Annex B - Lps Installation Procedures Code Of Practice - WebWayOne WebWay IP/GPRS Installation Manual

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Annex B - LPS 1277 Installation procedures
Installation guidance for LPCB approved supervised premises transceivers (SPT) connected to Intrusion & Hold up Alarm
Systems (I&HAS)
This 'Best Practice' guidance on installation practices will help enhance general Alarm Transmission System (ATS) security/
resilience, avoid undue (false) path failure reports and reduce customer inconvenience.
Important Notes
1 A claim to have installed LPCB approved SPT will be invalid if this guidance has not been followed.
2 Within this guidance the word 'shall' indicates a mandatory requirement. Use of the word 'should' indicates a requirement unless
practical constraints prevent compliance.
Installation (alarm company) Information
Location and alarm protection of the Supervised Premises Transceiver (SPT)
i) The SPT part of the Alarm Transmission Equipment (ATE), shall be located within the I&HAS Control and Indicating Equipment
(CIE), or within an enclosure that shares the same mains power supply, and has the same level of battery back up and tamper
protection, as is required for the associated CIE.
ii) The location of the CIE, or other enclosure, containing the SPT;
- shall, when installed as part of a new I&HAS; be in an area provided with 'direct alarm protection'
visible to, or readily accessible by, members of the public.
- should, when retro-fitted to a pre-existing I&HAS; be in an area provided with 'direct alarm protection'
not visible to, or readily accessible by, members of the public.
Alarm protection of Site Network Equipment
b)
i) 'Site Network Equipment'
a telephone switchboard or IP router), together with Alarm Transmission Path (ATP) aerials* and network access termination
points, shall be located in an area provided with 'direct alarm protection'
ii) Other 'Site Network Equipment'
Where an ATP aerial cannot be located in an area readily provided with 'direct alarm protection'
recommended minimum signal strength for adequate performance, it may be installed elsewhere (preferably indoors but otherwise
outdoors), subject to positioning it where its discovery and/or ready access by intruders is considered unlikely.
Connections between the SPT and Site Network Equipment
i) Any radio based ATP shall have a cable connection between the SPT and the required aerial, with all cable termination points,
including those at any intermediate connections, using termination components (or housings) that protect against cable removal
without the use of a tool.
ii) Any landline based ATP shall have a cable connection between the SPT and the first suitable alarm transmission network
termination point within the premises. This shall be made in one continuous run and use termination components (or housings) that
protect against cable removal without the use of a tool.
The connection to the alarm transmission network shall be made in such a manner that where non-alarm related
apparatus/services are also connected to that network, they do not prevent, or interfere with, the correct operation of the ATS.
Notes.
a)
The phrase 'direct alarm protection' shall mean that sufficient detection devices are installed to ensure that, when the I&HAS is
set, access to the protected equipment results in a full (e.g. a 'confirmed') alarm condition. Where an I&HAS uses a time delayed
entry/exit route as part of the facility for unsetting, detection devices programmed to act as entry/exit route detection shall not be
regarded as providing 'direct protection'.
b)
The phrase 'Site Network Equipment' shall be regarded as all equipment installed within the alarmed premises through which
signals from the SPT to the alarm transmission network beyond the perimeter of the premises are transmitted. For example, non-
alarm dedicated (shared use) IP routers, telephone switchboards/Private Automatic Branch Exchanges (PABX), network access
termination points, ATP aerials and communication network junction boxes/switches.
ARC/ATS message holding
Where the Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) &/or ATS provider offers, or requests use of, a facility to block the receipt of, or hold
information relating to, ATS fault notification signals or messages pending receipt of further alarm information (e.g. pending the
designation of a confirmed alarm as per BS 8243), agreement to such an action shall be confirmed in writing by the customer (end
user); with the relevant notification stating that this action is compatible with the risk assessment and/or the requirements of any
interested party, for example an insurer.
In such cases the installer shall make suitable arrangements, which shall be confirmed in writing, for the customer to be alerted to
any such ATS fault notification signals/messages when their alarm system is next unset, or after a period of 96 hours, whichever is
the sooner.
Customer (end user) Information
Installers shall advise the customer: -
1 - of any potential for normal ATS functions, including normal or 'stepped up' checking of ATS availability (e.g. by sending test
signals), which could interfere with, or prevent use of, any non-alarm related apparatus/services connected to a telephone line
shared with the ATS. In such cases customers should be recommended to consider use of an ex-directory 'In Coming Calls Barred'
(ICCB) telephone line dedicated to ATS use.
2 - of the adverse effect on reliable operation of their intruder alarm system that may result where 'Site Network Equipment'
by the ATS:-
- could have its correct operation/settings locally or remotely accessed and changed/disabled, for example a non-alarm dedicated
(shared use) IP router. In such cases customers should be recommended to consider protection against unauthorised access by
the use of an access password (not the factory default) and, if their equipment has wireless connectivity having the wireless
network Access Point Name (APN) hidden.
that can be switched off or which has a locally or remotely accessible and changeable function, (e.g.
b)
, for example intermediate junction boxes, should be provided with 'direct alarm protection'
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