The VISTA-250BPE is a powerful member of the Honeywell family of commercial alarm panels, integrating burglary, CCTV and access control functions. Many features are available that extend the applications of the VISTA-250BP while simplifying end-user operation.

The VISTA-250BP and VISTA-250BPE (VISTA-250BP Rev. 4) are listed for residential burglary, residential fire and commercial burglary applications (see agency listings in this document for more details). They are compatible with a wide range of AlarmNet communications products for alarm reporting, uploading/downloading and remote services.

Standard features (VISTA-250BP and VISTA-250BPE):

• Provides nine onboard style-B hardwired zones
• Supports up to 241 additional zones using a built-in polling (multiplex) loop interface
• Supports up to 249 wireless zones using up to two 5800 series wireless receivers (fewer if using hardwired and/or polling loop zones)
• Provides 1 power-limited bell circuit delivering 1.7Amp (max) at 12Vdc
• Provides the ability to control eight separate partitions independently, each functioning as if it had its own separate control
• Accommodates 250 user codes with seven authority levels per partition
• Accommodates 32 keypad macro commands per system
• Keeps a log of up to 1,000 events
• Optiflex CCTV support
• Supports up to 16 two-wire smoke detectors on zone 1
• Supports up to 50 latching-type glassbreak detectors on zone 8
• Zone 7 may be used for keyswitch arming/disarming
• Supports V-Plex® addressable VISTAKey access control (up to 15 doors and 500 cards)
• Supports up to 96 programmable outputs
• Panel linking up to eight panels
• Supports eight numeric pager numbers
• Supports touchscreen Advanced User Interface (AUI)
• Smoke detector reset at keypad
• Quick exit
• Group bypass
• Arm faulted
• Event arming
• Scheduled check-in
• Arm stay by group

Enhanced features (VISTA-250BPE only):

• Carbon monoxide (CO) zone type support
• Expanded RS-232 capability for third party interface and automation
• Internet upload/download over AlarmNet GSM, iGSM and IP communicators over the panel's keypad (ECP) bus
• Ringback support for AlarmNet communicators (confirmation of closing report)
• 24-hour dialer test support for AlarmNet devices