
opened.
Since
the alarm
bell, BZ1,
is
connected
across
RYI's solenoid
coil,
it sounds
off.
Because
some
towns and
cities
frown
on
alarms that sound
for hours,
an optional
timer is often
connected in
series with
the alarm circuit so
that
BZI is silenced
after 10 or
15 minutes.
Other than
the timer
drop
-out,
BZI
can only be silenced
by pressing
RESET switch
PBI,
or by opening
MASTER
switch
SI.
The loop's
battery is placed
at the
end of the line
to prevent
easy bypass-
ing
of the system
by an intruder.
For
example,
if the intruder
forces
open a
window
that's protected
by switch
SI,
the loop will
be opened
at points A
and B.
Current will
cease flowing
through RY2
and the alarm will
sound.
If the intruder
should
be able,
somehow,
to cut any part
of the loop
wiring,
again the loop
current ceases
and the alarm will
sound.
Even if the
intruder
tries
to maintain the series
circuit by short-
circuiting points
A
and
C, the short will occur
in front
of
the battery, so
the current
through
RY2 will
be interrupted
and the
alarm
will
sound.
That is why
EOL prote--
tion is provided
in
modern high -tech
alarms
even if
a battery isn't
used.
We'll show later
how it's
done
wi:h
resistors.
Notice
that LOOP
2 is essentially
identical
to LOOP
I. In
early
systems,
an
entire house was
protected
by a
single loop.
Today, we
usually use
multiple
loops,
one reason
being that
it's
easier to find
an open switch.
For
example, if LOOP
I is
used to protect
the basement windows
while
LOOP 2
is only for
the front
and rear
doors,
you
don't have
to run down
to the
basement
to check
all the window
switches
if the supervisory
meter
shows
that LOOP
2 is open.
Sim-
ilarly, if
the meter shows
that LOOP
l
is open, you
had better
check the
basement windows.
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alarm systems:
the loop
power comes from the center'::
power supply.
An
LED
is
used as the
closed
-loop
indicator.
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simplifies the
operation
of a basic control center that
provides various
time delays and
signals.
Actually, with the relay
-type sys-
tem you
know that something's wrong
because an open loop
will
cause the
bell to sound as soon as the alarm is
turned on ( "armed
").
The
modern
computer -type system,
however, can
or will
arm even if a loop is open; it
simply bypasses
the open loop. That
means
that if you have a multi -loop
system, and say, for
example, that a
basement
window
has
been
left
open,
the alarm
can/will automatically lock
out the
basement
window
loop. The
lock -out
allows you to set the alarm
and leave,
but your home is really
unprotected
against basement entry. It
is precisely
to avoid
an
unknown -
lockout
problem that all multi -loop
alarms have individual
indicators -
either a meter
or an LED -for each
loop. And
remember, each loop repre-
sents a separate
protected circuit, and
it doesn't matter
how many protective
devices
are on the circuit; if they are
all series-
connected they are on the
same
supervised loop.
(Take note that
high -tech
alarms now include
nor-
mally -open
switches in
a
loop. Al-
though
the N.O. switches
are
not
supervised,
they are
considered
loop
switches
because the term loop is now
accepted
to mean all
the
switches
and
detectors on the same
control circuit.)
A final note
before
we
move on to
the high -tech
stuff. To ensure mini-
mum maintenance,
battery Bl was
re-
placed by a line-
powered supply that
automatically
switched
to a battery
when
the linepower
failed -a not un-
common occurrence
until recent
years. Later
still, the loop
battery
(B2, B3, etc.) was
also replaced by
power from the line-
powered supply,
which
created a reliability problem
that can plague
even microprocessor -
based
alarms.
The problem is
shown in Fig. 2, a
simplified
supervised
loop that is
powered
by the main power supply.
Light-
emitting diode LEDI lights
when switches
SI and
Sn are closed -
showing
that the loop
is armed. But
what
if an intruder
can reach through
a broken window,
or had
previously
short-
circuited
points A and
C?
The
loop
indicator still shows
a closed su-
pervised loop,
but SI and Sn
can
be
opened without
triggering the
alarm
because they are located
after the
short-
circuit.
Several
early solid -state
alarms
used the loop
powering shown in Fig.
2. Many "home-
type" alarms still
use the Fig. 2 loop
powering, al-
though they
often have
the
option of
EOL (End
Of
Line)
resistor termina-
tion, which
provides
the same securi-
ty
as the EOL battery. We'll
explain
the EOL
resistor termination later.
The control
center
The
control center -which is
also
called a control panel,
a control box,
an alarm control, or whatever
-usu-
ally contains
everything except for the
alarm
bell or siren, and the protective
devices.
Early solid -state control
cen-
ters simply
replaced the relays with
transistors
and/or
SCR's. Most
were
disasters
because an electric distur-
bance
or RF radiation
could trigger
the solid -state
devices, and a light-
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