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- Test your troubleshooting skills. Nelson, Ronald E. // SDM: Security Distributing & Marketing;Aug97 Part 1 of 2, Vol. 27 Issue 8, p17
Presents a quiz on troubleshooting security systems. Includes the best way to test a standby battery; Causes of a dark circle around the image of a closed-circuit television monitor; Effects of power line-induced harmonics.
- Supervising the MOV in an EM lock. Colombo, Al // SDM: Security Distributing & Marketing;Aug97 Part 1 of 2, Vol. 27 Issue 8, p21
Provides answers to readers' questions about security systems. Checking of smoke detectors; Checking for power supply problems; Details of how polarized notification appliances and panel supervision works in a fire alarm panel.
- Strong commercial market gateway to diverse systems. Zalud, Bill // SDM: Security Distributing & Marketing;Aug97 Part 1 of 2, Vol. 27 Issue 8, p112
Focuses on the growth of the commercial access control segment of the security services industry. Electronic access controls as gateways to additional products and services; Trends in access control.
- Homeowners cozy up: RKE, video intercom among lures. // SDM: Security Distributing & Marketing;Aug97 Part 1 of 2, Vol. 27 Issue 8, p113
Focuses on the residential electronic access controls segment of the security services industry. Safety concerns of homeowners; Growth in the use of electronic keypads, pushbutton door locks and biometrics; Integration of home access control in a remote keyless entry (RKE) device.
- How to install a PIR at an angle. Colombo, Allan B. // SDM: Security Distributing & Marketing;Aug97 Part 1 of 2, Vol. 27 Issue 8, p147
Part XXVI. Discusses the installation of a passive infrared receiver (PIR) using its beveled edge. Use of a metal coaxial cable-type, F-connector face plate and the correct bevel on the back plate of the PIR.
- Are you in tune with RF technology? Nelson, Ronald E. // SDM: Security Distributing & Marketing;Nov1997 Part 2 of 2, Vol. 27 Issue 13, p17
Presents a quiz for security systems dealers on the features of wireless systems. Uses of radio frequency (RF) technology; Requirements for the use of RF for remote monitoring; Examples of wireless data networks; Inverse proportionality of wavelength and frequency; Susceptibility of...
- What's wrong with this? Nelson, Ronald E. // SDM: Security Distributing & Marketing;Nov1997 Part 2 of 2, Vol. 27 Issue 13, p21
Provides answers to readers' questions about wireless security systems. Installation of wireless holdup systems; Emission of radio frequency (RF) by wireless receivers; Elimination of RF interference; Importance of reading the product instructions before installation.
- Servicing current systems requires higher skills. Ronald E., Nelson // SDM: Security Distributing & Marketing;Dec1997, Vol. 27 Issue 15, p15
Presents a quiz on the use of microcontroller-based detection devices in security systems. Testing for ripple on a power supply; Checking for ambient radio frequency signals in the vicinity of an alarm system; Disguising of a computer virus as a legitimate program; Spreading of computer...
- Al Colombo's kinks & hits. Al, Colombo // SDM: Security Distributing & Marketing;Dec1997, Vol. 27 Issue 15, p19
Presents a forum for technical questions on security-related topics. Training of employees to get NICET certification; Monitoring of polarity-reversal alarm panels; Use of fence nails to safeguard wires; Formula for determining the best ambient temperature for lead-acid-type batteries.
