Verkada Alarms, also known in the industry as intrusion detection or simply intrusion, provide fully integrated, 24/7 professional monitoring with emergency dispatch services. This is done using your existing Verkada devices without purchasing any additional hardware.
Benefits
Through leveraging the intuitive Verkada Command web interface, advanced hardware, and cloud capabilities, you benefit from:
Full customization of your alarm settings
You can create or transition existing sites and subsites to become alarm sites to configure and set alarm triggers with different arm schedules, video verification, and notification lists.
As your organization needs change, you can have the most accurate threat response when you need it.
Elimination of false alarms
By leveraging existing Verkada cameras, Verkada provides real-time contextual video of trigger events, virtually. This feature eliminates false alarms by providing a 30-second video clip to Verkada's monitoring agents—to filter out true threats at no extra cost.
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Alarms hardware offerings
Learn more about these Alarms hardware offerings from Verkada:
You can use the 32-input, BP41-wired alarm panel to integrate with third-party )
Normally Open (NO)/Normally Closed (NC) sensors, such as door/window contacts, motion sensors, glass break sensors, or panic/hold-up buttons.
The panel includes 2 programmable 12V power outputs so you can turn on sirens, bells, or strobe lights in response to an alarm.
Verkada offers wired motion sensors and wired door contacts in surface or recessed mount styles.
The BC82 alarm console replaces the role of the traditional alarm keypad with enhanced functionality. While the primary purpose of the BC82 is to arm/disarm a site, it acts as a camera—recording live video and storing historical recordings of arm/disarm events.
In addition, the console can:
Display a live event feed and a device status page
Act as a digital panic button to call emergency services
Make video calls to the Verkada console
Act as a wireless hub
Signal, as programmed, with a built-in 90db siren
The BC82 ships with an all-metal secure wall mount and is powered over Ethernet (PoE) or over the 2-wire power input.
As of August 2023, Verkada has replaced the BC51 Alarm Console with the BC82 Alarm Console. For details, see the End-of-Sale announcement.
The BC51 alarm console replaces the role of the traditional alarm keypad with enhanced functionality. While the primary purpose of the BC51 is to arm/disarm a site, it acts as a camera—recording live video and storing historical recordings of arm/disarm events
In addition, the console can:
Display a live event feed and a device status page
Act as a digital panic button to call emergency services
As a Verkada Command user, you can make video calls to the Verkada console.
The BC51 ships with an all-metal secure wall mount and are powered over PoE via an included lightning-to-PoE adapter.
The BH61 wireless alarm hub supports up to 60 wireless Verkada sensors. The typical unobstructed line-of-site range is up to 1,000 ft (304.80m) and up to 200 ft (60.98m) in typical office environments.
The hub comes with a built-in backup battery to keep the system powered up to 12 hours, in the event of a power loss.
The BR31 wireless door sensor is powered by 2 CR123A lithium batteries and has a battery life of up to 10 years. You can configure the door gap width up to 2 in (5 cm) to support different installation requirements.
You have the option to configure as a universal transmitter. This allows you to use internally wired input terminals to convert signals from a separate 2-wire sensor into wireless signals that can be received by the BH61 wireless hub.
The BR32 wireless motion sensor is powered by 2 CR123A lithium batteries and has a battery life of up to 5 years. The sensor uses passive infrared (PIR) to detect changes in infrared light within a 90° horizontal field of view and 32 ft (10m) detection range. It is pet/animal resistant up to 80 lbs (36.28 kg).
The BR33 wireless panic button is powered by a CR123A lithium battery and has a battery life of up to 5 years. It allows for custom alarm actions configurable in Verkada Command. Supports both wall/desk mounting and mobile use, with a built-in lanyard attachment loop. The LED provides immediate feedback when a panic signal was successfully received by the hub.
The BR34 wireless glass break sensor is powered by a CR123A lithium battery and has a battery life of up to 2 years. The sensor uses dual detection to reduce false positives by requiring both impact and successive shattering frequencies to trigger an alarm with a detection range of up to 15 ft (5m).
The BR35 wireless water leak sensor is powered by a CR123A lithium battery and has a battery life of up to 5 years. The sensor has a 7 ft (2.1m)-extended probe that allows for precise placement in areas at risk for water leaks.
The BX21 wireless relay is powered by an external 12/24-volt power supply. This sensor allows you to control sirens or strobes when an alarm is raised. Optionally, you can configure the BX21 as a universal transmitter. This configuration option allows you to use internally wired input terminals to convert signals from a separate two-wire sensor into wireless signals that can be received by the BH61 wireless hub.
The ACC-CEL-LTE cellular backup module is a plug-and-play solution that is powered by a USB 2.0 connection to the BP41 alarm panel BH61 wireless alarm hub or BC82 alarm console. This module provides a multiple network LTE connection (AT&T and T-Mobile) with automatic failover to the best available network. An unlimited data plan for alarm signaling is included in the license.
Set up your Alarms environment
To set up your Alarms environment is as simple as designating your existing sites or creating a new site to be an Alarm site. You can configure all Verkada devices that exist in this Alarm site as triggers to raise an alarm.
Here are some guides to help you get started:
Guide | You'll Learn How to... |
Turn an existing site into an Alarm site Create a new Alarm site Add your existing Verkada devices to the site | |
Configure your dispatch address, existing Verkada devices as alarm triggers/actions, notification list, and emergency dispatch/video verification settings
Customize different rule sets to fit your organization's needs | |
Configure and wire inputs and outputs to your BP41 alarm panel | |
Set up and use your BC51 alarm console | |
Set up and use your BC51 alarm console | |
Configure, test, and set up your wireless alarm devices |
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