Tuesday 28 January 2014

Your Alarm - The 24 Hour Zone

Every alarm system has a 24 hour zone. This is the zone to which your panic buttons are attached. The 24 hour zone is armed all the time regardless of the arm/disarm status of your alarm system. When you press a panic button you expect the alarm to work.

Another less well known use for this zone is to attach a seismic motion sensor to your valuable items. A seismic sensor such as the one pictured below will trigger your alarm once it is moved.


By attaching a seismic sensor to your TV or other high value item, and then programming your zone as a 24 hour zone, your alarm will be triggered when the high value item is moved for any reason, like in a burglary. This will work even when the alarm is disarmed. So if you are held up and forced to disarm the alarm, or if you are surprised at home before getting a chance to arm the alarm, the intruder will trigger the alarm when they load their loot.

Hopefully you are connected to a good armed response company and they come to your aid speedily.

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