Lyric Security System: Burglary Alarm Sounder Option

This video tutorial will show you how to enable the brand new burglary alarm sounder feature on your Lyric Security System control panel.
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The burglary alarm sounder on the home security system is an audible and often times, piercing sound that emanates from the control panel when an intrusion or fire is detected.
With previous Honeywell systems there was only one way to disable the alarm sounder and that was to disconnect the wires through the back of the control panel. With the new Honeywell Lyric system, you can quiet, disable, or full audio the sounder through programming.
This video will show you how to enable, disable or quiet the burglary alarm sounder through your Lyric control panel.
To run these options, you first need to access the tools menu in programming using your installer code. Do not attempt to use your master code, as this will not allow the required access to the tools menu options.
From the tools menu, you will want to select Program and then the Sounder sub menu as the video will demonstrate for you.
We will cover the menu options in this sub menu in the video. The arm confirm option will alert you with a loud tone when you arm the system with the key fob. The Burglary Bell Timeout option will allow you to set how long the alarm sounder will ring for, in minute based duration.
The Burglary Alarm Sound option is new for the Lyric system. As our video will explain in detail, selecting this option to “No” will disable the alarm sounder speaker inside the control panel. In previous systems, setting this option to no did nothing and the panel would still alarm loudly.
You may want the alarm siren, especially to alert an intruder that your home is protected. However, there are instances when you may not want the location of the control panel known to an intruder through an audible alarm.
You may also need to test sensors or features that would normally sound the control panel alarm, and disabling it will allow you to run your tests without sounding the alarm from the control panel.
The simple toggle is all you need to do to disable the sounder alarm. Pressing once to toggle to no will deactivate the sounder and pressing a second time will toggle to yes, enabling the sounder alarm.
It is important to note that with the alarm sounder off the panel will still make an audible noise. However, as the video will demonstrate in detail, the alarm sounder does not alarm and only the voice feedback speaker will alarm.
This is a much quieter alarm, and will help prevent control panel location identification by an intruder, or to alleviate the piercing alarm while you run testing.
You can view other videos to learn more about the advanced features of the Honeywell Lyric Security System control panel by browsing our video library.

[@Jens0544]

Love your videos and customer service!

[@alexandersalarms5380]

Do u guys do other sound tests

[@railgunsforlife8303]

Why does the fire alarm with the loud siren on sound like it has two buzzers going off out of sync?

[@DKAlarmgridSupport]

Hi, There was an auxiliary SiXSIREN installed at this home so perhaps that's what's causing the echo. We can't recall if the SiXSIREN was setup already when we shot this video.

[@Galayman2]

Is this a good system to get if I don't like the very loud noises of buglar alarms, but still want to be protected?

[@SterlingDonnelly]

The Lyric is not prone to false alarms but it does have a loud siren that will trigger once activated so, yes I think it's a good system if you want to be protected but you should expect a loud noise in the home when the alarm is activated. You could disable the siren if you'd like but we wouldn't recommend that as it could easily lead to false alarm dispatches in times you don't even realize the alarm was triggered. Also, the siren is recommended as a means of hopefully scaring away an intruder once they gain access.

[@Galayman2]

well, from watching the video, I saw that even though it was turned off, you could still hear the siren and it wasn't loud, so you could stil hear it, I just want to protect my hearing and when the siren was put into not loud siren mode, you could still hear it, so it would still make noise, correct?

[@SterlingDonnelly]

I'm not sure I understand your follow up reply. What timestamp of the video are you referring to when the siren was ringing but not loud?

[@Galayman2]

yes, I believe it starts at 3:30 in the video.

[@SterlingDonnelly]

Ah, yes. With the Burglary Alarm Sounder option turned off, the system siren is certainly not as loud as a typical alarm system siren would be so the Lyric may be a great system for your unique needs.

[@piratapiri20]

can you conect a hardwire siren in the lyric like you can do in the lynx touch?

[@SterlingDonnelly]

+Pirata20 There's no bell output but you can use the LYNX-EXT kit (www.alarmgrid.com/products/alarmgrid-lynx-ext) to hook up wired sirens to the Lyric just like on a LYNX Touch.