Configuring cause and effect matrices using alarm system event detection devices

A system, comprising:

• a number of event detection devices configured to detect an event within a building;
• and
• an alarm system control panel configured to receive information about the event or event detection devices and transmit the information to a computing device;
• wherein the computing device is configured to:
• initiate a zone configuration software by sending computing device executable instructions to a control panel of an alarm system;
• send, 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;
• receive detection device identification information that identifies each detection device within a particular device's communication range;
• determine and creating a zone by clustering detection devices with a communication signal strength above a threshold strength value.

A method, comprising:

• 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;
• determining and creating a zone by clustering detection devices with a communication signal strength above a threshold strength value;
• accessing floorplan data and using the data from the floorplans to create the visual floor representation including an illustration of the created zone.