GLOSSARY
AC INDICATOR: Small green light between the center buttons on the keypad. When lit, the
eystem is running on electricity when not lit, the system is running on the backup batte~.
ALARM: Sound from keypad or other horn/siren indicates a burglar alarm, fire alarm or other
cond!tion you should be alerted to.
ARMED See ON/OFF
AWAY Asystem setting that protects the premises while it is unoccupied. All burglary sensors
are active.
BURGLARY/FIRE: Thetwomajor functions of a Secufity System. Fire protection is always on
and cannot be turned off The Burglary sensors protect against unauthorized entry into your
premises. The Burgla~ protection can be turned on and off and programmed for special levels of
access and notification.
BYPASS FEATURE The Bypass Feature allows you to exclude a selected zone or zones from
the burglar alarm protection.
BYPASS BU~ON: A button on the keypad used to activate the Bypass Feature.
CENTRAL STATION: Signal Monitoring Center contacted by your Security System over the
telephone and/or other communication channels when alarms are activated if your system is
programmed to communicate alarms off site. The Central Station will follow their procedures and
your instructions for contacting the proper authorities when a signal is received.
CHIME FEATURE An optional feature that causes the keypad to chime for one second when
selected doors are opaned when the burglary protection is off or disarmed. Once programmed by
your installer you can turn chime on and off with #6.
DISARMED See ON/OFF.
DURESS: Duress is a system feature the you may have programmed into your system. If
someone should force you to turn your system off, you would use the special Duress user code
and the system would turn off and it would also send a silent duress emergency to the Central
Station so they could respond appropriately.
ENTRY DELAY: The pefiod of time allowed between opening a designated enty/exit door and
turning off the alarm system before the system will register an alarm condition. This is determined
at the time of installation. Your system suppotis two entry times allowing you to have a different
length of time for different doors.
EXIT DELAY The period of time allowed between turning the system on and leaving through a
designated exitient~ door. This is determined at the time of installation.
INTERIOR ZONE: An interior zone is a group of points that protect the interior of your premises.
You may want to turn the perimeter portion of your system on while leaving the interior zones off
allowing you to move freely inside, opening interior doors and passing by motion detectors
without causing an alarm.
KEYPAD A Keypad is your link into your system. It dsplays alarm and trouble messages, shows
faulted zones and allows you to turn the system on/off by using the buttons. Your system will
have one or more keypads.
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