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SYSTEM OVERVIEW
General Congratulations on your ownership of an Ademco Partitioned Security System. You've
made a wise decision
in choosing
it, for it represents the latest in security protection
technology today. Ademco is the world's largest manufacturer of security systems and
millions of premises are protected by Ademco systems.
This system offers you three forms of protection: burglary, fire and emergency. Your
system consists of at least one keypad which provides control of system operation,
and includes various sensors which provide perimeter and interior burgla~ protection,
plus smoke or combustion detectors designed to provide early warning in case of fire.
The system uses microcomputer technology to monitor all protection zones and
system status and provides appropriate information for display on the keypad(s) used
with the system, and initiates appropriate alarms. Your system may also have been
programmed to automatically transmit alarm or status messages over the phone lines
to a central alarm monitoring station.
A Partitioned Simply stated, a partitioned system is a single physical alarm system that provides
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independent areas of protection intended for use by independent users. For the most
part, you need not know about other users and their structure in the system, but from
time to time, you may see display messages which indicate the system is in use by
another user. Do not be concerned, this is normal.
Zones Your system's sensing devices have been assigned to various "zones." For example,
the sensing device on your Entry/Exit door may have been assigned to zone 01,
sensing devices on windows in the master bedroom to zone 02, and so on. These
numbers will appear on the display, along with a description for that zone (if
programmed), when an alarm or trouble condition occurs.
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