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3.9.2. Vocal Message Annunciation
Certain versions of the iConnect Control System hardware support vocal annunciation of system status. If this feature is
enabled in programming (see p. 61, 9.13 Vocal Messages), the system plays short messages to indicate arming,
disarming, bypassed zones, system trouble, message waiting, and water alarm.
Note: The availability of the Vocal Message annunciation feature is hardware dependent
3.9.3. Alarm Sounding Patterns
The following table summarizes the system’s various alarm patterns.
Alarm Alarm Pattern Description Sounds
Burglary ON (continuously) Siren
Fire ON - ON - ON, 1.5-second pause, ON - ON – ON... Siren
Gas ON - ON - ON - ON (short bursts), 5 second pause, ON - ON - ON - ON... Siren
Medical ON (continuously) – only applicable for MedicalEmergency alarm from zone Siren
Flood/Environmental 4 rapid tones sounded once per minute (same as Trouble tones) Buzzer
Table 3-12: Alarm Patterns
3.10. Arming and Disarming – Unpartitioned Systems
The following section explains how to arm and disarm the Control System using the front panel keypad, hardwire LCD
keypad, and EL-2724 Wireless Terminal.
iConnect Control System allows partitioning of your home. For Partitioned system arming and disarming, see p. 24,
3.11 Arming/Disarming – Partitioned Systems.
3.10.1. Arming
If partitioning is disabled, you have three arming modes available: full, part, and perimeter. Figure 3-5 illustrates the
three arming modes. In each diagram, the protected area is shaded.
Full Armed Part Armed Perimeter Armed
Figure 3-5: Arming Modes
The arming options are entirely flexible. You can program each sensor to be included in any combination of the three
arming modes – see p. 45, 7.3.2 Arm Set. Additionally, each arming mode has a separate exit and entry delay.
Below you can see another, more complicated example of how can the premises be divided. In this example, the garage
is included in full + part + perimeter arming, the house perimeter zones are included in full + perimeter arming, and the
house interior zones, in full arming only. So, part arming allows the user to arm the garage, perimeter arming is used to
secure the house perimeter at nights, and the full arming is used when leaving the house. Figure 3-6 illustrates this
example. In each diagram, the protected area is shaded.
Full armed Part armed Perimeter armed
Figure 3-6: Partition Arming Modes: Garage Example.