How to set up driveway alarm systems

Entry driveway alert is necessary for flat house families safety. Even if you live in wealthy and civilized country, there is still theft and burglary. Maybe the unbalanced society is the cause for it. However, try the best to prevent crime and keep safety is the best way and only way we can do.

warning of visitors

How to set up driveway alarm systems? The system is a set of wireless driveway sensors, solar-powered photoelectric beams sensor is the typical one, and alert siren strobe or wireless receiver.

How does the driveway alert system work? When the car or someone pass through the driveway, the alert system will trigger alarm with sound and light outdoor on the wall and inside. It can be used as reminder of home owner back if it is necessary. Without getting near the house, entry action is known as alert or warning.

How is it easy and reliable to use the wireless solar-powered photoelectric beams driveway alert system? No false alarm from birds, lizards, winds or fallen leaves. No any wiring is needed for power or for signal transmitting.

There are two packages of driveway alert security system. One package is one pair beams sensor with outdoor solar-powered siren strobe. Another package is one pair beams sensor with indoor wireless receiver.

Wireless alert system

How is sensor important for smart home

Sensing technology is important for smart home system. With sensors, the environment change can be sensed and reported to controller for analysis, the controller then commands the device adjusting and responding. The smart home system is the real automatic running smart system.

How is sensor important for smart home. How does the sensing technology change and improve the smart home system functions? Below we will analyze it.

1. Sensors provide abundant data and enable artificial intelligence of smart home system

With sensors, the smart home system will be more programmable. Home is more visible and environment change is quantized and smart home system can automatically running according to change of reality. Everything can be a virtual device and is connected. Everything is intelligent and can learn and respond. So, the smart home system can provide suitable service automatically.

2. Sensor is connection of house appliance

With sensors, the house appliance such as lighting, curtain, air conditioner, cooker can be set according to the model. So, the home is smart.

3. Only with sensing technology, the smart functions can be realized

Smart home system is based on home, with building management, network communication, house appliance automation controlling and comfort functions.

Only with sensing technology, the home model can be set and remote controlled.

4. With sensing technology, no need manual operation

The smart home system can automatically respond to environment without manual operation or input. Various sensors can work together and largely improve smart home intelligence.

5. Sensing technology is needed for products digital

The improvement of smart home system relies on digital products. Sensors adding is the way to improve the products to digital products. So, the products information can be connected, transformed, saved, judged, analyzed and executed.

6. The sensors function can be expanded with application of smart home system

The sensors can be with multiple functions when it is used for smart home system. For example, infrared detector PIR, when it is used for burglar alarm system, it is a motion sensor only to trigger alarm. But when it is used for smart home system, it can be used as motion sensor when the system armed; it can be used as sensor light when the system is disarmed. With multiple sensors and adding logical analysis, it can be used as elders monitor alarm sensor.

FAS design notice

Fire alarm system (FAS) design is standard and coded for execution. The initial design is the same by default. But there are some important notice to take attention on the design phrase. Many posts suggest and imply how to design fire alarm systems for people starting out fire alarm system design. According to the fire alarm system project requirement, the specific details and codes of fire alarm design may be varied. But remember fire alarm system is a system detecting problems and notifying people with sound and light. So, both detection system and notifying system should work effectively.

Notice 1: About wiring circuit of FAS: there are two type wiring circuit: T circuit and ring circuit. We suggest to use ring circuit. If one detector is fault, it can be easy inspected with ring circuit and hard to inspect with T circuit. Ring circuit is more reliable than T circuit for the whole system. If circuit is cut, ring circuit system can be found with fault and T circuit may be not.

Notice 2: About stairway fire emergency broadcast. Stairwell is an independent detection area and stairway fire emergency broadcast is an independent notify area as well. The design is to improve and ensure the system security and reliability.

Notice 3: Setting up short circuit isolator. Short circuit isolator is needed for the FAS. Generally one short circuit isolator is needed for every 15 elements and not a detection circuit. That can raise the FAS reliability.

Notice 4: Every element should be numbered on the system construction drawing. It helps management of every department.

Notice 5: If the detector is installed in hidden place, such as the ceiling under the floor, then the independent indicator is needed for notification of its working status.

Notice 6: Using with sounder detector in bedroom to notify people in sleep. The public area audio video notification device may be not loud enough to wake up sleep people in bedroom, so, detector with sounder is needed.

Read more about fire alarm system design, fire alarm control panel manual at vedard alarm system support forum

Install intruder detector

Intruder detector and other types security sensors are the most important part of security systems.

There are various types intruder detectors for different environment application. They are outdoor detectors, curtain style detector, embedded curtain style detector, ceiling mounting detector, wall mounting detector, door and windows detector and photoelectric beam detectors etc.

Why are there so many types detector and what is the difference? For accurately sensing the motion of intrusion and anti-resistance of environment interference, different types detector is required.

To maximum use the function of the detector designed and reduce false alarm or missed alarm, correctly choose and install the infrared detector is required.

1. Choose the most suitable detector for the required functions and environment.
2. Choose the detector for suitable installation way.
3. Choose the detector for suitable detection area.
4. Choose the detector for suitable installation height and location.
5. Correctly install the detector according to user’s manual.

Detection Area and alarm zone setting

Protection area	protection object	detector type	alarm zone and setting
Periphery	entry gate	curtain PIR, door contact	delay zone,give leaving time after system armed
	Bathroom, kitchen windows	grating, window contact	instant zone, set according to environment and activity
	Balcony door	grating, two-direction curtain PIR	instant zone, trigger alarm immediately
	Other windows periphery	curtain PIR, grating	instant alarm zone,member activity will not alarm at home arm status
indoor	living room	space PIR, ceiling PIR	home arm status not trigger alarm, away arm status will trigger alarm as instant alarm
Emergency	Master bedroom，living room	emergency button	24 hours zone, for home robbery and illness security
safety	kitchen, living room	gas leakage detector, smoke alarm	24 hours zone,sense gas leakage and smoke

Security Service Upgrade using video alarm server with CMS

Network security service center is using a security system to receive protected areas’ security information and take action to stop crimes, prevent disaster. The security information transportation way is the core part of the security system.

PSTN telephone network is the most popular security service center network. But with development of digital communication technology, security system is developed as well with video alarm etc. PSTN network is with difficulty to transport the security signals fast and reliable.

The security service upgrade is to enable the security service with multiple data transportation network such as GSM/GPRS/TCP/IP and video alarm. Without any replacement, but with add-on of video alarm server and security management, GSM/GPRS communication module, the security service center can be upgraded.

According to the actual needs of most market environment and features of some brands wired alarm system such as Honeywell, Bosch, DSC, Focus, we have 4 system upgrade proposals. These proposals are based on principles of exist security system unchanged and upgrade the system to a efficient, practical, cost-effective security system via adding auxiliary equipment. 

1. Telephone alarm network system upgrade to fiber + MODEM network alarm network system;

2. Telephone alarm network system upgrade to GPRS \ PSTN \ TCP / IP multi-network alarm video networking system;

3. Telephone alarm network system upgrade to video alarm network system;

4, Video network system (CCTV) upgrade to video alarm network system.

Please check attachment for diagram and details of the upgrade and contact us in case you have any question.