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Discussing the Home Security System

Bob discusses the wireless alarm system that is being installed in the garage. Becuase the building will often be unoccupied, the alarm also acts as a monitor for fire sprinkler system. A combination of sensors, including infrared motion, cover the barn's floor.
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Discussing the Home Security System

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" Taylor -- court here -- arms power. So it got -- Basically -- yemenite system. If so wireless system or can be hot wire OK and this course is the control box for the whole thing right now. I've been thinking about this because this is kind of a large building and and yet it's an empty building nobody's going to live here. And that as a practical to have an alarm system in place it's going to be empty our time yeah it actually is that it keeps basically do two things inside safe. Protect you or your fire which. You're fired system how to connect it to the fire sprinkler system it's actually hot wired into his system which is into Europe OS and why switch which tells you that you flow. From the street the water from the street it's shut off in and at that point. I sent us the trouble to the central and -- also -- it monitors the sprinkler system and Rhode Island serving functions. That's right okay. And so you were saying a minute ago that this can be either hard wired. Or it can be. That's our wireless wireless yes it has the option of going the way. But in this case we're gonna be doing just all wireless OK and what is this thing and that's that you keep that and that's when he used to turn on and off his system OK so instead of obviously turning it on with a key usually used to -- time ago you -- is keep -- one of the features of this. Well -- control panel basically this system here this hasn't English read out. And it is just displays an English -- the solution was going on with the system so it actually. Prints out and you can read trouble in the bathroom Iraq. Exactly all right and where would we mount this if you go in this vicinity here at which would be wants to be close to the entry door right exactly OK and so in this situation foreign heads garage doors at either end -- this is the only. People doors would put it right so we could mount to me about it right on one of our post here yes that's no problem being nice and protective weapon. Now what are the devices that are used to detect a burglar obviously using motion detector passive infra red. And what that does it basically picked up -- thank -- conflict fought -- Your body -- So these are located in different parts of the building right where where would you put them for example in the automotive and usually it's kitty corner that's as she's out at a 45 degree angle. So how do you figure out which corner of the room to -- basically you start off with. It would -- sunlight coming through the windows in here have a problem with these windows here. So we end up. Going towards the corners shooting away from the glass that quiet sound like -- problem. Reflection is one of the big problems. Refreshing consent and off the right picks up the infrared energy which is he -- and it -- The clouds go by and we get a shot of sun through the window could possibly repeal would have -- OK -- you've chosen this caller yes and it. Interest now is just finishing up putting them part of motion. Which is. Actually the sensor itself this particular unit has a range of fifty feet so one unit in this corner. We'll protect this whole automotive area right doesn't stand out in a ninety degree angle. Right it basically it's wants this whole area. It's almost a full ninety. It's little under 645. And it will cover the schools that can handle -- pizza at the other end of the building but one that needs. In the opposite direction and we spread infrared motion detection throughout the holy see what buildings rhetoric."

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