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For Intruder Alarm,
"101 ABC Lane - 01 Intruder Alarm - 03 Back Window"
The 1st field is Alphanumeric Text ID eg "101 ABC Lane" shows the identity or location of the system. It can be sent to 8 phones including the Installer who is monitoring the system
The 2nd field is the Alarm Name eg "Intruder Alarm". This is the name of the Alarm Type in Comfigurator. There are up to 31 Alarm Types in Comfigurator, which can be independently programmed to dial to a combination of 8 phone numbers.
The 3rd field is the zone name eg "03 Back Window " means zone 3 Back Window
The SMS message shows exactly what the alarm is and which zone activated the alarm
Other alarm messages include
"101 ABC Lane - 12 Fire Alarm - 16 Kitchen Heat Detector"
This shows that a fire alarm was caused by zone 16 Heat detector
"101 ABC Lane - 09 Panic Alarm - 07 Study Room Panic"
This shows that a Panic alarm was caused by the panic button in the Study (Zone 7)
"101 ABC Lane - 19 System Armed - Philip "
This means that Comfort was armed by Philip
"101 ABC Lane - 17 Disarm - Jane"
This means that the security system was disarmed (unset) by Jane
"101 ABC Lane - 24 Communications Failure - 66 Keypad 2"
This means that Keypad #2 lost communications with Comfort. This is a trouble alarm
"101 ABC Lane - 09 Power Failure - 001 Controller"
This means that a power failure occurred in the mains power connected to Comfort. This is a trouble alarm. The back up battery will be powering Comfort in the event of a power failure.
"101 ABC Lane - 09 Power Failure Restore - 001 Controller"
This means that power was restored after a power failure. Restoral of Trouble alarms will also cause SMS messages to be sent to the programmed phones.
"101 ABC Lane - 08 Low Battery - 33 Slave #1"
This means that Low battery was detected on Slave #1, perhaps due to a power failure. This is a trouble alarm
The above examples show how useful the SMS messages can be to a user or installer, as it can report not just full alarms but also arming/disarming events and Trouble alarms
Last edited on Sunday Dec 22nd, 2013 02:25 am by ident
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