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Appendix B: Glossary
24hr Zone A detector which is always active regardless of whether the system
is armed or disarmed.
A
Armed The state during which the security system is activated. In most
cases, when the system is armed, triggering a detector generates an
alarm.
Arming Keys The three keys on the front panel or keypad that activates one of the
system’s arming options.
B
Bypassed Zone A detector which is ignored by the system. No alarm is generated
from a bypassed zone even if triggered when the system is armed.
C
Cancel Key A key on the Wireless Keypad that causes the system to disregard
any partially entered code or command that may have mistakenly
been entered.
Cancel Report An operation that clears all communication buffers and stops the
transmission of any pending messages to the monitoring service.
Cellular
Communication
Monitoring and control via a cellular network.
Chime A feature that provides audible annunciation when specific detector
s are activated.
Code See User Code
Controlled Code A user code that causes the system to notify the monitoring service
when used to arm or disarm.
D
Delay The exit/entry delay times that allow the user to arm or disarm the
system without generating an alarm.
Descriptor Custom labels programmed for each user code, zone, keyfob,
keypad etc.
Disarmed The state during which the security system is deactivated. During
disarm only detectors that are defined as 24hr, Panic, Medical, Fire,
Gas, Flood and Environmental are capable of generating an alarm.
Duress Code A user code that generates a silent alarm to indicate that the user is
being forced to operate the system.
E
Entry Delay See Delay
Event Log A browsable record of events that have occurred within the system.
Exit Delay See Delay