
EXTERNAL ALARM SIREN CONNECTION
✦An external siren alerts occupants and neighbors with a loud siren during alarm.
✦Use a 12 volt, 1 amp maximum rated weather- resistant horn speaker with a 
✎NOTE: Connection of an electromechanical bell or motor bell is not recommended because of the radio interference generated when the bell is running.
✎UL NOTE: Only one external siren is allowed in UL installations.
EXTERNAL
ALARM
SIREN
MAIN TERMINAL BLOCK
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1.Mount the external siren.
2.Route the wires from the external siren to the Control Panel.
3.Route the siren wires up through the wiring access slot or through a knockout when using conduit.
4.Connect a jumper wire from the +12 VDC terminal to the RLY COM terminal.
5.Connect the positive siren wire to the RELAY N/O terminal.
6.Connect the negative siren wire to one of the COM terminals.
✎NOTE: The relay contacts are isolated. Use the RLY N/O & RLY COM terminals alone to switch an externally powered load.
TELEPHONE LINE CONNECTION
EXTERNAL SIREN
12 VDC 1 AMP
MAXIMUM
INSTALL WIRE
JUMPER TO PROVIDE
 POWER TO RELAY
CONTACTS
EXTERNAL
ALARM RELAY 12 VDC, 1 AMP MAXIMUM
CONNECT EXTERNAL
SIREN TO ALARM RELAY
TERMINALS
INSTALL A JUMPER WIRE BETWEEN THE +12 VDC AND RLY COM TERMINALS
✦Connect the Control Panel to the telephone line if the system is monitored, requires 
✦Telephone RING & TIP terminals are for connection to the incoming telephone line.
✦Seized telephone ring & tip (R1 & T1) are for connection to local telephone sets. When the communicator activates, all the local telephone sets will be disconnected to prevent an 
1. Install a USOC   | 
telephone system near the Control Panel.  | 
TELEPHONE TERMINAL BLOCK
LINE  | LINE  | SEIZED  | SEIZED  | 
RING (R)  | TIP (T)  | RING (R1)  | TIP (T1)  | 
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BLUE, ORANGE BLACK, AND YELLOW NOT USED
2.  | Route an appropriate modular telephone line  | 
  | cord from the jack to the Control Panel.  | 
3.  | Route the line cord through the Control Panel's  | 
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  | conduit wiring.  | 
4.  | Connect the incoming telephone line wires to the  | 
  | Control Panel's telephone terminal block TIP and  | 
  | RING terminals. | 
5.  | Connect the local telephone set wires to the Control  | 
  | Panel's telephone terminal block T1 and R1 terminals.  | 
✦When directly connecting (without a telephone line) to the DUAL 824 with the 
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CONNECT INCOMMING AND
OUTGOING TELEPHONE LINES
TO THE TELEPHONE TERMINAL BLOCK
TELEPHONE
TERMINAL
BLOCK
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