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New Alarm Condition During Active Alarm Activation

If a new alarm condition occurs during the initial alarm sequence, the start inhibitor will remain on and only the horn alarm will continue.
(The alarm will continue even if the point of entry is closed.)

Fig 1: Illustrating START INHIBIT Function Chart
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