Every monitored home alarm system starts with the wireless door/window sensor. Your basic Smart/Safe Home package contains three of them. The technology goes back almost a hundred years, and over a hundred million of these devices are in use, with over a million more installed every year, just in US homes. There’s an excellent reason why this device is the core of any good alarm system: intruders invariably try to enter through a door first. Burglary entry stats look like this:
- 34% of burglars enter through the front door
- 26% enter through a back or basement door
- 9% enter through the garage
That’s almost three quarters of all burglaries starting with a door – now you see why the layout of every good home alarm system starts with exterior doors The intruder wants an easy entry- and a fast and easy exit, ideally with an armload of your stuff.
How the Door/Window Sensor Works
The standard door sensor is a battery powered magnetic switch and consists of two small parts: one part mounts on the top of the door frame (on the opposite side from the hinge), and the smaller part (the magnet) is placed in close proximity on the door itself. When the door is shut, the two pieces are within a half inch of each other, and your alarm system can be armed. When the door opens, and the pieces are separated, that triggers the alarm. It’s simple, and it works like a charm. . There are even recessed door/window sensor sif you don’t want to see the sensors at all. Here are some more telling stats:
- 12% of burglaries occur through an unlocked door.
- 41% of burglaries in homes with alarm systems occur when the security system is not turned on.
Each home is different and you may want to add more than three to your system. Your Burns & McBride Smart Safe Home System is easy to add additional sensors to.
In addition to sending emergency notifications for break ins, these units can also be programmed to send you messages if items such as liquor cabinets are opened while you are way.
- Width: 0.435″
- Height: 1.3″
- Depth: 0.312″
Sensor dimensions and weight
- Width: 1.03″
- Height: 2.59″
- Depth: .49″
- Weight (including battery and magnet): 1.1 oz. (31.2 g)
Regulatory Listing(s)
- ETL, FCC Part 15, Industry Canada
Features
- Fully supervised
- Five-year lithium battery
- Tamper–proof
- Reed sensitivity: 0.625″ minimum gap, 0.85″ typical
Benefits
- Non-emergency alerts: Protect what matters—attach the contacts to liquor closets, gun cabinets or even treat drawers and get alerted by text message when they are opened
- Small gap alert: Feel secure knowing that the smallest opening will trigger an alarm— the door or window has to be open less than inch before you are alerted or the alarm sounds
- Fully monitored: Get connected to the Burns & McBride central monitoring station in as few as 17 seconds
- Tamper–proof: Know when someone is trying to tamper with your alarm
Radio
- Wireless signal range
- 350 ft., open air, with 2GIG Wireless Alarm Control Panel
- Transmitter Frequency
- 345.000 MHz (crystal controlled)
- Transmitter Frequency Tolerance
- ± 15 kHz
- Transmitter Bandwidth
- 24 kHz
- Modulation Type
- Amplitude Shift Keying—On/Off Keying (ASK-OOK)
- Peak Field Strength
- Typical 36,000 uV/m at 3m
Housing
- Material
- ABS plastic
- Color
- White
- Operating temperature
- 32° to 120°F (0° to 49°C)
- Relative Humidity
- 5-95% Non-Condensing
- Unique ID Codes
- Over one (1) million different code combinations
- Supervisory Interval
- 70 minutes
Warranty
- Lifetime
Included equipment and accessories
- Battery (installed)
- Two (2) Panasonic CR2032, or equivalent Lithium batteries
- Included Accessories
- Two (2) Phillip’s flat-head screws, one (1) two-pin connector with a 12″ flying 2-wire lead, adhesive strip
For more information on this exciting product call us at 302-656-5110 or visit our website at http://www.burnsandmcbride. Finally you might want to follow our blog at http://www.burnsandmcbrideblog.com. Just as Smartphones are adding applications and changing every day so to with the technology behind our Smart, Safe home system. Our blog explains some of the constantly changing things that are happening in the industry and we hope that you find it informative.
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