CQR Electronic Panic Button, Key Resettable, Latching, White EPA/STD

Overview

A panic button gives staff or residents a way to call for help without reaching a phone. This CQR electronic version connects to an alarm system or monitoring route and stays triggered until someone with a key resets it.

How it works

• Pressing it: the button works by push, with no timed function, and the output stays latched.
• Showing it: the LED indicates activation, so staff can see which button was used.
• Resetting it: the key restores the button, which keeps the reset under control.

Where to use it

It suits domestic and commercial premises such as shops, offices, schools and healthcare settings. Environmental Class II covers general indoor use, and in most installations it goes in a reachable but discreet spot, such as under a counter or beside a desk.

What the figures mean in practice

• 8 terminals: these include the change over relay connections, so plan the cores before you pull cable.
• Change over relay: it offers both normally open and normally closed switching, which suits most panel inputs.

Installing it

Fit it on the surface, or flush for a neater look, and connect it to a zone set up for this use. In most systems, the panel's programming decides whether it gives a silent or audible response.

Planning your system

The job also needs an alarm panel or monitoring route, and a plan for who answers. See other panic and personal alarms, and read the British standard for intruder alarms if insurance or monitoring is involved.