DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT AN ALARM

ALERT SECURITY SYSTEM WITH SMS

FOR MULTIPLE USERS
BY
BOATENG .A. MAYS - D010913015
THEOPHILUS NII NAI - D010913008
SUPERVISOR
Ing. Kyere Frimpong
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
o Introduction

o Organization of thesis
o Literature review

- related work 1
- related work 2
- related work 3
o Methodology
o Components required
o conclusion

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INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND STUDY
Security is an essential part of our lives and the ever increasing number of burglary in our society
today has been a major issue recorded over the years and this has made us uncomfortable.

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Has no means of personally informing the homeowner of an

intruder.

False alarms.

PROBLEM OBJECTIVES

Sending SMS to multiple users should incase ones phone is

off.

Reduce the occurrences of signalling false alarms.

PROBLEM SIGNIFICANCE

Signal an audible alarm signal to its surroundings.

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ORGANIZATION OF THESIS
Chapter 1: discusses the general introduction of this project, outlines the project
background, objectives, significance, methodology and the organization of our
work.

Chapter 2: outlines the literature review of this project, introduces more to

the smart triggered alarm system, and other related works to the topic.
Chapter 3: talks about the methodology.
Chapter 4: talks about simulations, analysis and results
Chapter 5: presents The conclusion of the results and recommendation for future
works.

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LITERATURE REVIEW
Related work 1: THE DOOR ALARM

OPENING WITH SOUND ALERT

BY

WILLIAMS NYARKO AND THEOPHILUS OSEI (2013)

Fig 2.3: Diagram of the door opening alert circuit

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The door alarm opening circuit is used for alerting you when a customer is at
your office or shop. It will produce a beep sound when each customer or
visitor is entering, and will automatically switch OFF after few seconds.
Results
It automatically operates by opening the door.
It gives a beep sound alert.
Easy to install.
limitations
- No means of informing the homeowner/user of an ongoing threat in
his/her house.
- There could be a possibility of an intrusion without the intruder opening
the door and channel his/her through other means.

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Related work 2: A SIMPLE SHADOW ALARM MADE BY GYANENDRA.

K. VERMA (2009)

Fig 2.4 Simple shadow alarm circuit

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This is the circuit of a simple burglar alarm that produces a loud beep when
somebody crosses the area or door. It is used for protection against intruder by
sensing a shadow movement from a distance. When somebody approaches the unit it
will produce a loud alarm to abort the attempt of theft.
Results
The sensor is very sensitive.
The circuit is easy and cheap to put together.
limitations
Based on this particular project, we realized that the probability of having false
alarm is high due to the high sensitivity of the sensor. We also noticed that this
particular system caters only for burglar/intruder detection system by signaling an
audible alarm. This system has no means of personally informing the user by
sending an SMS when he/she is not at home to its multiple users should incase ones
phone is off.

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Related work 3: WIRELESS HOME SECURITY SYSTEM BY EVANS

SMITH (2011)

Fig 2.5 Circuit diagram for the sensor and the transmitter

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The system has two main parts; an intruder sensor cum transmitter and a receiver. The
intruder sensor reacts to light, sound and mechanical movements. When the sensor
detects a disturbance, the transmitter gets triggered and begins to send wireless signals.
The receiver placed away from the transmitter receives the signals and produces an
audio alarm.

Results
The distance between the receiver and transmitter could be very long.
Limitations
Based on this particular project, this system has no means of personally informing the
user of any ongoing security threat by sending an SMS/information to multiple
numbers even if the phone is off or when he/she is not at home. Also the use of a
wireless receiver and transmitter brings about problems due to frequency allocation .

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METHODOLOGY
The block diagram for alarm circuit

IR
TRANSMITTER

IR
RECEIVER

AMPLIFIER

OUTPUT

GSM

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The transmitter circuit

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The receiver circuit

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Mounting arrangement for the transmitter and receiver circuit.

The IR beam is interrupted when someone is standing at the
gate or passing through it.

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COMPONENTS REQUIRED
For the transmitter circuit: IC NE555, IR LED.
Resistors 1k, 20k, 22
Capacitors - 100F, 0.01F, 0.1F
For the receiver circuit: transistor- BC548, IC UM66
Resistor - 100, 1.2k, 1k, 4.7k
Capacitor - 33F, 10F, 470F, 0.01F
Buzzer and zener diode.

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CONCLUSION
From the reviews done in the purpose of improving the security sector ,
we identified the following limitations in the current architecture:
False alarms.
Costly design.
It has no means of informing the homeowner/user of an ongoing threat
when he/she is not at home.
We intend to solve these problems by adopting the techniques with the
implementation of smart alarming features that is also able to inform
homeowner/user of an ongoing threat by sending an SMS to multiple users
should incase ones phone is off; opted into the security system.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!!

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