Honeywell control panel OMNI 400600624848 User Manual

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Limitations of This Alarm System 
While this system is an advanced design security system, it does not offer guaranteed protection against burglary, fire, or other emergency. Any alarm system, whether commercial or residential, is subject to compromise or failure to warn for a variety of reasons. For example: 
• Intruders may gain access through unprotected openings or have the technical sophistication to bypass an alarm sensor or disconnect an alarm warning device. 
•  Intrusion detectors (e.g., passive infrared detectors), smoke detectors, and many other sensing devices will not work without batteries, or if the batteries are not put in properly. Devices powered solely by AC will not work if their AC power supply is cut off for any reason, however briefly. 
•  Signals sent by wireless transmitters may be blocked or reflected by metal before they reach the alarm receiver. Even if the signal path has been recently checked during a weekly test, blockage can occur if a metal object is moved into the path. 
•  A user may not be able to reach a panic or emergency button quickly enough. 
•  While smoke detectors have played a key role in reducing residential fire deaths, they may not activate or provide early warning for a variety of reasons in as many as 35% of all fires. Some of the reasons smoke detectors used in conjunction with the System may not work are as follows: Smoke detectors may not sense fires that start where smoke cannot reach the detectors, such as in chimneys, in walls, or roofs, or on the other side of closed doors. Smoke detectors also may not sense a fire on another level of a residence or building. A second-floor detector, for example, may not sense a first-floor or basement fire. Moreover, smoke detectors have sensing limitations. No smoke detector can sense every kind of fire every time. In general, detectors may not always warn about fires caused by carelessness and safety hazards like smoking in bed, violent explosions, escaping gas, improper storage of flammable materials, overloaded electrical circuits, children playing with matches, or arson. Depending on the nature of the fire and/or the location of the smoke detectors, the detector, even if it operates as anticipated, may not provide sufficient warning to allow all occupants to escape in time to prevent injury or death. 
• Passive Infrared Motion Detectors can detect intrusion only within the designed ranges as diagrammed in their Installation Manual. Passive Infrared Detectors do not provide volumetric area protection. They do create multiple beams of protection, and intrusion can only be detected in unobstructed areas covered by the beams. They cannot detect motion or intrusion that takes place behind walls, ceilings, floors, closed doors, glass partitions, glass doors or windows. Mechanical tampering, masking, painting or spraying, of any material on the mirrors, windows or any part of the optical system can reduce their detection ability. Passive Infrared Detectors sense changes in temperature; however, as the ambient temperature of the protected area approaches the temperature range of 90º to 104º Fahrenheit (32º to 40º Celsius), the detection performance can decrease. 
•  Alarm warning devices such as sirens, bells or horns may not alert people or wake up sleepers who are located on the other side of closed or partly open doors. If warning devices sound on a different level of the residence from the bedrooms, then they are less likely to waken or alert people inside the bedrooms. Even persons who are awake may not hear the warning if the alarm is muffled by noise from a stereo, radio, air conditioner, other appliances, or by passing traffic. Finally, alarm warning devices, however loud, may not warn hearing-impaired people or waken deep sleepers. 
•  Telephone lines needed to transmit alarm signals from a premises to a central monitoring station may be out of service or temporarily out of service. Telephone lines are also subject to compromise by sophisticated intruders. 
  However, even if the system responds to the emergency as intended, occupants may have insufficient time to protect themselves from the emergency situation. In the case of a monitored alarm system, authorities may not respond appropriately. 
•  This equipment, like other electrical devices, is subject to component failure. Even though this equipment is designed to last as long as 20 years, the electronic components could fail at any time. 
The most common cause of an alarm system not functioning when an intrusion or fire occurs is inadequate maintenance. This alarm system should be tested weekly to make sure all sensors are working properly. 
Installing an alarm system may make one eligible for lower insurance rates, but an alarm system is not a substitute for insurance. Homeowners, property owners and renters should continue to act prudently in protecting themselves and continue to insure their lives and property. 
We continue to develop new and improved protection devices. Users of alarm systems owe it to themselves and their loved ones to learn about these developments. 
  
						

							ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY 
 
Honeywell International Inc., acting through its Security & Custom Electronics business (Seller), 165 Eileen 
Way, Syosset, New York 11791, warrants its security equipment (the product) to be free from defects in 
materials and workmanship for one year from date of original purchase, under normal use and service. Sellers 
obligation is limited to repairing or replacing, at its option, free of charge for parts, labor, or transportation, any 
product proven to be defective in materials or workmanship under normal use and service. Seller shall have no 
obligation under this warranty or otherwise if the product is altered or improperly repaired or serviced by 
anyone other than the Seller. In case of defect, contact the security professional who installed and maintains 
your security equipment or the Seller for product repair. 
This one year Limited Warranty is in lieu of all other express warranties, obligations or liabilities. THERE ARE 
NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES, WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THE FACE HEREOF. ANY IMPLIED 
WARRANTIES, OBLIGATIONS OR LIABILITIES MADE BY SELLER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS 
PRODUCT, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A 
PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR OTHERWISE, ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR 
FROM THE DATE OF ORIGINAL PURCHASE. ANY ACTION FOR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY, IN-
CLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, MUST BE 
BROUGHT WITHIN 12 MONTHS FROM DATE OF ORIGINAL PURCHASE. IN NO CASE SHALL SELLER 
BE LIABLE TO ANYONE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF 
THIS OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OR UPON ANY OTHER BASIS OF LIABILITY 
WHATSOEVER, EVEN IF THE LOSS OR DAMAGE IS CAUSED BY THE SELLERS OWN NEGLIGENCE 
OR FAULT. Some states do not allow limitation on how long an implied warranty lasts or the exclusion or 
limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. 
Seller does not represent that the product may not be compromised or circumvented; that the product will 
prevent any personal injury or property loss by burglary, robbery, fire or otherwise; or that the product will in all 
cases provide adequate warning or protection. Buyer understands that a properly installed and maintained 
alarm may only reduce the risk of a burglary, robbery, fire or other events occurring without providing an alarm, 
but it is not insurance or a guarantee that such will not occur or that there will be no personal injury or property 
loss as a result. CONSEQUENTLY, SELLER SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY PERSONAL INJURY, 
PROPERTY DAMAGE OR OTHER LOSS BASED ON A CLAIM THE PRODUCT FAILED TO GIVE WARN-
ING. HOWEVER, IF SELLER IS HELD LIABLE, WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR ANY LOSS 
OR DAMAGE ARISING UNDER THIS LIMITED WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE, REGARDLESS OF CAUSE 
OR ORIGIN, SELLERS MAXIMUM LIABILITY SHALL NOT IN ANY CASE EXCEED THE PURCHASE PRICE 
OF THE PRODUCT, WHICH SHALL BE THE COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AGAINST SELLER. 
This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. 
No increase or alteration, written or verbal, to this warranty is authorized. 
 
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