Types Of Alarms; Local Alarm; Alarm; System Alarm - GE Advisor MASTER ATS111 series Manager Manual

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Types of alarms

There are three types of alarms used in the Advisor MASTER system.

1. Local alarm

2. Alarm

3. System alarm

Local alarm
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It occurs when an area is occupied (that is, disarmed). For example, zones with 24 hour security
have been activated: a fire door has been opened.
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The circumstances that caused the local alarm need to be checked and rectified by someone on
site. Consequently, the alarm does not need to be reported to a central station.
See "Resetting a local
Alarm
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The area is armed and one of its zones has been activated. For example, a door lock has been
forced open causing a siren to sound.
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The area is disarmed and a 24 Hour zone was activated. For example: Hold-up button is activated,
tamper switch is open.
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The exact type of alarm (siren, flashing light, etc.) depends on how the system has been
programmed.
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The area LED on the panel identifies the location of the alarm.
See "Resetting a zone in
System alarm
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The state of a security system when an Advisor MASTER device (Advisor MASTER panel, RAS
or DGP) is tampered, stops communicating, or detects a fault condition such as mains fail, low
battery, fuse fail etc., for example:
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The exact type of alarm (siren, flashing light, etc.) depends on how the system has been
programmed.
Your system has been programmed to respond to a system alarm in one of two ways:
1. Latching system alarms
A PIN code, which is authorised to reset system alarms, must be entered to reset a system alarm. The
procedure to identify and reset latching system alarms is the same as the procedure described for "Alarms".
alarm" for the procedure to identify, acknowledge and reset a local alarm.
alarm" for the procedure to reset an alarm.
Alarm equipment interfered with or covers removed (DGP tamper).
Communications cabling interfered with - cut or shorted (DGP Fail, RAS Fail).
Connections to siren speakers interfered with - cut or shorted (Siren Fail).
Telephone line interfered with - cut, shorted or damaged (Report Fail).
Power supply interruption and/or overload and battery problems (Mains Fail, Fuse Fail,
Low Battery).