Alarms; Siren Time-Out; Preventing Accidental Alarms - GE Allegro User Manual

Alarms

When there is an alarm condition, the siren emits emergency tones and the panel
notifies the central station for help.

Siren time-out

The system is not automatically disarmed after an alarm, the sirens continue to
sound until the time-out period is reached. Even after the time-out stops the sirens,
the alarm is still in progress and remains so until you manually disarm the system.
The time-out period can only be programmed by your installer or dealer.

Preventing accidental alarms

Your security system is engineered with advanced technology that reduces the
chance of an accidental alarm caused by a technical problem.
Most accidental alarms occur when leaving a residence after arming the system, or
upon returning, before disarming system.
If, for example, you arm the system, then run to another room for something you
forgot, the exit delay time may expire. Once the exit delay expires, opening an armed
door or moving in front of an armed motion detector causes an alarm or starts the
entry delay.
Your system can be set up with the opportunity to abort an accidental intrusion,
police, or emergency alarm (fire alarms cannot be aborted).
If the dialer delay feature is turned on, you have a programmed amount of time
(between 15 and 45 seconds after an event, as set by your installer) to stop the panel
before it sends a false alarm to the central station. Talk to your installer or see "Dialer
delay" on page 27 to see if this feature is enabled and how much of a delay is
programmed.
Fire alarms are always reported. If an accidental fire alarm has sounded, follow your
central monitoring station's procedures to prevent a false dispatch.
To abort a nonfire alarm:
1. When the panel displays ENTER CODE + <type of alarm>, enter your access
code.
The panel displays ABORTED and sounds one beep.
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