ADVANCED SMALL SITE PROGRAM

Development of the Advanced Small Site Program (ASSP) will satisfy the requirement for a small - to-medium-sized security system. This system uses commercially available, low cost, state-of-the-art technology to enhance its performance. The system addresses all aspects of technical security. These aspects include control and display; perimeter and interior sensors; data and video t r a n s m i s s i o n s ; video assessment; reduced installation, operation, and maintenance costs. Major system features include use of multi-level graphics with touchscreen inputs to control all sensor and video functions. An optional feature allows the use of fiber optics for data or video t r a n s m i s s i o n s . Integration of functional components into modular sub-systems eases the task of expanding, maintaining, and operating the system. The system's automatic restart function permits a fully loaded system to configure itself in less than ten minutes. Site personnel will be able to create and modify a configuration data file of the site. The ASSP software uses this file data to run its programs. The configuration file contains the number of sensors, sectors, buildings, cameras, sensor thresholds, sensor priorities, and other site-specific information. An off-line program obtains this information through a series of queries to the site personnel. T h i s information is written to a data configuration file. This paper describes the functions and integration of this system.