station Pro in your site and add it to your deployment. See Add an Arming Station Pro to Alta Protect.
• You must have either:
  • Access user credentials associated with a PIN or RFID card. See Add Protect user credentials.
  • A zone PIN that can be given to any user. See Arm and disarm with a zone PIN.
• For RFID cards, Avigilon Low Frequency (LF) cards and Avigilon high frequency Near Field Communication (NFC) cards are supported. For more information, see the datasheet.

Arm a zone using an arming station

1. Press any key to activate the screen.
2. Authenticate yourself:
   1. RFID card: Touch your card below the screen.
   2. PIN: Enter the code using the keypad and press . To begin arming the zone immediately after authentication, enter the code and press .
3. After authentication, arm the required zones:
   1. If only one zone is associated with the arming station, press .
   2. If multiple zones are associated with the arming station:
      1. Press the required zone number and press .
      2. To arm another zone, press 0, select another zone, and press .
      3. To arm all zones, press .
4. After the configured exit delay elapses, the system arms.
5. You can stop the zone arming during the exit delay by pressing or and re-authenticating yourself.

Disarm a zone using an arming station

If you enter an armed zone, the arming station makes a sound to indicate the system has detected your presence and entered the pre-alarm state. You must disarm the zone before the configured entry delay elapses or the alarm triggers.

1. Press any button to activate the screen.
2. Disarm the zone:
   1. RFID card: Touch your card below the screen before the timer reaches zero.
   2. PIN: Enter the code using the keypad and press or .
3. After authentication, the zone disarms.

Arming station PINs

The PIN used in an arming station is either a PIN credential set for a user in Alta Access, or it can be a zone PIN.

• If an arming station controls multiple zones, some using zone PINs and some using Alta Access credentials, entered PINs are validated against zone PINs before Alta Access PINs.
• If an arming station controls multiple zones that have different zone PINs, only the zones associated with the PIN used for authentication are visible.
• If an arming station controls multiple zones and a user authenticates with Alta Access credentials, all zones associated with the arming station are visible.

For more information, see Add Protect user credentials and Arm and disarm with a zone PIN.