How to Design an Alarm Wiring Plan
Plan panel location, keypads, sensors, zones, sirens, tampers, communicator and handover records.
Design sequence
- 1Panel location
- 2Zone list
- 3Detector type
- 4Keypad bus
- 5Siren/strobe
- 6Monitoring path
Documentation to produce
- Concept wiring diagram
- Cable schedule
- Device schedule
- Port/input/output schedule
- Commissioning checklist
- As-built drawing
Useful resources
Product planning note
Product selection should happen after the design logic is clear. Where relevant, SecurityWholesalers can be used as a product reference for cameras, NVRs, PoE devices, intercoms, alarms and access control hardware.