HOME SECURITY SYSTEMS

For: Communication Technology 2201By: Chris Murphy

System Design

- Designed to detect intrusion - Or unauthorized entry to a building or residence - Designs are made for home and business protection - Prisons, homes, government buildings are all protected by

security systems

Types or systems

- Single purpose would be intrusion or burglary.

-Multi-purpose alarms come with intrusion and chemical and fire detectors

Systems range from small to complicated muti-area computer monitored systems

Sensor Types

- Passive infrared detectors - Ultrasonic detectors - Microwave detectors - Glass break detectors - Smoke, heat and carbon monoxide

detectors

Alarm Response

- 36 million alarm detections in a year in US

- Some have real sound and video feedback

- Verified systems have the first response feedback

Wired, Wireless And Hybrid

- Wired best used when sensors require power to operate correctly

- Wireless use battery operated transmitters easier to install and operate cost less but less effective triggers

- Hybrid use both wired and wireless features giving benefits from both, most expensive of all three