SUMMARY OF AUDIBLE & VISUAL NOTIFICATIONS
Audible Soundings
SOUND
CAUSE
INTERRUPTED
FIRE ALARM (3 beeps)
OR
CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM (4 beeps)
CONTINUOUS
BURGLARY/AUDIBLE EMERGENCY ALARM
ONE SHORT BEEP
a. SYSTEM DISARM
(not repeated)
b. SYSTEM ARMING ATTEMPT WITH AN
OPEN ZONE.
c. BYPASS VERIFY
ONE SHORT BEEP
a. SYSTEM IS IN TEST MODE
(once every 45 secs)
b. LOW BATTERY AT A TRANSMITTER
c. SYSTEM LOW BATTERY
d. FAIL TO COMMUNICATE
TWO SHORT
ARM AWAY
BEEPS
THREE SHORT
a. ARM STAY OR INSTANT
BEEPS
b. ZONE OPENED WHILE SYSTEM IS IN
CHIME MODE.
RAPID BEEPING
a. TROUBLE
b. MEMORY OF ALARM
SLOW BEEPING
a. ENTRY DELAY WARNING
b. EXIT DELAY WARNING
Additional Announcements:
The system will announce the following primary messages, depending on the system's status at the time:
•
Disarmed–Ready to Arm [check system][chime]
•
Disarmed [not ready to arm][chime]
•
Armed [away] [stay] [instant] [check system] [exit now]
ANNOUNCEMENT*
fire alarm + zone voice descriptor
OR
Carbon monoxide alarm + zone voice descriptor
(Voice descriptor is interlaced with the sounder and sounds every 45
seconds)
alarm + zone voice descriptor
(Voice descriptor is interlaced with the sounder and sounds every 45
seconds)
a. disarmed–ready to arm
b. disarmed–not ready to arm
c. zones bypassed
a. no announcement
b. low battery + zone voice descriptor
c. system low battery
d. check system
armed away [instant] – exit now
a. armed stay [instant] – exit now
b. zone voice descriptor
a. fault + zone voice descriptor
b. fire alarm or alarm + zone voice descriptor
a. disarm system now
b. armed [away] [instant] – exit now
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