Re: question about what defines an alarm "zone"

["Bill" <bill190nospam@xxxxxxxxx>]

The more zones on an alarm system, the better.

For example you can have the front door be an "entry/exit" zone and have a
45 second delay to enter or exit. So 45 seconds before alarm would trip if
that door was opened and alarm code was not entered.

Other doors can be wired to a different instant zone. When they are opened,
the alarm instantly trips.

And interior motion detectors can cause false alarms as well as doors or
anything else. If every device is on its own zone, a code for that zone is
sent to the monitoring center. Then you would know which device tripped the
alarm. And if false alarm, you would know which device tripped the alarm and
which device needs fixing.

If *everything* is on one zone, it can make troubleshooting difficult.

Batteries can be very expensive to replace. So may want to check on that
before buying. I hardwired everything on my system - no batteries to
replace.

In general, the more zones the better, and the more devices you have on
their own zones, the easier troubleshooting will be if there is a problem.

<jasonnews@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> Had a quick question..  I'm looking at a wireless alarm system that
> currently has space for 1 hard wired zone..  I currently have 4 doors
> that have alarm wire run to them and would prefer to have them
> hardwired and all the windows wireless..  My question is can I set up
> all 4 doors as 1 zone and just splice the wires together and connect
> them to the hard wire screw on the Alarm system?   I know the system
> would not be able to tell which door was open it would just know that
> some door in the wired zone was opened..  I don't care about that..
> Just wondering if I can set it up that way..
>
> Thanks
>