Alarm systems
what is an alarm system?
It is a device that, when armed, will monitor the area where it is installed from intruders and notify you if one of the protected spots is broken into. It gives you protection and peace of mind that when the area/property is unattended it is still monitored.
how can it monitor my house?
The alarm system consists of a main console and a number of detectors. when the detectors are triggered, they notify the main console which turns on a loud siren and at the same time makes a number of calls to your phone.
when I receive a call from the alarm console what can I do?
You can instantly listen into the house and if you are not near, notify neighbours or even the police to take care of the incident. The main console can be programmed to make calls to a list of numbers.
what can the detectors detect?
There are a number of different detectors available which cover the needs of everyone.
The most commonly used types are the magnetic switches (door window sensors) and motion detectors. Other detectors include smoke and heat detectors, gas leakage detectors, glass breaking detectors and infrared beams. All detectors transmit information to the main console wireless meaning there is no need to draw cables or reorganise the house or wires showing around the house.
Motion detectors detect movement in the environment and can cover large areas inside the house. They do this using high technology sensors by constantly monitoring the temperature of the objects in the environment. Changes in temperature are immediately reported to the main console. Motion detectors can be installed to monitor areas inside the house and detect movement up to 12 metres away. There are also ceiling type motion detectors which are installed on the ceiling of the area to monitor a diameter of the covered area. The covered area depends on the height of the ceiling.
what if I have pets in the house?
No problem. There are special motion detectors which are "pet immune" meaning they will ignore changes in the environment from pet movements.
They are magnetic switches, placed on doors and windows and as soon as those doors/windows open, the alarm system is triggered.
what is the door window sensor?
motion detectors
Smoke detectors detect smoke in the environent and again report to the main console. unlike the other sensors, smoke detectors are armed 24 hours a day and not only when the alarm system is armed. This gives extra security during the times when you are in the house.
smoke detectors
The same function as the smoke detectors only now they detect gas in the environment. usefull for gas based hobs and gas heaters.
gas leakage detectors
In three different ways. Directly from the console (always the use of a pin is required) or using the remote controls (arm, disarm, arm-home, emergency button) or even from any telephone in the world. you can call the alarm system at your home number and from the keys of the phone you can arm, disarm, turn on or off the siren and listen into the house.
extremely useful as you control your system from anywhere in the world!!
how can i arm the system?
When arm-home is selected, the system ignores triggers received from certain detectors. this is extremely useful as the owner can arm the system when he/she is in the house so that the owners can move around freely without the alarm system triggering. A "perimeter-like" behaviour is then gained - doors and windows are secure and motion detectors are in passive mode.
example: you are getting up during the night to go the toilet - you have peace of mind that the alarm system will not go off!!!
what is arm home?
If your system is connected to the fixed line to make the emergency calls then obviously the system will not be able to call you. However the system will detect the telephone line cut or short and will trigger the sirens. alarms4all.com provides total security by equipping all systems with a GSM module which does not use phone wires. So, you are totally safe from phone line cuts.
what happens if the intruders cut the phone line before entering the house?