Important Notice; Alarm System Limitations - 2gig Technologies Go!Control 2GIG-CNTRL2 User Manual

Important Notice

Alarm System Limitations

This security system can not offer guaranteed
protection against burglary, fi re, or other
emergencies. Any alarm system, whether
commercial or residential, is subject to
compromise or failure to warn for a variety of
reasons. For example:
• Intruders may gain access through unprotected
openings or have the technical sophistication to
bypass an alarm sensor or disconnect an alarm
warning device.
• Intrusion detectors (sensors) will not work
without power. Battery operated devices will
not work without batteries, with dead batteries,
or if the batteries are not put in properly. Devices
powered solely by AC will not work if their AC
power supply is cut off for any reason, however
briefl y.
• Signals sent by wireless sensors may be blocked
or refl ected by metal before they reach the alarm
Control Panel, even if the signal path has been
recently checked during a weekly test. Blockage
can occur if a metal object has been moved into
the sensor's signal path.
• A user may not be able to reach a panic or
emergency button quickly enough.
• Telephone lines needed to transmit alarm
signals from a premises to a central monitoring
station may be out of service or temporarily out
of service. Telephone lines are also subject to
compromise by sophisticated intruders.
• Even if the system responds to the emergency
as intended, however, occupants may have
insuffi cient time to protect themselves from the
emergency situation. In the case of a monitored
alarm system, authorities may not respond
appropriately.
• Alarm warning devices such as sirens, bells or
horns may not alert people or wake up sleepers
if they are located on the other side of closed
or partly open doors. If warning devices sound
on a different level of the residence from the
bedrooms, then they are less likely to waken or
alert people inside the bedrooms. Even persons
who are awake may not hear the warning if
the alarm is muffl ed from a stereo, radio, air
conditioner or other appliance, or by passing
traffi c. Finally, alarm warning devices, however
loud, may not warn hearing-impaired people or
awaken deep sleepers.
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• While smoke detectors have played a key role
in reducing residential fi re deaths in the United
States, they may not activate or provide early
warning for a variety of reasons in as many as
35% of all fi res, according to data published by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Some of the reasons smoke detectors used in
conjunction with this system may not work are
where smoke cannot reach the detectors, such
as in chimneys, in walls, or roofs, or on the
other side of closed doors. Smoke detectors may
have been improperly installed and positioned.
Smoke detectors may not sense fi res that start
where smoke cannot reach the detectors, such
as in chimneys, in walls, or roofs, or on the other
side of closed doors. Smoke detectors also may
not sense a fi re on another level of a residence
or building. A second fl oor detector, for example,
may not sense a fi rst fl oor or basement fi re.
Moreover, smoke detectors have sensing
limitations. No smoke detector can sense every
kind of fi re every time. In general, detectors
may not always warn about fi res caused by
carelessness and safety hazards like smoking in
bed, violent explosions, escaping gas, improper
storage of fl ammable materials, overloaded
electrical circuits, children playing with matches,
or arson. Depending upon the nature of the fi re
and/or the locations of the smoke detectors,
the detector, even if it operates as anticipated,
may not provide suffi cient warning to allow all
occupants to escape in time to prevent injury or
death.
• This equipment, like other electrical devices, is
subject to component failure. Even though this
equipment is designed to last as long as ten
years, the electronic components could fail at
any time.
The most common cause of an alarm system
not functioning when an intrusion or fi re occurs
is inadequate maintenance. This alarm system
should be tested weekly to make sure the
sensors are working properly.
Installing an alarm system may make one
eligible for lower insurance rates, but an
alarm system is not a substitute for insurance.
Homeowners, property owners, and renters
should continue to act prudently in protecting
themselves and continue to insure their lives
and property.