The secondary or physical arming switch provides a physical means to lock out motor drive. When this switch is in the off position the unit will not arm and therefore be unable to drive.

For details on how to wire the secondary arming switch and what constitutes the switch being in the ‘armed’ and ‘disarmed’ positions see the integration guide: 

There is a configurable timeout for the arming switch to be off before a disarm event triggers, this is in place to prevent noise from causing the unit to disarm. See the communication settings: 

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