User's Guide

ManualsBrandsDigital Security Controls ManualsElectronicsAll in one wireless home security, life safety, and home automation system

LEGAL

This document is subject to change without notice.! Tyco Safety Products Canada, Ltd. (“DSC”)

assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions and disclaims

any liabilities and losses experienced as a result of using this document.! For the most recent documentation, contact your local vendor.

This document may contain images or information used in normal operations of the DSC Touch (the “Product”).! These may include fictitious names of people

and companies. Any similarity to actual names and addresses of businesses or persons is coincidental.

A. EULA WARNING: READ CAREFULLY

Note to Installers

This warning contains vital information. As the only individual in contact with system users, it is your responsibility to bring each item in this warning to the attention of the

users of this system.

System Failures

This system has been carefully designed to be as effective as possible. There are circumstances, however, involving fire, burglary, or other types of emergencies where it may

not provide protection. Any alarm system of any type may be compromised deliberately or may fail to operate as expected for a variety of reasons. Some but not all of

these reasons may be:

• Inadequate Installation

A security system must be installed properly in order to provide adequate protection. Every installation should be evaluated by a security professional to ensure that all

access points and areas are covered. Locks and latches on windows and doors must be secure and operate as intended. Windows, doors, walls, ceilings and other building

materials must be of sufficient strength and construction to provide the level of protection expected. A reevaluation must be done during and after any construction activity.

An evaluation by the fire and/or police department is highly recommended if this service is available.

• Criminal Knowledge

This system contains security features which were known to be effective at the time of manufacture. It is possible for persons with criminal intent to develop techniques

which reduce the effectiveness of these features. It is important that a security system be reviewed periodically to ensure that its features remain effective and that it be

updated or replaced if it is found that it does not provide the protection expected.

• Access by Intruders

Intruders may enter through an unprotected access point, circumvent a sensing device, evade detection by moving through an area of insufficient coverage, disconnect a

warning device, or interfere with or prevent the proper operation of the system.

• Power Failure

Control units, intrusion detectors, smoke detectors and many other security devices require an adequate power supply for proper operation. If a device operates from

batteries, it is possible for the batteries to fail. Even if the batteries have not failed, they must be charged, in good condition and installed correctly. If a device operates only

by AC power, any interruption, however brief, will render that device inoperative while it does not have power. Power interruptions of any length are often accompanied by

voltage fluctuations which may damage electronic equipment such as a security system. After a power interruption has occurred, immediately conduct a complete system

test to ensure that the system operates as intended.

• Failure of Replaceable Batteries

This system’s wireless transmitters have been designed to provide several years of battery life under normal conditions. The expected battery life is a function of the device

environment, usage and type. Ambient conditions such as high humidity, high or low temperatures, or large temperature fluctuations may reduce the expected battery life.

While each transmitting device has a low battery monitor which identifies when the batteries need to be replaced, this monitor may fail to operate as expected. Regular

testing and maintenance will keep the system in good operating condition.

• Compromise of Radio Frequency (Wireless) Devices

Signals may not reach the receiver under all circumstances which could include metal objects placed on or near the radio path or deliberate jamming or other inadvertent

radio signal interference.

• System Users

A user may not be able to operate a panic or emergency switch possibly due to permanent or temporary physical disability, inability to reach the device in time, or

unfamiliarity with the correct operation. It is important that all system users be trained in the correct operation of the alarm system and that they know how to respond

when the system indicates an alarm.

• Smoke Detectors

Smoke detectors that are a part of this system may not properly alert occupants of a fire for a number of reasons, some of which follow. The smoke detectors may have

been improperly installed or positioned. Smoke may not be able to reach the smoke detectors, such as when the fire is in a chimney, walls or roofs, or on the other side of

closed doors. Smoke detectors may not detect smoke from fires on another level of the residence or building.

Every fire is different in the amount of smoke produced and the rate of burning. Smoke detectors cannot sense all types of fires equally well. Smoke detectors may not

provide timely warning of fires caused by carelessness or safety hazards such as smoking in bed, violent explosions, escaping gas, improper storage of flammable materials,

overloaded electrical circuits, children playing with matches or arson.

Even if the smoke detector operates as intended, there may be circumstances when there is insufficient warning to allow all occupants to escape in time to avoid injury or

death.

• Motion Detectors

Motion detectors can only detect motion within the designated areas as shown in their respective installation instructions. They cannot discriminate between intruders and

intended occupants. Motion detectors do not provide volumetric area protection. They have multiple beams of detection and motion can only be detected in unobstructed

areas covered by these beams. They cannot detect motion which occurs behind walls, ceilings, floor, closed doors, glass partitions, glass doors or windows. Any type of

tampering whether intentional or unintentional such as masking, painting, or spraying of any material on the lenses, mirrors, windows or any other part of the detection

system will impair its proper operation.

Passive infrared motion detectors operate by sensing changes in temperature. However their effectiveness can be reduced when the ambient temperature rises near or

above body temperature or if there are intentional or unintentional sources of heat in or near the detection area. Some of these heat sources could be heaters, radiators,

DSC CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY PAGE 30 OF 34