[Engineer For 5 Years - Trying To Build A Solid Knowledge Base]

Gerard Honey Intruder Alarms was like our holy bible in college

I can usually do this with customers but i'm not sure how i'd manage in an interview situation.

Can any of you think of any 'essential reading' for an alarms engineer? Something that's more general and not product specific. What are the things we should really know? I mean things like regs, system grading etc.

[Company Vehicle]

Hi all, been for a interview this week for a recently established co, previous firm was liquidated, Just they want me too use my own car for a trial period before getting a van on a 3yr lease just incase it doest work out i got to be right for them and they got to be right for me then there stuck with a van, but woudnt the next engineer comes along use it, its just got me thinking allsorts, Ive known apprentices that get given a van no problem.

[Making Led Flash On Alarm Bell Box]

Why not just power it up with a 12v power supply, my m8 wanted a illuminated oddy x bell putting up. Did tell him to get alarm but wasnt for having it

Just put 12 volt wire a hard poss onto u bell trigger leave battery disconected as u know someone gonna eventually unplug it after 5pm lol. Then u got a realistic dummy i wouldnt even bother with a dummy or bell only for that matter tbh. there still gonna have a go, when they do u want something decent.

[Hikvision Hdtvi Any Good?]

You can have alarm monitoring via IVMS 4200 Software just needs setting up. It will also work with IVMS7000 from LTS Security Inc., I assume they rebrand Hikvision Stuff for the USA Market. Only downside I have noticed on the 16ch model (Without Alarm Inputs) is that if you did want to use some kind of monitoring ie through the Line Cross Detection feature only works with one Channel.

However IP Cameras on the same DVR can have line cross detection as its direct in the camera software, On the IVMS you add them as new devices but add them to the same group (Site).

Other than that it looks good kit just a shame you cant have Line Cross detection on more than one camera

Also Alien DVRs will work through both the IVMS software's.