Smoke Alarm interconnection

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Our Smoke Alarm system was chirping. Usually this means that the batteries in the alarms need replacing. We did that. Still chirping. Then the alarm began to talk; it said "Low Battery in Server". Sure enough, the battery in the Telus fibre optic panel was showing a red light indicating that the back-up battery needed to be replaced. Telus send a technician very promptly. He replaced the battery. The chirping and the message stopped. (We had removed the smoke alarms while we waited for the technician so that we could sleep)

So, my question is this: can anyone explain the connection between the smoke alarm system and the Telus Fibre Optic service. Even the technician was at a loss on this.


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