CertAlarm today confirmed the completion of their round-robin test series on passive infrared detectors. Round-robin tests are comparative tests performed by the participating laboratories at regular intervals and using the same test sample. As such they enable CertAlarm’s recognized test laboratories (RTLs) to see if the results of their testing are comparable to those achieved in the other laboratories. They are an important instrument of external quality control for laboratories and are used to determine and verify the accuracy of their measuring methods.
CertAlarm has now delivered its answer to the "European Commission's Inception Impact Assessment on the Proposal for an EU Initiative Establishing a Harmonised Certification Scheme for Alarm System Components".
CertAlarm is now hoping for a workable harmonised solution to simplify certification across Europe for security components.
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ALTER TECHNOLOGY TÜV NORD, as a contracted certification body and recognised test laboratory, has conducted the first certification process according to the CERTALARM scheme to the Cellular Alarm Communicator from DSC, Model 3G8080. The tests were performed in the Madrid laboratory and the assessment of the production process and factory audit took place in Canada.
The French testing and certification body CNPP (Centre National de Prévention et de Protection) recently released a new version of APSAD rule R81 for intrusion detection. The CertAlarm certification scheme is now recognized according to the requirements set up in Annex 2 of R81. Therefore, CertAlarm certified security products can now fully be accepted as an alternative to NF-A2P products and NF Service & APSAD approved installers can issue a “declaration of installation”. Please refer to APSAD R81 – Ed.