Alerts when a door is opened (and system off)

Answer 1) No, the base station does not announce the entry sensor name when a door or window is opened - it just chimes.

Answer 2) Add a second entry sensor to each door you want to monitor and set them to secret alert. Secret alerts function in all modes - off / home / away. Deselect "Activity" for your email and text notifications if you don't want all of the clutter.

For item 2), it seems like you can set off mode to secret alert, and home/away modes to alarm?

Good Call @WS729 - I had forgotten that the senor function can be set differently for each mode with SS3