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EUROPEAN INTRUDER ALARM STANDARDS

A guide from Honeywell Security

PD6662, prEN50131-1: 2004


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EN50131 A guide from Honeywell Security 1

Introduction 2

Why is BS4737 being replaced by EN50131? 2

What is EN50131? 2

What is PD6662? 3

What timescales are involved? 3

What does it mean in real terms? 4

Overview of main requirements 4

Glossary 4

Security Grades 4

Access Levels 5

Environmental Class 5

Signalling Equipment 6

What differences will we see? 6

EN50131 compliant product from Honeywell 10Control Panels 10

Detectors 10

Web Help 11

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PD6662, prEN50131-1:2004 A guide from

Honeywell Security

Introduction

This booklet is intended to give an

introduction to the new European standards

being introduced in the UK, to replaceBS4737 and gives guidance on how to

ensure that Honeywell Security products

can be installed to meet the new standards.

Why is BS4737 being replaced by

EN50131?

The EU has legislated that where a pan

European standard exists, such as

EN50131, this should supersede any

existing national standards. In the case of

the UK, this means EN50131 should

replace BS4737. DD243 is unaffected and

will remain in place, because there is no

pan European standard to cover confirmed

alarms.

Additionally, EN50131 introduces differentsecurity grades to which alarm systems can

be installed in order to better suit the

different types of installation. BS4737 only

had one standard for all types of installation.

What is EN50131?

EN50131 is a pan European set of

standards designed to cover the design and

installation of all aspects of Intruder and

Hold-Up Alarm Systems (I&HAS). EN50131-

1 is the main document. This is the general

standard, providing and overview of I&HAS

requirements. The EN50131 set of

standards also include component

standards that give more detailed

specification on specific parts of the alarm

system. The complete set of standards is

shown below:

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Standard Subject Status

50131-1 General standard Draft release 2004

50131-2 Standard for detection devices Part published as a draft

document for review

50131-3 Standard for control panels and peripherals Draft published.Not released

50131-4 Standard for warning devices, bells, sounders etc. Not published

50131-5 Standard for interconnections, wires, wireless links etc. Not published

50131-6 Standard for power supplies Published but under

review

50131-7 Application guidelines, mainly for installers Draft released as

technical specification


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Currently only prEN50131-1: 2004, a redraft

of the general standard, EN50131-6 and

DD CLC/TS50131-7 are available for use.

This means that there are some gaps in the

detail covered by the standard. To

overcome this, the British Standards

Institute has created another document

called PD6662.

What is PD6662?PD6662 is a document which takes the

available parts of EN50131 and also calls

up the relevant parts of BS4737 to fill in the

gaps. Additionally, it calls up DD243, which

is not being replaced by EN50131. This

gives us two things:

1. A more complete document to work

with, causing less ambiguity.

2. A hybrid standard which has many

familiar features of the old BS4737.

PD6662 will mean an easier transition into

EN50131. It is intended that when the

component standards within EN50131 are

published, PD6662 will be updated to

remove the relevant references to BS4737.

Over the coming years, this will mean anincremental changeover to the full EN50131

family of standards. Until this happens, in

the UK, we will be installing systems to

PD6662: 2004, rather than EN50131.

What timescales are involved?

After the 1st October 2005, all new

installation must be installed to PD6662:

2004. Until then, systems can be installed

either to BS4737 or to PD6662: 2004. It

cannot be a mix of both.


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What does it mean inreal terms?

What we will see are some slight changes in

the look and feel of the alarm system in

use, some changes to the signalling,

changes to detectors and bell boxes at the

higher security grades, bigger power

supplies and batteries and a requirement for

the installer to document all aspects of a

survey before installing the system. The

following few pages will explain these points

further.

Overview of main requirements

Glossary

The following is a brief list of the phrases

and abbreviations, not described elsewhere

in this document, which are used

commonly in the new standards.

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Term Description

Alert Indication given by the system to warn users that there is information to be

shown

ATS Alarm Transmission System - The signalling system used by the alarm panelCIE Control and Indicating Equipment - The control panel, keypads and expanders

Indication Specific sounds or keypad displays which tell the user the status of the system

NotificationThe activation of sounders or signalling to pass on the presence of an alarm

condition

Restore Procedure of returning the system to the normal state following an alarm

WD Warning Device - sounder, siren, bell box etc, which gives an alarm or an alert

Grade Risk

1 Low risk: Not likely to be enforced in the UK as it covers DIY-style bells-only systems.

2 Medium risk:This is first grade that will be recognised by insurers and is likely to

cover the majority of domestic and low value commercial premises. Required as a

minimum for Police-calling systems.

3 Medium-high risk:This grade is likely to cover most commercial and industrial

premises, as well as high value domestic premises.

4 High risk:The requirements for this grade are extremely specialised. It is expected

that Grade 4 will be specified in few installations.

Security Grades

EN50131 installations must meet one of four security grades, depending on the level of risk.

These roughly translate as follows:


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It is the installers responsibility to ensure that

a system of the correct grade is installed.

This must be done via a properly

documented Site Survey. DD CLC/TS50131-

7 provides comprehensive details on the Site

Survey requirements. The advice of the

customers insurers should be sought if there

is any doubt on the grade required. When

the security grade has been determined, the

appropriately graded security products must

be selected. It is a requirement of EN50131

that all components will be marked with their

security grade.

All components in the system must meet

the security grade of the system. The

grade of an entire system is equal to that

of the lowest graded component. A

component with a higher grade than the

system can be used, without affecting thesystems grading as a whole.

Access Levels

EN50131 separates user access to the system into four levels:

This is mostly straight forward. However, it is important to note that a level 3 installer is not

allowed to access the system until they have been authorised by a level 2 user . On the

Galaxy systems, this is normally done by the user via menu 48.

Environmental Class

There are 4 classes which determine any components suitability for different environments.

However, there are only two which will be of any relevance:

All components will be marked with their environmental class.

Level Meaning

1 System in standby mode, viewable by any passer by.

2 System accessed by a normal user.

3 System accessed by an installer.

4 System accessed by the manufacturer.

Class Description

II Indoor General. This covers detectors, keypads and control panels etc. This specifies

that components should operate in an environment which can vary in temperature

form -10 to +40C.

IV Outdoor General. This covers Bell boxes and any other component which will be fitted

outside and exposed to the full force of the weather.


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ATS Level Meaning

2 Used in Grade 2 systems and is roughly equivalent to current digital

communicators

4 Used in Grade 3 systems and is roughly equivalent to encrypted Ethernet

signalling or 3rd party monitored signalling products.

3 Used as a back-up path device on Grade 3 systems and has most of the

requirements of ATS 4 but with less stringent monitoring.

Signalling Equipment

EN50131 closely specifies the performance

and requirements of the signalling used at

each security grade. Different levels of

performance are given differentATS ratings.

The differences in requirements are fairly

technical and will be covered by the

manufacturer. However they cover aspects

such as frequency of signalling, alarm path

supervision, time to transmit and encryption

of the data. There are 3 ATS levels which

are important:

The main thing to take from this is that

on Grade 3 systems and above, we must

install signalling equipment that includes

encryption. Current digital

communicators will not meet this

requirement!

The new Galaxy Ethernet module will allow

signalling over Local and Wide area

networks to suitably equipped monitoring

stations using SIA 3 protocol. This has

encryption and heart-beat monitoring to

allow it to comply with the requirements of

ATS 4 for Grade 3 compliance.

Dual Path signalling

For dual path signalling, two completely

independent signalling paths to the alarm

receiving centre are required. For example,

phone land line for normal signalling and

GSM wireless as a back-up. This is not an

automatic requirement under EN50131 or

PD6662. However, it will most likely be

required by the insurance companies on all

grade 3 installations.

What differences will we see?

User interface

By and large this will be the same. However,

a few differences are noted below.

I Engineer access is not allowed until

authorised by a user. This is normally

granted by user code via menu 48 on

the galaxy panels. However, this

requirement can be tailored in menu 42

Codes.


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I Users now have the ability to override

some conditions which would have

prevented the system from setting.

System faults and tampers (on grade 2

systems) can be omitted for one set

period, by the user, at the time of

setting.

I 5-digit user codes are required for grade

3 systems.

I Users can modify their own PIN.

Indications

Indications about the state of the system

cannot be shown to users with access level

one. In the unset state, if a tamper, line fault

or some other event occurs, which would

have been shown on the keypad

immediately, the situation can now only be

indicated to the user after they have entered

their code. However, to alert the user to the

fact that there is something to be indicated,

there is a new Alert condition. This will

beep the keypad and give the display Alert

- Enter Code, in order to bring a user to the

keypad. There are new parameters in menu

51 to alter exactly what is shown in an alert

condition, in order to tailor the system to the

type of installation.

SignallingThe kinds of signals which are transmitted

to the monitoring station are more extensive.

For instance, when a tamper or fault

condition occurs in either the set or unset

states, they must be transmitted to the

monitoring station. This requires morechannels on communicators and pushes us

towards communication formats such as

SIA and Contact ID, rather than channel

based signalling. All new Honeywell Galaxy

panels are able to send signals in all the

above formats.

Power Supplies

One of the biggest physical changes

concerns power supplies. The system must

be able to run for longer on the battery and

the system must be able to recharge thebattery within a fixed timescale, regardless

of the other power requirements of the

system. The following times are required for

PD6662:

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* This can be reduced to 12 hours if signalling AC fail to the ARC.

System Grade Standby time Recharge time to 80%

2 12 hours 72 hours

3 24 hours* 24 hours


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This means two things when compared to

BS4737 installations:

1. Bigger batteries must be used

2. The power supplies need to be more

powerful for a given size of system.

The rating of a power supply must be

specified as follows: The rated capacity is

that which it can continually supply, whilst

still having enough reserve to charge a flat

battery and power the main control panel.

For instance, on a grade 3 system, a 2 amp

PSU would be rated at only 1 amp under

PD6662.

DetectorsUnder PD6662: 2004, detectors are still

covered by the imported sections of

BS4737. On grade 2 systems, current

detectors will be satisfactory, provided they

bare the appropriate EN compliant

markings. On grade 3 systems, there is a

requirement for Anti-Mask operation on

motion detectors. This means that any

motion detector fitted on a grade 3 system,

must have anti-mask capability. Additionally

the control panel must be able to detect

and act on the anti-mask signal. On the new

grade 3 compliant Galaxy system, this is

taken care of by a new resistance level in

the existing zone circuit. A 12k resistor fitted

across the anti-mask relay output on the

detector will allow the anti-mask functionality

to be included on the same pair of wires as

the existing alarm and tamper functions,

removing the need for separate anti mask

zones. The new zone wiring is shown

below:

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Grade 3 zone wiring for PIRs


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Event Log

EN50131-1 specifies the event log capacity

and the recorded event types. Generally,

most systems record much more than what

is mandatory under EN50131-1. Additional

events which are not mandatory are classed

as non-mandatory. It is not permissible for a

non-mandatory event to erase a mandatory

event. In order to comply with this, the

Honeywell Security control panels feature a

2-stage event log as shown below:

Servicing

As with current practise, Grade 2 and

Grade 3 systems require two service

inspections to be carried out each year.

However, PD6662: 2004 allows one of

those visits each year to be a remote

inspection. On the new Galaxy alarm

panels, the remote inspection technology is

included. This is supported by the PC

downloading software packages which

include the necessary facilities to retrieve

the remote servicing data.

Additionally, the panels can be programmed

during an engineer visit, to automatically dial

up on the remote servicing date, and

automatically send the remote servicing

data, without any special user intervention.

This can result in huge savings in time and

resource for installers.

Newest

events

All new events

Oldest

events

Main Event log

(records all

events as

before)

Only mandatory

events are

pushed into

this area

Old non-

mandatory

events are

lost here

Mandatory

events are

lost when

newmandatory

event occur.


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Control Panels

EN50131 compliantproduct from Honeywell

Honeywell Security is able to supply the following products which a suitable for use in systems

compliant to prEN50131-1: 2004 and PD6662: 2004:

Panels Grade 2 Grade 3 Environmental

Class

Galaxy 2-20 X II

Galaxy 2-44 X II

Galaxy 3-144 X X II

Galaxy 3-520 X X II

Galaxy MK7 Keypad and Keyprox X X II

6160 Keypad X X IIGalaxy RIO X X II

Galaxy MAX3 Prox readers X X IV

Galaxy Telecom module X II

Galaxy Ethernet module X X II

5800 series wireless detectors (with H suffix) X II

V2 series wireless detectors (with GY suffix) X II

Detectors

Model Grade 2 Grade 3 Environmental

Class

EMPS-50 magnetic contact X II

IS-215 series PIR X II

IS-2260 PIR X IIDT-725D/P dual-tech X II

DT-7435 series dual-tech X II

DT-7450 series dual-tech X II

FG-1608/1615/1625 series glass break detector X II

DT-7550 series dual-tech X X II

DT-900 dual-tech X X II

DT-906 dual-tech X X II


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EN50131 (UK) /V1.0April 2005

2005 Honeywell International Inc.

Honeywell Security &

Custom Electronics

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Scotland

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Web help

You can also visit our special EN50131Website for the latest information on

EN50131 and PD6662:

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