Home Systems

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There are three elements of basic residential security system designs and each provides a different type of protection.

Elements of a System

Perimeter Protection

Your main priority is to protect your family under a perimeter protection system. All points of entry will be protected with sensors, every door, window, sky light and opening in general will be monitored. It is equivalent to having an imaginary line drawn completely around you. You arm your system while you are home or away. The moment anyone breaks the perimeter of your home the alarm will sound. A perimeter system detects an intruder while they are outside of the premises. It gives you the peace of mind in knowing that you will not bump into anyone in your home. The alarm will sound before they even enter.

Area Protection

This provides to specific areas within the property. It consists mostly of motion sensors, although photoelectric detectors are also in this category. Area protection means that if anyone walks into this area, the alarm will detect them. It is primarily designed to protect property. The system is designed to be armed when you are away. You cannot arm a motion detector and wander freely about in the premise.

Object Protection

Object protection is for items that are considered likely targets for burglars. These include items such as safes, gun cabinets, computers, and filing cabinets. Although object protection can be used in isolation, such as in a bank vault, it is typically used in combination with perimeter and or area protection. It can also be used as a local alarm not reporting to the monitoring station to keep young children out of medicine cabinets, gun cabinets, or cleaning supply cabinets. These cabinets are always armed and the local siren reports when any one of these objects has been opened. More sophisticated systems will also alert you via wireless communication devices that the protected object has been opened.

Systems are normally configured to monitor doors and windows, but they can also detect smoke, heat, carbon monoxide, freezing temperatures, and rising water. For persons with medical conditions, system sensors can be set to go into alarm if there has been no activity in a prescribed period of time, indicating a possible medical emergency.

Monitored Protection

Systems commonly include alarm verification technology that greatly reduces the chance of false alarms. Before authorities are dispatched, operators use telephone or cellular verification to contact the alarm location. If the alarm is accidental, the user can cancel the alarm by providing an authorized user code. If the code is not provided, the authorities are dispatched.