| Terminals and Descriptions |
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Table 64: Glossary (continued)
Term | Description |
lockout siren | A siren that activates only once per zone per arming cycle. |
master code | A numeric code used for arming and disarming the system, and for allowing access to all |
| functions available through the codepad. |
monitoring station | A secure location where a digital receiver monitors a number of alarm systems and |
| deciphers their alarm transmission reports so the operator can advise the appropriate |
| authorities to take immediate action. |
panic | A condition or type of alarm in which the user requires either immediate police or |
| medical assistance. |
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partitioning | Splitting a control panel into two separate controllable areas. Partitioning is useful for |
| securing sheds, dual occupancy dwellings, accessory dwellings, shops, and offices. |
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phone controller | A device used to arm a security system over the telephone line, and to acknowledge |
| domestic alarm reports. |
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remote radio user | A code used to arm and disarm a system from a remote location, using |
code | transmitters (in AWAY Mode or STAY Mode 1). Remote panic alarms are also allowed. |
sealed | Refers to a zone’s status. If a zone is sealed, the detection devices are not violated and |
| the zone indicator is not lit (that is, a reed switch is closed or a detector is on standby |
| waiting for an intrusion). |
sensor watch | A feature that allows the control panel to recognize when detection devices might have |
| stopped working. Sensor watch monitors the operation of a zone over a programmed |
| time period. |
silent alarm | An alarm that sounds only at a remote location, and gives no obvious local indication |
| that an alarm was sent out. |
STAY Mode 1 | A condition that automatically isolates certain zones when the security system is armed |
| in this mode. Only the installer can program these zones. |
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STAY Mode 2 | A condition that automatically isolates certain zones when the security system is armed |
| in this mode. The Master Code holder can program these zones. |
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telco arming | A feature that automatically diverts a telephone number to another telephone when a |
sequence | security system is armed in AWAY Mode, the same as using call forwarding. |
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telco disarming | An automatic suspension of diverting of the telephone when the system is disarmed. |
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unsealed | Refers to a zone’s status. If a zone is unsealed, the detection devices are violated and |
| the zone indicator is lit (that is, a reed switch is open or a detector noted an intrusion). |
user code | A numeric code used to arm and disarm the system. |
zone | A monitored input used to activate an alarm. A zone might be set up to activate an alarm |
| only when the system is armed or to operate whether the system is armed or disarmed. |