Ok basically you want to know all the settings required to make your alarm work
That's very difficult as an engineer would check all the settings from a to z
As for zones yes more or less correct that would get you going , provind the wiring is correct
In very basic terms some panels are already generally setup except zones and you might find out the hard way when something either doesn't work or goes faulty
Spare of all unused zones ie make them not in use , make sure bell time is correct, etc
Then you will have to use it to see what happens, and might end up calling an engineer to programme it, if you flick through the manual and understand how to programme zones and timers, do you really know what whey other term means?
If you really going to have a go, perhaps don't connect an external bell yet so at least problems are located to sounding inside instead of outside
Or get an engineer
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