Nowadays the idea of a security system is associated with alarm systems and video surveillance cameras, but the truth is that electronic security systems encompass much more than just that. Therefore, Batteries and Amps has dedicated a space to teach you about the types of electronic security systems.
A security system is a set of passive and active elements that serve to protect people and tangible and intangible assets. Security systems also serve to control and restrict the access of unauthorized persons in a given area.
Today there are different types of security systems that often integrate and complement each other to create larger and more complex systems.
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What is an electronic security system?
This is nothing more than a set of elements installed in a building to protect people and their environment against theft, assault, fire, sabotage, aggression and damage of any kind.
The best thing about this type of system is that it generates audible and luminous signals and/or reports events to a monitoring center. They also contemplate the execution of an action plan to reduce or extinguish damages and losses.
These actions consist basically of the evacuation of people, the activation of fire extinguishing mechanisms, electric locks or the action of security forces, the police and fire department. This is precisely why a good home insurance policy is so important. good home insurance.
Types of Electronic Security Systems
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- Intrusion alarms:it is important that your alarm is adapted to you, not only attending to the functionalities that it must include to keep your home or business protected, but also eliminating all those unnecessary aspects that make the intrusion-alarm equipment more expensive.
- CCTV – closed-circuit television:is a video surveillance technology designed to monitor a variety of environments and activities. It is called closed-circuit because, unlike broadcasting, all its components are linked.
CCTV works like a video player, you have to change cassettes, picture quality is average, storage tapes wear out over time, and storage is bulky. In addition, cameras, monitors and recorders must be physically close enough to be connected by cables.
Originally, video surveillance was performed using closed-circuit television. This technology uses analog video cameras, coaxial cable and video recorders. The cameras transmit a signal to a specific and limited set of monitors.
- Our anti-inhibitor alarm: this type of electronic security system detects that an intruder is activating a signal inhibitor on the outside of your home or business and sends an alert to the respective central, using the most updated systems, such as:
Passive infrared detectors
Microwave detectors,
Combined passive infrared and microwave detectors
Magnetic opening contacts - Thermal security cameras: A thermal camera or infrared camera is a device that, from the mid-infrared emissions of the electromagnetic spectrum of the detected bodies, forms luminous images visible to the human eye.
These cameras operate, more specifically, with wavelengths in the thermal infrared region, which is considered to be between 3 µm and 14 µm. A thermal or infrared camera makes it possible to see the irradiation of a person, animal or object from what we cannot see from what we call visible light.
They have applications in the fields of forestry, occupational risk prevention, industrial safety and protection, but also for the security of large estates and urbanizations, etc. In short, for the protection of your home it is ideal, and much safer if you add to it anti-cup doors.
- Biometric + PIN access controls:biometrics is the most secure system for personal identification and access control solutions. This technology is based on fingerprint identification plus security pin, and allows different levels of access for each user.
Aimed at hotels, museums, private housing developments, private areas within the office, private areas within spaces open to the public, protection of server rooms, databases, etc. One of the benefits of biometric technology is that it is not necessary to carry a card or key to access a building.
Components of an electronic security system
Central management
It is the element that receives the electrical signals from the sensors. Upon receiving these signals, its internal circuits activate the warning devices and send the signals to a central receiver. It also receives the commands from the user interface for its operation. It is the brain of the system, so it is recommended to install it in a place hidden from view and free from environmental or chemical aggressions.
Sensors
Sensors are the devices that sense what is happening in the protected site, then send that information by means of electrical signals to the central unit. There is a great variety of these devices, due to the infinity of applications for which they have been created. The most commonly used are motion sensors, smoke sensors, video surveillance cameras, and so on.
The interface
A user interface is the element that allows a human being to control and interact with a machine or system. Therefore, it is the element used to operate the security system. In this case for connection and disconnection, locally or remotely. It can be a key, a switch, a keyboard, a computer and nowadays even a smartphone.
Connection network
The connection network is the element used to connect all the devices that are part of the security system. It can be wired, wireless or hybrid, the latter referring to a combination of both.
Power supply
The power supply is the one that provides the electrical energy necessary for the operation of the system. It usually consists of a voltage reducer from the domestic 220VAC to 12V, which is the voltage at which most electronic security systems work.
Power backup
Power backups are necessary in the event of a power outage to ensure uninterrupted system operation. In the case of the alarm systems, it consists of a Gel battery or Agm. In the case of a video surveillance system it can be implemented with a UPS.
Warning or signaling devices
Horns are the elements that are activated when the system generates an alarm. They are usually high-powered sirens or strobe lights.
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