DESIGN Your alarm, your way

We give you the tools and support to design your own system, deliver it to you fully configured just how you want it and provide how to instructions on installing your alarm. Here's how to do it:

DESIGN MY Bulldog secure ALARM
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1. you design it

A Bulldog Secure Alarm system is made up of 4 key components:

1. PANEL which is the brains behind the system

2. CONTROL this is way you switch the alarm on and off such as a key fob or smartphone

3. DETECTORS to sense when an intruder is in your property

4. ALERT when the alarm is triggered this will notify you that the alarm has been triggered

We'll explain each for you....

PANEL

The brains of your alarm system is your Bulldog Secure Alarm panel. This sleek, compact and discreet panel can be wall or desk mounted and simply plugs into an electrial socket.... that's it. Your panel is home to an internal siren, internal speaker (for voice commands) and back up battery in case of power failure. No connection to broadband is required as it is pre-installed with a sim card to connect direct to the mobile networks so you can control and monitor your alarm through your smartphone.

TIME TO INSTALL: 60 SECONDS

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DETECTORS

All our detectors are wireless, use long life batteries (supplied) and sense when an intruder enters or is in your home. There are 2 main types:

Passive Infra Red (PIR) detects the body heat and movement of an intruder and covers an area of around 12m2. All our PIR's are pet friendly which means that your pet weighing up to 36kg shouldn't trigger the alarm. Our Camera PIR's include cameras so you can view what has triggered your alarm.

PIR's are typically mounted in the corner of a room for best coverage at c. 2m high.

Door Contacts sense when a door is opened.

In addition we also supply smoke and heat detectors and carbon monoxide sensors for a complete security and protection system.

TIME TO INSTALL: BETWEEN 60 SECONDS AND 10 MINUTES EACH 

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CONTROL & ALERT

You can control your alarm via smartphone app or key fob. We also offer a slimline numeric keypad if required and wireless panic buttons so you can trigger the alarm in an emergency. The smartphone app, also provides a host of other features such as seeing event logs and viewing PIR camera images.

When your alarm is triggered the siren inbuilt into the panel will sound and an alert is sent straight to your phone. You can also choose to have a Bulldog branded external siren.

TIME TO INSTALL: BETWEEN 60 SECONDS AND 60 MINUTES EACH  

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how many detectors do i need?

Generally, the front door will always have a door contact and where the back door enters a room where there is no PIR, this would also have a door contact.

Rooms such as lounge, dining room and kitchen would have a PIR fitted. A kitchen / diner where the back door leads into this room, would only need a PIR, however for added security a door contact would be used on the door as well.

Design

Starter Kit (Apartment)

If the apartment is ground floor, then in this example put a PIR in the lounge area and bedroom and a door contact on the front door. At night you can set the alarm so the front door and lounge PIR are active, but disable the bedroom PIR.

If it is a first floor apartment, with no external roof adjacent to a window, then a door contact on the front door is main detection required. 
Design

2 Rooms Downstairs

This property has a front foor, a back door from the open plan kitchen diner and the lounge has doors to the rear. The toilet and hall are windowless.

PIR in Kitchen Diner, PIR in lounge diner and door contact on front door.

For enhanced security add a door contact to the kitchen back door and doors in the lounge. Also if an upstairs window is easily accessible from a flat roof for example, place PIR on the landing. 
 
Design

3 Rooms Downstairs

This property has a front foor and rear doors from the open plan kitchen diner and the lounge. The office at the front of the property has a window but the toilet and hall are windowless.

PIR in Kitchen Diner, PIR in Lounge, PIR in Office and door contact on front door

For enhanced security add a door contact to the kitchen doors and doors in the lounge. Also if an upstairs window is easily accessible from a flat roof for example, place PIR on the landing.  
Design

4 Rooms Downstairs

This property has a front foor, back door into a utility room and rear doors from the open plan breakfast kitchen and the lounge.  The dining room and office at the front of the property has a window, but the toilet and hall are windowless.

PIR in Kitchen, PIR in lounge, PIR in Dining Room, PIR in the Office and door contact on front and back door. 

If an upstairs window is easily accessible from a flat roof for example, place PIR on the landing.

Note on this property, we have a door contact on the back door to the utility as it does not open directly into a room with a PIR. 

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what next ?

Now you have designed your system and decided what you need, you are ready to place you order online and give us all the details we need to configure and programme your system to your exact specification.

Don't worry if you forget anything or want to expand the system at a later date. You can order extra parts at anytime and we'll programme them to your system.

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