Intrusion alert systems

Usually, unlawful entries (houses, institutional or industrial buildings etc.) occur due to superficial security measures (physical, mechanical, and electronic protection) and thus offenders find too often an easy way to reach their illegal objectives.

Most owners decide to install an intrusion alert system only after they themselves or their neighbors have been subject to burglary or breaking and entering.

Installation of an intrusion alert system is one of the most important decisions for protection of a building, goods, values, and individuals, increasing the comfort of beneficiaries and strongly discouraging criminals.

Your property can be protected at a relatively low cost by installing such systems, which can warn you of an intruder’s trespassing the protected area.
Intruders can also be detected before entering a building by outdoor perimeter detection equipment.

Trespassing can be signaled both locally (warning sirens producing acoustic and optical signals) and remote, in the latter case the system being provided with a digital or voice communicator for warning the beneficiary and/or connected to a monitoring and rapid response security company.

An intrusion detection and alert system may include the following components:
• Main unit (alarm unit)
Receives and analyzes status signals sent by detectors (sensors, magnetic contacts, etc.) connected to it, starts the alarm and the acoustic and/or optical signals, memorizes and displays the event corresponding to the areas (locations) under surveillance.
• Storage batteries
Keep the system in operating order in case of accidental or deliberate disconnection of the power source.
• Warning sirens
For indoor and outdoor use, give local alarm warning (acoustic and optical signals) for the area under surveillance.
• Keypads
LED or LCD, are used for operating the alarm system (on/off, program and display of status information, or other various system functions).
• Remotes
Are used for operating the alarm system (on/off, program certain system functions, panic button).
• Magnetic contacts
For monitoring the opening/closing of doors and/or windows.
• Motion detectors
For indoor or outdoor use, PIR (infrared), MW (microwave), ultrasound, immune to animals or combined are used for detecting motion within the area under surveillance.
• Infrared barriers
Made up of two communication elements (transmitter and receiver), are usually used outdoors as a “gate” to the protected area.
• Shock (vibration) detectors
Detect shockwaves caused by doors, windows, or walls being hit, punctured, or displaced.
• Broken window detectors
Acoustically detect the noise caused when a window is broken.
• Fire detectors
These can be detectors for smoke, temperature, gas, carbon monoxide, flood, etc.
• GSM/GPRS communicator
Transmits the status and/or data provided by the alarm unit to the beneficiary or a monitoring dispatch.
• Electro–magnetic Yale lock (electromagnet, magnetic lock)
Used for electronically restricting/allowing access into protected areas.
• Various radio equipment (wireless)
Generally used in locations where cabling is not allowed, or for wireless connection of various technical equipment.
• Extension module and other additional equipment
Are used for various applications, extension of the alarm unit’s functional parameters, number of areas or outlets, operation of various functions etc.

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Intrusion alert systems