DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SMART SECURITY SYSTEM

Okpeki U.K.

Department of Electrical/Electronic/Computer Engineering,

Delta State University, Oleh Campus, Nigeria.

E mail: omakazeem@yahoo.com.

Abstract: From the wake of modern security technology, there had been a clarion need to equip our corporate organizations and homes against the increasing rate of crime and theft in our society. A robust security system that takes advantage of the numerous capabilities of the computer is designed and implemented. The system comprises of both the hardware and the software subsystems. The hardware consists of two parts the remote sensors and the central console for sensor data collection. The code is written with C + + language. It can monitor, process, and control the behaviour of the central console & sensors. The design methodology was modular. The hardware prototype when interfaced to the parallel port of a computer functioned as specified. The outstanding contribution of the project is direct software control of a networked alarm system,  automatically opens and closes the entry and exit doors, turns on all the fans/ACs on sensing the first person presence, turns all the security light on at night and off at day for a  corporate building , or home.