32 - Sunday, March 4, 1990 - North Shore News NORTH SHORE HIGH TECH KNILL’S ALARM Systems general manager John Kaill fronts some of the monitoring consoles filling (he alarm company's North Vancouver monitoring room. In the 20 years the Knill family has been in the alarm business on the North Shore, technology has brought many changes to the way the company tooks after things. NEWS photo Terry Peters Alarms go wireless IN THE not-too-distant future, many North Shore homes and businesses will be protected by wireless alarm systems feeding data to a monitoring facility via satellite transmission. By MICHAEL BECKER News Reporter The technology to free the alarm business from a dependcncy on telephone lines is already in plac according to Knill’s Alarm Systems general manager John Kniil. A walk through the alarm monitoring room of the company’s North Vancouver headquarters reveals the developmental chro- nology of the technology employed in the growing business of looking after things. The base layer is a ubiquitous brown telephone. Said Knill, ‘‘What happened is that it was a pre-recorded tape. The alarm trip would trip the tape and phone a phone number which would say a break and enter was in progress at the Smith residence.’’ The next level up, a system still used for high-risk commercial ac- counts, Knill identifies as a direct wire system. ‘‘Everytime a light flashes on the direct wire console, it’s sending a signal through the telephone line. It’s saying if any- one cuts the line I want to know about it,”’ he said. A_ higher-volume variation on the theme is the multiplex monitor- ing system. Multiplex. employs the same principle of direct wiring, a physi- cal wire running from point A to point B. But with multiplex, clients share the lines to cut costs. The lines are constantly scanned and checked automatically. The digital system moves the process up a technological notch. Said Knill, ‘It’s an updated ver- sion of the tape dialer. The tele- phone trips, it grabs the telephone line and instead of sending a voice message it sends data. The data shows up on screens in the monitoring room.’’ Knill’s services approximatley 4,700 accounts, 95 per cent of which are monitored. Sixty per cent of the company’s new business is buying into the lat- est technology: wireless alarm systems. Wireless replaces ‘‘hard- wire’’ systems. Sensors are linked to control units by way of radio transmitters. A security system carried by international! Business Program In response to the growing importance of world trade to Canadian business, Capilano College is launching a new business management program this September. The eight-month program will provide students with the knowledge, cultural awareness, and business skills required to deal effectively in the global marketplace. The emphasis of the program will be on the Canada - U.S. trade relationship and on our growing trade with South East Asia. The ideal candidate for the International Business Program will have a college diploma or some university-related course work and business experience. Come to an information meeting Wednesday, March 7 at 7 p.m. in Room H501 for details. CAPILANO COLLEGE Please cail 984-4960 to reserve your seat. 2055 Purcell Way * North Vancouver « B.C. Knill’s, and developed by Interac- tive Technologies Inc. in the Unit- ed States, allows the encoding of seven protection levels, phone testing, sensor testing, 24-hour panic buttons and other functions on a remote control touchpad. PUBLIC NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF NORTH VANCOUVER, WEST VANCOUVER AND SQUAMISH AREAS During the months of March through December, 1990, BC Rai! will be upgrading its trackage between North Vancouver and Cheakamus, 8.C., as part of its continuing investment in track improvement and safety. 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