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Viewcare Ltd
26 Crofton Grove
Chingford
London
E4 6NY
UK.
Sales Enquiries
020 8523 9196
07860 963691
Company
No.
5708983
VAT No.
888 4010 03
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DIY Installation advise for wireless Intruder Alarms
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Planning your Layout
The most important
step in installing any intruder alarm system is
to plan correctly. This is normally done by
drawing a floor plan of the building, then you
need to decide what areas to cover with the
wireless alarm system, It is useful to walk
around the building and look for these points,
For Example.
From that
information you can then decide what type of
alarm panel and how many zones are needed. (You
should try to pick an alarm panel with extra
zones to allow for future expansion).
Now you have the main
intruder
alarms areas (zones) of the system
decided you can think about where to position
the panel and/or remote keypad if used. You then
need to decide where to mount the sensors for
the best coverage of your property, and decide
where to mount the external bell box.
Layout Examples
●= PIR
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Control Panel
Ideally the control
panel needs to be located fairly close to the
main entry/exit point.
It should be positioned
out of reach of smaller children.
Do not fit the panel
onto combustible material.
Should the main panel be hidden
just leaving a keypad on show? (Using a system
with an hidden control panel and remote keypad looks
neater and is also more secure than control
panel on the wall in full view.) |
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Bellbox Positioning
This should be
mounted on the front of the building or a
location where it will be in full view of
neighbours and passers by, as the very sight of
it would be a deterrent to many would be
burglars. The Bellbox should be placed high
enough on the building to be out of easy reach.
If you have a siren with a solar panel, please
ensure this is on a south facing wall if
possible and mount the bellbox as high as
possible to catch the low sun in winter. Place
dummy siren on another side of your building if
your property is north facing.
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PIR Detectors
Where possible it is
advised not to mount standard PIR detectors
where they could face sources of infra-red light
emissions such as windows, fires, filament lamps
and heat sources such as radiators and heaters,
as these could occasionally trigger the sensor
causing false alarms.
Also consider your
PETS, consider other methods of detection to
areas where pets/animals will have access during
the times the alarm system is set. If PIR type
sensors must be used then try to get the PET
IMMUNE type. Make sure all PIRs are switched
from test mode to normal mode after testing.
Try to mount the PIR’s in suitable positions to
avoid false alarms from post coming through the
letterbox.
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Smoke/Heat
Detectors
Consider mounting at least a couple of
Smoke/Heat detectors as part of your Alarm
System. At least two are recommended, one in the
hall and one on the landing but every home is
different so decide the best locations for your
home. Try to fit Heat detectors in locations
where smoke is an un-avoidable occurrence, such
as in the kitchen (You don't want the alarm
going off every time you burn the toast!)
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Door
Contacts
These are normally fitted to all external doors
but can be fitted to any vulnerable door or
window as required
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Intruder
alarms
- Programming the system:-
Now all there is left to do is programme the
intruder alarms
with zone descriptions, zone types, entry/exit
time, bell time, codes etc…. To ensure all zones
are functionally correct you can usually enter
“walk test” mode on the control panel. And to
ensure the speakers, bell box and strobe all
function correctly you can usually enter “test
mode” on the control panel
To test your system the best way is to set it
and try to gain entry without triggering the
alarm system, if all has been planed and
installed correctly this should not be possible!
Note: Some of this information has
been taken from the website
www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk run by Dave
Partridge who is a long term security
specialist.
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