Two-Zone Remote Keypad Burglar Alarm Control Center
(490-0451)                 Understanding System       Faxback Doc. # 33416

Your installed alarm system is designed to:

    Discourage potential intruders.

    Scare intruders away before they take your property or harm you or
    others.

    Alert you or others if someone breaks into your home.

The alarm center is the main control panel for the alarm system.  It
includes battery, zone (loop), arm and AC power indicators, terminals for
connecting a ground wire, sensors and other security devices, battery
connection wires, entry and exit delay controls, and battery and external
siren/light test buttons.

To use the system, you must install sensors and other security equipment in
your home or office and connect them to the alarm center. Then, if a sensor
signals the alarm center that its zone has been violated, the alarm center
causes an attached alarm device (such as an alarm siren) to sound.

NOTE:  A sensor installed in the panic/tamper zone can activate an alarm,
       even if the alarm system is not armed.

UNDERSTANDING ZONES

A zone is a single area of coverage, such as a front door, a basement
window, an entire room, or an entire home of office. Each zone is protected
by one or more sensors (such as a door/window sensor, motion detector, or
panic button).  You can install as many sensors as you need.

Depending on the type of sensor you use and the settings on the alarm
center, you can set up the following types of zones:

    Delayed zone

    When a sensor in a delayed zone is violated, and the alarm system is
    armed, the system waits for a period of time before sounding the alarm.
    This gives you time to open an entry door, walk to a remote keypad
    inside your home, then disarm the system before it sounds the alarm.

    Instant zone

    When a sensor in an instant zone is violated, and the alarm system is
    armed, the system sounds the alarm immediately.

    Panic/tamper zone

    When a sensor in a panic/tamper zone is violated (or when you press the
    panic button), the alarm system sounds the alarm immediately, even if
    the system is not armed.

NOTE:  As you plan your alarm system, you must determine the locations in
       your home or office you want to protect, then install sensors to
       protect the zones you set up (see "Planning and Equipping Your
       Security System" on Faxback Doc. # 33418).


(SP/EB 5/25/96)