Knowledgebase
| Word | Description |
| Zip Cord | Cable in which each conductor is insulated, but there is no additional jacket surrounding them and can be easily split lengthwise, like speaker cable, for example. Usually one of the conductors has a different color wire, or a stripe or ridge to be able to differentiate it from the other. |
| Zone | A specific protected area of a building, as seen by the alarm system. A zone might include a single door, multiple windows, a motion detector, or any other detection device that is monitored by the control panel, alone or in a group. Wireless devices are normally each a zone by definition. This is one of the most custom parts of alarm systems, because the zone behavior is affected by programming. Some systems use phrases like “sensor group” instead of “zone type”. |
