We’re paying too much for an armed guard at the training center. Yeah, it’s only like $200 a month, but it’s a lot by our standards. An unarmed guard is like $70, and they generally work harder because they’re seeing all of that money, versus the armed guard which scores less than a quarter of that. But an unarmed guard is a risky venture with all that gear. So we decided to put in an alarm system. Even with the armed response service, and a full-time unarmed guard the monthly cost is less than we’re paying for a single armed guard. The only down side is the up-front cost. But that gear is ours after it’s installed, and I’m looking at the long-term picture.
So here are some pics of the install. Enjoy.
Some of the gear used for the installation.
The tech working on one of the motion sensors.
One of the corner sensors. The plastic conduit is pretty universal here for cable runs since most of the walls are solid concrete or brick laid around the 1950’s. No thought of internal conduit or channels for electricity back then.
The control panel is pretty sweet. It’s funny though… I really picked this system apart, thinking of all the angles by which the system could be defeated (old habits die hard) and all of them were decidedly low-tech. I’ll have to thoroughly train the staff on the use of this thing. And I won’t go into much more detail, because that would be silly. Then somebody might Google hack the security on the training center. That would be ironic.
That’s cool. I think that’s a wise choice, sir. When can Tracie and I come out and help? :-)
You have a serious (non-wafer) lock on that white box above the control panel ya?
Well, i’m glad you’re able to save some cost with the alarm system – here’s to hoping it does its job perfectly.
On second thought – don’t answer that :) As you say, no need for details.
Cross over to Kenya! You’ll be welcome cordially!
I realize you don’t have any choice but just an FYI that plastic conduit is only good for about five years or so after which the stickiness dries out and it falls off the wall. Just something to think about if you are thinking long term.
– SR