User guide

ALARM
There are 2 kinds of alarm:
Loud alarm - both internal and external sirens blare out
constantly and the control panel reports the event by
telephone.
Silent alarm - the sirens remain silent, but the control
panel reports the event by telephone.
A state of alarm is caused by:
Motion detected by a motion detector
Change of state detected by a magnetic contact
detector - a closed window or door is opened
Detection of smoke by a smoke detector
Tampering with any one of the detectors
Pressing the two emergency buttons simultaneously
(panic)
ARMING
Arming the alarm system is an action that prepares it
to sound an alarm if a zone is “violated” by motion or by
opening a door or window, as the case may be.
The control panel may be armed in various modes (see
AWAY, HOME, INSTANT and LATCHKEY).
AWAY
This type of arming is used when the protected site is
vacated entirely. All zones, interior and perimeter alike,
are protected.
HOME
This type of arming is used when people are present
within the protected site. A classic example is night-
time at home, when the family is about to retire to bed.
With HOME arming, perimeter zones are protected but
interior zones are not.
Consequently, motion within interior zones will be
ignored by the control panel, but disturbance of a
perimeter zone will cause an alarm.
CONTROL PANEL
The control panel is a cabinet that incorporates the
electronic circuitry and microprocessor that control
the alarm system. It collects information from various
sensors, processes it and responds in various ways.
In Zipato system, control panel is Zipabox, and the
administration is done through the Security widget.
DISARMING
The opposite of arming - an action that restores the
control panel to the normal standby state. In this state,
only fire and 24-hour zones will sound an alarm if
violated, but a “panic alarm” may also be initiated.
TRIPPED ZONE
A zone in a state of alarm (this may be caused by an
open window or door or by motion in the field of view
of a motion detector).
A tripped zone is considered “not secured”.
LATCHKEY
The Latchkey mode is a special arming mode in which
designated “latchkey users” will trigger a “latchkey
message” to be sent to a telephone or a pager when they
disarm the system.
For example, if a parent wants to be sure that their child
has returned from school and disarmed the system.
Latchkey arming is only possible when the system is
armed in the AWAY mode.
14.0 GLOSSARY
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