Security System Glossary
Area - A group of detection devices connected to your security system.
Arm - To turn your controlled points (burglar detection devices) on. When an area is armed and a controlled point trips, an alarm occurs or entry delay begins. When an area is disarmed, faulting controlled points does not generate alarms.
Authority Level - Your security company or security representative assigns an authority level to your passcode. The authority level determines what command center functions you can execute.
Bypass - Selectively remove points from the security system. You might bypass a point in order to arm the perimeter with a window open.
Central Station - A facility where trained personnel monitor your security system 24 hours a day. Your security system may be programmed to contact the central station during alarm
conditions, enabling central station personnel to dispatch the proper authorities.
Closing Report - A report your system can be programmed to send to the central station indicating that an area has been armed. Opening and closing reports are commonly used by commercial accounts.
Command Menu - A list of functions programmed by your security company. They can perform most command center functions with only two or three keystrokes.
Entry Delay - A programmed delay of system alarm response which allows you to enter an armed area through the correct point and disarm the area. If you don’t disarm before the delay time expires, the system begins an alarm response which may include reports to the central station.
Exit Delay - A programmed delay of system alarm response which allows you to exit after arming an area. If you don’t exit before the delay time expires, entry delay begins. You must disarm the
