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AlphaVision ML User manual Rev. 2.60 – 01-01-2015 7
A fire zone is also a 24-hour type zone and is used for smoke and fire detectors. When the fire zone is
triggered, the control panel will sound an intermitting alarm sound, known as a slow-whoop sound.
A social alarm zone is a 24-hour silent zone and can be used with emergency pushbuttons for social alarm
purposes. When required, the user can be notified that the emergency pushbutton was pressed by a speech
text. For this, an optional speech board and speaker is required.
A hold-up zone is also a 24-hour silent zone and can be used for hold-up push buttons. The alarm will be
reported to the monitoring station or private telephone, but no further indications on the display or outputs
will be shown or heard.
A tamper zone is also a 24-hour zone and is used in tamper situations, e.g. when a detector cover is opened
or a siren of flashlight is tampered with.
A technical alarm zone is also a 24-hour silent zone and can be used to report technical malfunctions, e.g. a
malfunction of the central heating system, etc.
A gas alarm zone is also a 24-hour loud zone and is used for reporting alarms from carbon monoxide or
other gas detectors.
A water alarm zone is a 24-hour loud zone used for reporting alarms from water detectors. Water detectors
are commonly used in cellars and near washing machines.
A temperature alarm zone is a 24-hour loud zone used for reporting alarms from temperature sensors.
These sensors are used to detect and signal too high or too low temperatures.
A direct dialer input is used to report alarm messages directly to a monitoring station or private telephone.
When this type of input is activated, the alarm outputs will not be activated and nothing will be displayed
on the keypad. When the input restores, a separate restore-message will be sent.
A keyswitch input is used in situations when an external keyswitch or device is used to arm and disarm the
system. A keyswitch or external device can only be used for Total arming and disarming.