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Infrared perimeter beams with battery option

I-Beam is an active infrared intruder detection system with its transmitter and receiver housings typically used in irrigation systems pre-mounted on heavy duty anodised aluminium poles, ensuring they blend in well in industrial and garden settings. "The system has dual contra-rotating beams 50 cm apart and as they need to be interrupted simultaneously to trigger an alarm, avoids false alarms caused by dogs, flying birds or debris," explains I-Beam's Colin Mason. "The transmitter and receiver housings are inherently weather- and insect-proof and with the electronics fully wired and recessed into the body of the housings, they are also tamper-proof."

The transmitter and receiver heads of the I-Beam system are fully lockable and can rotate horizontally and vertically, which together with a beam divergence angle of 4°, creates a peripheral beam radius of 3 m at a distance of 100 m. This allows for quick and accurate visual alignment of the beams during installation prior to optimising final beam alignment using a simple multi tester.

The I-Beam systems are either hard-wired or battery powered, the latter requiring no wiring between transmitter and receiver heads. Only the final receivers of the battery system are hard-wired with a standard 2-core cable to the panel or other security equipment. The battery life is guaranteed for a minimum of one year.

I-Beam products are 100% South African developed and are manufactured, distributed and serviced by CMT Trading.

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