BUILDING

TELECOMMUNICATI
ON SYSTEM
Electronics System Telephone, Intercom, Internet,
DSL, Cable TV, Audio/Video Facilities, Public
Address (PA) Systems Climate/Lighting/Security
Controls and Related Applications for
Buildings/Structures Robotics and Related
Intelligent Building Features
TELEPHONE
• a telecommunication device - transmits and receives sound
• operates principally by converting sound waves to electrical signals, and
electrical signals to sound waves
• contains a a duplex coil to block the sound of your voice from reaching
your ear; includes a bell so it can ring and a touchtone keypad and
frequency generator.
• "plain old telephone service" (POTS), handles signaling and audio
information on twisted pair of insulated wires: the telephone line.
FAX (Facsimile)
• a document sent over a telephone line
• still retain some advantages, particularly in the transmission of sensitive
material which, if sent over the Internet unencrypted, may be vulnerable
to interception, without the need for telephone tapping
• Connected to a normal phone line, a fax machine transmits pieces of
paper to someone else instantly. Even with couriers and e-mail, it is nearly
impossible to do business without one of these machines today.
PBX (Private Branch Exchange)
• A telephone exchange
• PBXs are also referred to as: PABX - private automatic branch exchange
EPABX - electronic private automatic branch exchange
• make connections among the internal telephones of a private
organization and connect them to the public switched telephone network
(PSTN) via trunk lines
• Because they incorporate telephones, fax machines, modems, and more,
the general term "extension" is used to refer to any end point on the
branch.
Internet
• VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone or business phone system it
allows more functionality to your new office phone system.
Telecommunication that is transmitted at the business then it transmitted
to the cell phone regardless of where the mobile phone is located
• a plug and play business phone that will let people to make telephone
calls online to other VoIP services or conventional landline user
CABLE TELEVISION (CATV)
• is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals
transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to
the overthe-air method used in traditional television broadcasting (via radio waves) in
which a television antenna is required. FM radio programming, high-speed Internet,
telephony, and similar non-television services may also be provided.
• CATV mean "Cable TV"; originally stood for Community Antenna Television, from
cable television's origins in 1948
• The HEAD-END is where the cable system receives programming from various
sources, assigns the programming to channels and retransmits it onto cables.
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM (PA)
• an electronic amplification system with a mixer, amplifier and
• loudspeakers, used to reinforce a given sound, e.g., a person making a speech, a DJ
playing prerecorded
• music, and distributing the sound throughout a venue or building
• A Public Address or PA system is composed of 3 main components --a sound source,
an amplifier and a
• loudspeaker.
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM (PA)
• The sound source - microphone or a playback device such as a cassette deck or a
CD player. The sound source produces an electrical signal that represents the sound.
• The amplifier - used to increase the level of the electrical signal from the sound
source so that it can be heard at sufficient volume from the loudspeaker.
• The loudspeaker - device which converts the electrical impulses from the amplifier
into vibrations in the air which our ear interprets as sounds.
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM (PA)
• Telephone Paging Systems In key telephone systems, it uses a paging system that
acts as a liaison between the telephone and a PA amplifier. In larger telephone
systems, used for larger enterprise applications, paging equipment is not
• built into the telephone system, and uses a system provider instead (provision of a
separate paging controller connected to a trunk portion the actual telephone system)
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM (PA)
• Long Line Public Address (LLPA) - any Public Address system in which the
architecture is distributed, normally across a wide geographic area (rail, light rail and
metro industries)
• Large Venue Systems - music concerts; powerful and more complicated PA System
(live sound reproduction)
• In a concert setting, there are typically two complete PA systems: the "Main" system
and the "Monitor" system. Each system consists of microphones, a mixing board,
sound processing equipment, amplifiers, and speakers.
INTERCOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (INTERCOM)
• talkback or doorphone
• a stand-alone electronic communications system intended for limited or private
dialogue.
• can incorporate connections to walkie talkies, telephones, cell phones and to other
intercom systems over
• phone or data lines and switch electronic or electromechanical devices such as signal
lights and door latches.
INTERCOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (INTERCOM)
• Permanent Systems - Traditional intercom systems are composed entirely of
analogue electronics components
• new intercom systems based on digital connections Digital intercom stations can be
connected using Cat 5 cable and can even use existing computer networks as a means
of interfacing distant parties. (trains, watercraft, aircraft and armored fighting
vehicles)
INTERCOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (INTERCOM)
• Portable System intercoms are commonly used by: special event production crew,
professional sports teams, performing arts venues, theaters, concert halls. It often have
a combination of permanently mounted and portable intercom elements. Motorsports
race tracks often have both portable and permanent intercom stations mounted at
critical points around the racecourse for use by race officials and emergency medical
technicians.
AUDIO/VIDEO FACILITIES
• Audio and Video systems are sets of electronic devices that are
used together to transmit or record sound and convert electrical
signals into images.
• Audio System - a combination of transducing devices and
associated equipment for picking up sound at one location and
time and reproducing it at the same or some other location and at
the same or some later time.
AUDIO/VIDEO FACILITIES
Electronic Equipments
• Amplifier - increases strength of signals passing through it
• Detector - detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity
• Equalizer - reduces frequency distortion
• Mixer - mixes two or more input signals to give a single output signal
• Playback - comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded
material
AUDIO/VIDEO FACILITIES Electronic Equipments
• Scrambler - makes speech unintelligible during transmission and restores it at
reception
• Set - receives or transmits radio or TV signal
• Television equipment, video equipment - broadcasts or receives electromagnetic
waves representing images and sound
AUDIO/VIDEO FACILITIES
• Video Systems - a system for electronically capturing, recording, processing,
storing, transmitting, or reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes
in motion. Major Components:
• Camera, lens and mount - records images (still photograph or as moving images -
videos or movies)
• Lighting system - produces controlled lighting as part of the effects a lighting
designer brings to a show
AUDIO/VIDEO FACILITIES
• Transmission system - transmits a signal from one place to another. The signal can
be an electrical, optical or radio signal. One of the most widely used transmission
system technologies in the Internet and the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone
Network) is SONET (Synchronous optical networking)
• Synchronization system - is important in fields such as digital telephony, video and
digital audio where streams of sampled data are manipulated.
• Video switching equipment - used to select between several different video sources
AUDIO/VIDEO FACILITIES Video Recorders
• Digital Video Recorder (DVR/Personal Video Recorder [PVR]) - a device that
records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB keydrive, sd memory card or
other memory medium within a device
• Video Tape Recorder (VTR) - uses removable videotape cassettes containing
magnetic tape to record audio and video from a television broadcast so it can be
played back later
AUDIO/VIDEO FACILITIES Video Recorders
• Video Monitor - similar to a television, used to monitor the output of a video-
generating device (media playout server, IRD*, video camera, VC, or DVD player;
may/may not have audio monitoring capability
• Video Display Controller or VDC - an integrated circuit which (main component in
a video signal generator, a device responsible for the production of a TV video signal
in a computing or game system)
KEY APPLICATION AREAS OF BUILDING AUTOMATION
• Comfort and convenience at affordable prices
• Security and Surveillance (alarms, CCTV monitoring)
• Heating, Air-conditioning and Ventilation
• Lighting (energy efficient, simulated lighting)
• Home entertainment (audio-visual)
• Communication and Networking (internet, telephone networks)
• Automated barriers (doors, shutters, curtains)
• Emergencies (fire alarms, medical casualty alarms)
• Other (sprinklers, pool temperature control, fireplaces etc.)
HOME/ENVIRONMENT AUTOMATION
Home Automation
Intelligent Home
Building Automation
Room Automation
Intelligent Building
Smart Environments
Control System
Building Automation and Control Networks
Ethernet - a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks
(LANs)
BAS COMPONENTS
ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - the
ability to permit or deny the use of a
particular resource by a particular entity

TIME AND ATTENDANCE SYSTEM -

Biometrics (fingerprint identification)
and Contactless Smart Card Access
Control & Time
BAS COMPONENTS
ELECTRONIC BOOM BARRIER - car
parking sites, condominiums, toll collection
and industrial entrance
FIRE ALARM
(ADDRESSABLE/CONVENTIONAL)/Con
trol Panel detects, reports and acts on
hazardous fires in buildings.

INTRUSION ALARM
(WIRED/WIRELESS) - packed with simple
PLUG & PLAY function.
BAS COMPONENTS
VIDEO DOOR PHONE - security solution;
audio video door entry systems integrated with
electronic entry systems, video entry and access
control systems

EPABX (DIGITAL/ANALOG) - mini exchange

in which you can input 2/3/4/more telephone
lines; can take out so many outputs
BAS COMPONENTS
BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM -
includes energy management systems and
building controls (heating, ventilation, air
conditioning, lighting, alarm systems and
electrical appliances
ELECTRONIC ARTICLE SURVEILLANCE
(EAS) – prevents Shoplifting; Special tags are
fixed to merchandise (tags are removed or
deactivated by the clerks when the item is
properly bought; a detection system sounds an
alarm when it senses active tags
BAS COMPONENTS
FIRE AUTOMATION INTEGRATION - high
level of interaction required between the active fire
system, building wide communications, HVAC,
and interactive smoke control systems

VEHICLE TRACKING SYSTEM - Monitoring

and managing the mobile assets are the core
functionalities of any company dealing with the
services, delivery or transport vehicles.