Installation

The ordinary barriers that protect the interior of each house, in many situations have proved insufficient to deter attempts at intrusion.

The experience of every day allows to identify which are the weak points (entrance doors easily unhinged, windows on lower floors that allow easy access ways, etc..) and then to establish, based on statistical data, the level of risk to which each house is subject.

The elaboration of this data has made it possible to construct a chart, shown below, which makes it possible to establish a classification of the level of risk on the basis of the answers given to a series of particularly significant questions.

The customer, having been informed about the extent of the danger to which he is exposed, can resort to safety systems that integrate the passive barriers already existing and that are adapted to the particular living situation.

At this point, the role of the technical designer and installer is decisive; he can propose various plant alternatives depending on the existing situation but also on the type of risk that one mainly wants to avoid.

So some types of plant will be directed, in a particular way, to protect the house during the periods of absence, in other cases, the structure will also be suitable to report attempts of intrusion that may occur when the apartment is inhabited.

Systems can be designed to protect several areas of a house and therefore can be activated in a partial way according to the different needs and habits of the owners.

Every system can be, schematically, led back to the following main groups of elements:

• The sensors, or intrusion detectors, which react to abnormal situations, sending a signal to the control unit;
• The control unit, which processes the incoming data and, when it detects a dangerous situation, activates the alarm devices;
• The power supply unit, which supplies the system with direct current;
• The alarm devices, of the most diverse types, from the acoustic ones (sirens), installed locally, to the systems that automatically forward a remote signal via telephone line or radio to appropriate destinations (police, security institutes, private individuals).