MAGNASPHERE MSS Standard Series Dimensions

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MSS Standard
Series Product Sheet
Security Contacts have been made with a
decades-old technology called the Reed switch.
Reed switches have three inherent weaknesses
when used in security contacts. They are (1)
Easily defeated with magnets, (2) Prone to
permanent contact weld failure (from lightning
and power surges), and (3) fragile (made mostly
of glass, theyare subject to damage even when
packaged as security contacts).
The MAGNASPHERE line of security sensors
provides a solution to all of these issues.
Utilizing the the patented, revolutionary
MAGNASPHERE
®
BMS switch renders the MSS
products virtuallyunbreakable, and highly
resistant to permanent contact welding and
outsider magnet defeat, allowing
MAGNASPHERE to offer a lifetime replacement
warranty.
MSS contacts are available in both the
traditional Closed Loop (contact closed when
magnet is present) as well as the more Secure
Open Loop (contact open when magnet is
present) electrical configuration. This is the
same configuration required for other life safety
devices such as smoke and fire alarms, and has
long been the recommend configuration by
most knowledgeable security professionals.
FEATURES
•Made with MAGNASPHERE
®
BMS switch
technology
•Won't break
•Resistant to contact welding
•Resistant to outside defeat
•Security industry's BEST warranty
•Universal mounting
•Cost competitive
•Increases RMR
Concealed/Recessed
Surface Mount
Overhead Door
Wireless
PATENTED DESIGN
#5977873, #RE39731, #6506987, #6303845, #6603378, and Patents Pending

Door Frame
Door
Magnet
CLOSED
SECURE: NO ALARM
Door
Magnet
NO ALARM
Door Frame
Door
Magnet
CLOSED
Door Opened
Door Frame
CLOSED
FAILED: NO ALARM
Defeat
Magnet
FAILED: NO ALARM
Door Opened
Door Frame
WELDED
CLOSED
Reed contacts operate on magnetic fields.
Most contacts are Closed in the secure
position (Closed Loop) when the door is
closed and the magnet is near the switch.
When closed reed contacts are exposed to
power surges such as lightning strikes, they
are prone to permanent contact welding.
Introducing a defeat
magnet OUTSIDE
the door will keep
the reed contacts
closed, allowing
an intruder to enter
without alerting
the security system.
They
FAIL SECURE.
Reed switch contacts are globally magnetic:
they will respond to the strongest magnetic
field anywhere around the contact –– not
solely to the door magnet. When compromised,
reed contacts will still send secure signals.
Reed contacts operate by magnetic induction,
so they are not attracted to the door magnet.
Once contacts have
welded closed, they
remain in that state
though the door is open.
They
FAIL SECURE.
Security contacts are made with a decades-old technology called the Reed switch.
Reed switches have three inherent weaknesses when used in security contacts: (1) Easily defeated with magnets,
(2) Prone to permanent contact weld failure (from lightning and power surges), and (3) fragile (made mostly of glass,
they are subject to damage even when packaged as security contacts).
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MAGNASPHERE®®
Reed vs.

MAGNASPHERE security sensors' magnet
ball contact is open in the secure position
(Open Loop) when the door is closed and
the door magnet is near the switch.
MAGNASPHERE Security Sensors are Open
Loop and highly resistant to contact welding
from power surges and lightning strikes.
A defeat magnet
introduced OUTSIDE
the door will have no
effect on the ball
contact. When the
door is opened, the
contact will close,
and the
SYSTEM
WILL ALARM.
Because the magnet
ball contact will not
weld, when the door
is opened the
contact will close
and the SYSTEM
WILL ALARM.
MAGNASPHERE’s contact is a spherical
magnet and operates in a defined activation
zone directed toward the door magnet.
The patented, award-winning MAGNASPHERE switch technology was designed as
a security device which over comes the deficiencies of reed contacts.
The MAGNASPHERE
switch is (1) Resistant to magnetic defeat and tamper, (2) Resistant to permanent contact welding from lightning
and power surges, and (3) Robust, all metal welded construction is virtually unbreakable.
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MAGNASPHERE®®
Reed vs.
The Door is Closed
OPEN
SECURE: NO ALARM
The Door is Closed
OPEN
NO ALARM
ALARM
The Door is Open
CLOSED
Defeat
Magnet
ALARM
The Door is Open
CLOSED