1   Introduction   
2 / 128  BMT Project Planning Guidelines 
  Best.Nr. A24205-A337-B970 – Edition 12 (03/07) 
SIGMASYS is the system name of the Siemens danger alarm system.  
The system comprises danger alarm control and indicating panels, various types of detector 
(SIGMASYS detectors), special features such as networking (SIGMANET) and also configu-
ration and diagnosis tools (SIGMAPLAN, SIGMADIAG).  
The SIGMASYS C and SIGMASYS M danger alarm control and indicating panels (GMZ) re-
ceive and display messages and can also be used to release alerting facilities, routing 
equipment and automatic fire protection facilities (e.g. extinguishing systems).  
 
1.1  About the manual 
These planning instructions for the SIGMASYS System are aimed at the sales staff and 
commissioning technicians in the region/ZN performing the installation and in the Divisional 
Units (DUs), for example:  
 
•  sales / project managers 
• specialist planners 
•  planning / commissioning personnel 
 
 For the sake of clarity, these planning instructions do not contain details of all variants 
of the product nor do they describe every conceivable installation, operation or maintenance 
scenario. 
If you would like further information or if you encounter problems which are not dealt with in 
the planning instructions in sufficient detail, you can request the information you need from 
your local Siemens branch or the SBT hotline (tel. ++49 (0) 89/9221-8000). 
We would also like to point out that the information contained in these planning instructions 
is not part of and should not change any earlier or existing agreement, undertaking or legal 
relationship. All obligations on the part of Siemens result from the respective sales contract 
which also contains the complete and exclusively valid warranty agreement. 
These contractual warranty provisions are neither extended nor restricted by the information 
contained in these planning instructions. 
 
This manual is available both in printed form and in electronic form as a PDF file. 
You will find the latest version of this manual as a PDF file on the Siemens Intranet under the 
following address:  
Company/organisation  URL 
SBT  
https://workspace.sbt.siemens.com/content/00001123/de
fault.aspx 
 
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