How Your System Communicates; Status Beeps; Alarm Sirens - GE Simon XTi User Manual

How your system communicates

Your system communicates by using status beeps, alarm sirens, panel screen
messages, and trouble beeps.

Status beeps

The panel sounds status beeps to alert you to various system events and conditions.
Note: You may receive a different number of status beeps if you press the icons
quickly.
Table 9: Status beeps
Activity
Doors+Windows
Motions
Doors+Windows and Motions
Disarm
Chime
Special chime
Trouble beeps
No activity beeps
a
Property/asset management
beep
a
a. These features have not been verified for use by UL.

Alarm sirens

Exterior and interior sirens make three different alarm sounds on the premises, each
indicating a different type of alarm. Sirens are programmed by the installer to time
out and stop sounding after a specified time.
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Beep response
Exit delay and entry delay beeps sound two times every 5 seconds
and two times per second during the last 10 seconds. If silent exit is
used, the exit delay beeps will only sound twice when you arm and
twice when the exit delay expires.
Exit delay and entry delay beeps sound three times every 5
seconds and three times per second during the last 10 seconds. If
silent exit is used, the exit delay beeps will only sound three times
when you arm and three times when the exit delay expires.
Exit delay and entry delay beeps sound four times every 5 seconds
and four times per second during the last 10 seconds. If silent exit is
used, the exit delay beeps will only sound four times when you arm
and four times when the exit delay expires.
One beep.
Two beeps.
Three beeps.
Six beeps every minute. Press Listen next to Panel Status to stop
beeps for 4 hours.
Twenty beeps every minute for 5 minutes (feature must be
programmed by the installer).
The panel sounds one beep when an asset group sensor is
activated (information displays only on the Two-Way Talking Touch
Screen).
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