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SYSTEM OVERVIEW
General Congratulations on your ownership of a
First Alert Professional
Security System.
You've made a wise decision in choosing it, for it represents the latest in security
protection technology today, including microcomputer technology to monitor all system
status.
Basically, this system offers you three forms of protection: burglary, fire and emergency.
Your system may consist of at least one keypad which provides full control of system
operation, various sensors such as motion detectors and door and window sensing
devices, plus a selected number of strategically placed smoke or combustion detectors
designed to provide early warning in case of fire. Your system may also have been pro-
grammed to automatically transmit alarm or status messages over the phone lines to a
central alarm monitoring station.
All system functions are controlled by your keypad(s), which are described in the next
section,
ABOUT THE KEYPADS
.
Burglary Protection
Zones
The burglary protection portion of your system must be turned on or "armed" before it will
sense burglary alarm conditions and sound an alarm. Your system can be armed in one
of four modes: STAY, AWAY, INSTANT and MAXIMUM. Refer to the
ARMING THE SYS-
TEM
sections for instructions in using these modes of operation.
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 06, sensing
devices on windows in the master bedroom to zone 10, and so on. These zone numbers
will appear on the display when an alarm or trouble condition occurs.
Alarms When an alarm occurs, both the keypad and external sounders will sound, and a mes-
sage at the keypad will identify the zone(s) causing the alarm. In addition, if your system
is connected to a central monitoring station, an alarm message will be sent. To stop the
alarm sounding, you simply disarm the system.