CONFIGURING CAUSE AND EFFECT MATRICES USING ALARM SYSTEM EVENT DETECTION DEVICES

Systems, methods, and processes of configuring cause and effect matrices using alarm system event detection devices in an area within a facility are described herein. One method, includes initiating a zone configuration software by sending computing device executable instructions to a control panel of an alarm system, sending, via the control panel, instructions, to each event detection device of the alarm system, to initiate short range communication to detection devices within each device's communication range, receiving detection device identification information that identifies each detection device within a particular device's communication range, and determining and creating a zone by clustering detection devices with a communication signal strength above a threshold strength value.