mode sounding an emergency state etc such a mapping 58 will have been entered into the adaptive console 44 during a learning phase in the learning phase the user or installer will cause one of the wireless remote sensors 21 to transmit its wireless message comprising a particular identification code 36 simultaneously or at some predetermined time thereafter the user enters the function on the console display keypad 18 that he wishes to be associated with the particular identification code 36 contained in the wireless message being transmitted alternatively the function could be entered first via the console display keypad 18 followed by the identification code 36 it is anticipated that the function will be represented in the form of keypress information 62 originating from a keypad 60 and displayed to the user on a display 72 by means well known in the art in this way the mapping 58 between valid identification codes 36 and the corresponding functions that the user determines should be performed upon receipt of each of the valid identification codes 36 is generated and may be stored in memory 48 the mapping 58 is used to determine the function corresponding to a given identification code 36 as well as to determine the identification code 36 corresponding to a given function expressed in.