British Standards Institution

Source:: CENELEC
Committee:: GW/1 - Electronic security systems and products
Categories:: Information management | Standardization. General rules

Scope

This European Standard specifies the requirements for the performance, reliability and security characteristics of alarm transmission systems. It specifies the requirements for alarm transmission systems providing alarm transmission between an alarm system at a supervised premises and alarm management system at an alarm receiving centre. It also specifies operational performance and security requirements for ATSPs. This European Standard applies to transmission systems for all types of alarm messages such as fire, intrusion, access control, social alarm, etc. Different types of alarm systems may in addition to alarm messages also send other types of messages, e.g. fault messages and status messages. These messages are also considered to be alarm messages in the context of this standard. The term alarm is used in this broad sense throughout the document. Additional alarm transmission requirements of specific types of alarm systems are given in the relevant European Standards.

Purpose

To incorporate new technical developments in the field of EN 50136-1 a revision is needed to reflect the current state of the industry.

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1. Proposal

Proposal start date:

09/07/2025

Proposal end date:

06/08/2025

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3. Public Comments

4. Comment Resolution

5. Approval

6. Publication

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New Work Item Proposal EN 50136-1 - Alarm systems - Alarm transmission systems and equipment - Part 1: General requirements for alarm transmission systems

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