Security, Access Control and Video Systems
Installing, programming and commissioning building security systems, followed through Cobalt Line Systems' Austin security crew on a condo tower, a school and a hospital: intrusion panels, zones and detectors, alarm communication and monitoring, access control architecture, readers and secure credentials, electric locks and the egress rules, IP cameras, pixel density, recording and storage, power and batteries, integration, training and handover.
LVT-230 12 lessons · 4 h 3 min ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Low Voltage Systems
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Describe how intrusion, access control and video systems protect a building, how they link, and which decisions belong to the owner, the designer and the installer
- Program intrusion panels from an approved zone list, using end-of-line supervision, zone types, partitions and keypads correctly
- Select, mount and walk-test contacts, motion, dual-technology, glass-break, shock and holdup devices so they detect reliably and avoid false alarms
- Set up supervised single and dual communication paths, open and test monitoring accounts, and apply false alarm prevention
- Explain access control architectures and the inputs and outputs at a door, and plan controllers, cabling and access levels
- Install and configure readers and secure credentials, apply OSDP secure channel, check card formats and program door settings
- Fit electric locks and door hardware that meet the egress rules, choose fail-safe or fail-secure as designed, and size lock wiring
- Choose camera positions and lenses for a stated DORI level, calculate pixel density, and set up camera images by day and night
- Calculate video bandwidth, storage and RAID capacity, set recording and streams, and verify retention against the owner's policy
- Size and test security power supplies and batteries, use PoE within its limits, and wire the fire alarm release of locks
- Program integrations from a cause-and-effect matrix, secure every device before handover, and train the owner's staff by role
- Commission, witness-test and hand over a building's security systems with a complete record, sealed credentials and a maintenance plan
Course content
12 lessons · 4 h 3 min total · final exam
- 1 Electronic security systems in buildings 21 min · quiz
- 2 Intrusion alarm panels, zones and keypads 21 min · quiz
- 3 Detectors: contacts, motion, glass-break and more 20 min · quiz
- 4 Alarm communication and monitoring 20 min · quiz
- 5 Access control architecture 19 min · quiz
- 6 Readers, credentials and controllers 20 min · quiz
- 7 Electric locks, door hardware and life-safety egress 21 min · quiz
- 8 IP video: cameras, lenses and resolution 20 min · quiz
- 9 Video recording, storage and bandwidth 20 min · quiz
- 10 Power supplies and battery backup for security systems 20 min · quiz
- 11 Integration, programming and user training 20 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: commissioning and handing over a building's security systems 21 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Installing, programming and commissioning building security systems, followed through Cobalt Line Systems' Austin security crew on a condo tower, a school and a hospital: intrusion panels, zones and detectors, alarm communication and monitoring, access control architecture, readers and secure credentials, electric locks and the egress rules, IP cameras, pixel density, recording and storage, power and batteries, integration, training and handover.