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B4. Siren 
A partition is alarmed when receiving an event from an alarmed device assigned to that partition. Alarmed 
devices do not affect partitions to which they are not assigned. A siren is common to all partitions; therefore, an 
alarm from one or more partitions will activate the siren.  
Siren Activity 
•  The siren will be activated when receiving an event from an alarmed device.  
•  Overlapping siren activations from different partitions will not cause the duration of the siren to be 
extended. 
•  When the siren sounds, it will not stop until all alarmed partitions are disarmed. However if the siren is 
active due to an alarm from a common area zone, and one of the partitions assigned to this area disarms 
the system, the siren will also stop. In case that the alarm is initiated from a common area but continues 
with zones that are not assigned to a common area, the siren will not stop until all partitions assigned to 
the alarmed zones are disarmed. 
•  In case that there is a fire in partition 1 and a burglary in partition 2, the siren will sound FIRE. When 
partition 1 is disarmed, the siren will sound BURGLAR for the remainder of the siren timeout period. 
B5. Partition Status display 
Partitions status is indicated in the following manner: 
P1:X P2:X P3:X 
Each X value indicates a different partition state, as follows: 
R 
Ready 
N 
Not ready 
A 
Away 
H 
Home 
E 
Exit delay 
D 
Entry delay 
- 
Not used 
B6. Common Areas 
Common areas are areas used as walkthrough zones to areas of 2 or more partitions. There may be more than 
one common area in an installation depending on the layout of the property. A common area is not the same as 
a partition; it cannot be armed / disarmed directly. Common areas are created when you assign a zone or zones 
to 2 or 3 partitions. Table A1 summarizes the behavior of the different zone types in a common area.