System Overview
General
This system offers you three forms of protection: burglary, fire and emergency. Your system may consist of at least one keypad which provides full control of system operation, various sensors such as motion detectors and door and window sensing devices, plus a selected number of strategically placed smoke or combustion detectors designed to provide early warning in case of fire. Your system may also have been programmed to automatically transmit alarm or status messages over the phone lines to a central alarm monitoring station.
Keypads
All system functions are controlled by your keypad(s). The keypads feature a telephone style (digital) keypad and a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) which shows the nature and location of all occurrences. Their
For additional information, see the following section: ABOUT THE KEYPAD.
Zones
Your system's sensing devices have been assigned to various zones. For example, the sensing device on your Entry/Exit door may have been assigned to zone 01, sensing devices on windows in the master bedroom to zone 02, and so on. These zone numbers will appear on the display when an alarm or trouble condition occurs.
Alarms
When an alarm occurs, both the keypad and external sounders will sound, and a mes- sage at the keypad will identify the zone(s) causing the alarm. In addition, if your system is connected to a central monitoring station, an alarm message will be sent. To stop the alarm sounding, you simply disarm the system.
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