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System Overview
General Information
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 programmed 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
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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 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.
Burglary Protection
Your FA148C provides five modes of burglary protection: STAY,
NIGHT-STAY, AWAY, INSTANT, and MAXIMUM, and allows you to
bypass selected zones while leaving the rest of the system armed. You
must turn on (arm) the burglary protection portion of your system
before it will sense burglary alarms. The system also provides a
CHIME mode, for alerting users to the opening of protected doors and
windows while the system is disarmed. Refer to the other sections of
this manual for procedures for using these features.