Intruder Alarms, Second Edition

Intruder Alarms provides a definitive and fully up-to-date guide to the specification, systems design, integration, installation and maintenance of intruder alarm systems. It has been written to be the essential handbook for installation engineers and security professionals working in this rapidly expanding and developing area. The second edition includes new material on the use of remote signalling and networking and an expanded section on the integration of security systems, including real-world case studies. Information on police response policy, and the use of confirmed alarm technology has been updated, along with coverage of accreditation systems, NSI and ICON. This book has been endorsed by SITO (the UK's Security Industry Training Organisation) as a suitable text for students following the relevant SITO courses including the SITO / City & Guilds scheme 1851: Knowledge of Security and Emergency Alarm Systems. * The practical guide for installation engineers and security professionals * Essential reading for anyone responsible for the commissioning and maintenance of security alarm systems * New edition covers networking and integration issues Front Cover......Page 1 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Foreword......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 10 1 Intruder alarm systems......Page 12 1.1 A complementary part of the security industry......Page 14 1.2 ACPO Security Systems Policy and response organizations in the intruder alarm industry......Page 16 1.3 Local authority requirements......Page 31 1.4 Standards, codes of practice and regulations......Page 33 1.5 The installation and servicing company......Page 40 2.1 Detector circuits......Page 44 2.2 Line-monitoring devices......Page 48 2.3 The electromagnetic relay......Page 51 2.4 Power circuits......Page 53 2.5 Control circuits......Page 56 3 Intruder alarm detection devices......Page 59 3.1 Protective switches......Page 60 3.2 Continuous wiring......Page 64 3.3 Glass break detectors......Page 65 3.4 Deliberately operated devices......Page 74 3.5 Beam interruption detectors......Page 76 3.6 Movement detectors......Page 81 3.7 Inertia and vibration detectors......Page 98 3.8 Capacitive detectors......Page 102 3.9 Acoustic detectors......Page 103 3.10 Terms and symbols......Page 104 4.1 Primary supply......Page 106 4.2 Secondary supplies......Page 108 4.3 Ancillary duties......Page 114 5 Intruder alarm control equipment......Page 117 5.1 Control panel system facilities......Page 118 5.2 Control panel detector circuit facilities: control unit features......Page 124 5.3 Conventional connection details......Page 133 5.4 Ancillary control equipment......Page 141 5.5 Multiplex, data bus networks and addressable systems......Page 147 5.6 Voltage surges and induced electromagnetic energy......Page 153 5.7 Uploading and downloading......Page 163 6 Signalling systems and confirmed alarms......Page 169 6.1 Audible signalling devices......Page 170 6.2 Visual signalling devices......Page 181 6.3 Electromagnetic relays: applications......Page 182 6.4 Remote signalling: the alarm receiving centre......Page 185 6.5 Remote signalling: telephone lines......Page 187 6.6 Signalling systems and automatic dialling equipment......Page 194 6.7 Radio signalling: Paknet......Page 210 6.8 Optical fibres......Page 212 6.9 Alarm confirmation technology......Page 216 7.1 Survey of modern wiring methods......Page 223 7.2 Installation of supports and cables......Page 231 7.3 Joints and terminations......Page 233 7.4 Fixing methods for devices......Page 237 7.5 Working equipment: safe use......Page 240 8.1 Visual inspection and testing......Page 244 8.2 Safety precautions and test equipment......Page 245 9 Commissioning, maintenance (servicing) and fault location......Page 254 9.1 Testing the system......Page 255 9.2 Regulatory authority requirements......Page 258 9.3 Fault finding......Page 260 9.4 Customer care: servicing and maintenance......Page 274 9.5 Test equipment......Page 281 10.1 Wireless intruder alarms......Page 288 10.3 Multiplication factors......Page 291 10.4 Reference Standards, codes of practice and regulations......Page 293 Index......Page 296 Intruder Alarms provides a definitive and fully up-to-date guide to the specification, systems design, integration, installation and maintenance of intruder alarm systems. It has been written to be the essential handbook for installation engineers and security professionals working in this rapidly expanding and developing area.

The second edition includes new material on the use of remote signalling and networking and an expanded section on the integration of security systems, including real-world case studies. Information on police response policy, and the use of confirmed alarm technology has been updated, along with coverage of accreditation systems, NSI and ICON.

This book has been endorsed by SITO (the UK's Security Industry Training Organisation) as a suitable text for students following the relevant SITO courses including the SITO / City & Guilds scheme 1851: Knowledge of Security and Emergency Alarm Systems.

* The practical guide for installation engineers and security professionals
* Essential reading for anyone responsible for the commissioning and maintenance of security alarm systems
* New edition covers networking and integration issues This chapter concentrates on the fact that intruder alarms form only one part of a much greater security industry.