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Security System Glossary
Arm and Disarm - Rendering of an igniter from a safe (no energy) to a ready-to-
fire condition and vice versa.
Bypass - Deliberately not including certain points of protection when arming the
security system.
Central Station - Facility where trained personnel monitor your security system
24 hours a day. Your system can contact central station personnel to dispatch the
proper authorities.
Closing Report - Signal to your security company indicating the system is armed.
Commercial accounts can use this report to indicate the business is now closed.
Keypad - Displays system status, sounds warnings with a sounder, and can also
control many other functions of a security system including Arming and
Disarming.
Entry Delay - Predetermined amount of time provided by the security system to enter
an armed building through a delay door. Once the delay door is opened, the entry
delay begins. If the security system is not disarmed before the delay time expires, the
system goes into alarm.
Exit Delay - Predetermined amount of time provided by the security system to
leave the armed building through a delay door. Once the system is armed, the
exit time begins. You must exit the building before the exit delay time expires.
Faulted Point - Point that is not normal (a door or window is open).
Force Arm - Turning on (arming) the security system even though one or more
points are faulted. Force arming bypasses the faulted points.
Master Arm - Turning on (arming) all detection systems, including interior and
perimeter points.
Opening Report - Signal to your security company indicating the system just was
disarmed. Commercial accounts can use this report to indicate the business is
open.
Passcode - Used to arm or disarm the keypad.
Perimeter Arm - Arming command that arms only the perimeter of your building,
Point - Detection device, or group of devices, connected to your security system.
A point is a single door or an entire room or area of your building (like the
second floor). Most points are either perimeter, interior, or fire (24-hour) points.
Trouble - Service condition that needs to be corrected, such as a broken wire.