Systems
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Definition
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Possible Uses
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Questionable Uses
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Dependencies
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Infrared Motion Detector |
A device that detects a change in ambient temperature (heat sensor) |
- Inside registered areas
- Along a hall that leads to registered areas
- Doors that lead to registered areas
- Storage freezers
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- Areas where things are heated (warming)
- Very large areas
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Ensure that system is focused at key areas and not ‘randomly’ located throughout entity |
Contact Switches |
Devices that alarm when a circuit is broken (door or window opened) |
- Inside registered areas
- Along a hall that leads to registered areas
- Doors that lead to registered areas
- Storage freezers
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- Areas with glass windows or doors that provide direct access to registered area
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Ensure the emergency exit has an alarm and windows have sensors |
Broken Glass Sensors |
A device that detects the sound frequencies generated by breaking glass. |
- Laboratories with glass windows which provide access to registered space
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- Entities where there are frequent severe storms
- Entities with synthetic windows
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Ensure all the doors also have a sensor. |
Acoustic Motion Sensor (emits sounds) |
An active device that detects motion by transmitting sounds that reflects off objects |
- Inside registered areas
- Along a hall that leads to registered areas
- Doors that lead to registered areas
- Storage freezers
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- Animal rooms
- Rooms where equipment is continuously left on or after work hours (i.e., shakers, incubators)
- Very large areas
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Ensure that system is focused at key areas and not ‘randomly’ located throughout entity |
Acoustic Sensor (listens for sounds) |
A passive device that monitors the sounds to determine when an intrusion occurs and/or to determine the nature of the intrusion |
- Inside registered areas
- Along a hall that leads to registered areas
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- Animal rooms
- Rooms where equipment is continuously left on or after work hours (i.e., shakers, incubators)
- Entities without exterior sound dampening
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Ensure exterior noises do not set the alarm off (i.e., animals in the laboratory next door) |