Tamper Contacts

Keeping in mind that I am an end user with just enough electronics knowledge to get myself in trouble, can someone explain the basics of how a tamper contact on a PIR works? We had to take a DS9370 out of service, and I noticed that the two tamper contacts had not been wired. Depending on how these work, how easy they are to get working, and how important they are, I may direct our alarm guy to wire them in.

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Posted 5 years ago by Will in CCTV, Alarms and other Physical Security

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