SHOCK-319 Wireless Shock Sensor and Door Contact

It detects impact and vibration in the surface it's mounted to. That's exactly what a forced-entry attempt produces: prying at a sash, kicking a door, drilling or striking a frame. So the alarm goes in while the attack is happening, not after someone is already inside.

It's a shock sensor, which is a different device class from a glassbreak detector. A glassbreak sensor is an acoustic device that sits in the room and listens for the sound of glass shattering. The SHOCK-319 sits on the frame and feels the attack instead. The two cover different failure modes, and many jobs use both.

Yes, and that's the common use. You mount the transmitter on the window frame or the sash and the magnet on the part that moves. So a vulnerable window reports two things on one zone: someone opening it, and someone attacking it while it's still closed.

As a shock sensor for windows it goes on the frame or the sash, with or without glass inserts, and the magnet goes on the part that moves. Keep it off the glass panel itself, because the sensor is built for the frame.

Any 319.5 MHz security panel that takes a standard supervised zone. That means the Qolsys IQ Panel 5, IQ Panel 4 and IQ Panel 2+, each with the 319.5 MHz SRF card installed, and GE/Interlogix-class 319.5 MHz panels. The SRF card is what lets a Qolsys panel hear 319.5 MHz sensors, so check for it before you order.

Set the DIP switch first. ON if you want the door/window contact as well as shock, with the shock alarm then firing only while the magnet is closed. OFF for shock only, firing whether the opening is closed or open. Then fit the battery.

Put the panel in autolearn. Open the panel's programming menu and start autolearn mode, the same as you would for any other 319.5 MHz contact.

Make the sensor transmit. Open or close the magnet, or tap the cover, and the SHOCK-319 sends its built-in serial number.

Name and save. Set the zone name and settings on the panel and touch ADD. It enrolls as a standard supervised zone, so the panel treats it like any other 319.5 MHz contact.

Mount the unit first, then tune it. You strike the surface gently with the palm of your hand and build up pressure, or you turn the sensitivity dial clockwise with a small screwdriver. Stop when you get the response you want. The dial is marked MIN and MAX on the board.

Use the LEDs to find the margin. Green flashes on a pre-shock reading, which means the impact came close to the threshold without reaching it, and red lights only when the shock alarm fires. So you can see where the threshold sits as you work.

Then confirm it stays quiet in normal use. Normal traffic, normal opening and closing, wind and window coverings should not trip it, because that's where false alarms come from. Don't stress or damage the mounting surface while you test, and never press on the glass.

It enables or disables the internal reed switch, which is the door/window contact, and the board marks it REED SW. It also sets when the shock alarm is live.

Set to ON, the device reports both the shock sensor and the door/window contact using the supplied magnet, and the shock alarm activates only while the opening is closed. Set to OFF, the reed and magnet go unused and the shock alarm activates whether the opening is closed or open. So on a window that spends the season open, OFF is the setting that keeps shock detection live.

Mount it on the frame of the protected door or window, with or without glass inserts, and on the sash rather than the glass panel. Put the transmitter on the part that stays still and the magnet on the part that moves, because the sensor feels the attack through the frame it's taped to. The safety note under the specifications covers the rest, including what to avoid while you're setting sensitivity.

One 3V Versa CR2U lithium battery, and it's rated for 8+ years. When the time comes you replace it with a Versa CR2U or a Panasonic CR2, fitted with the plus end up. The safety note under the specifications covers battery handling.

The slide-off lid means you can change the battery, or swap the color cover, with the sensor still mounted on the frame. Taking the cover off is a monitored event, so disarm or put the system in test mode first.

Yes. It ships in white, and the brown and black cover packs give you ten sensor covers, ten magnet covers and ten magnet bases each. The old cover slides off and the replacement slides on, so the base and the board stay on the frame and the sensitivity setting stays where you put it.

Both run at 319.5 MHz and both carry the Bluefield magnet indicator, so they enroll the same way on the same panels. The difference is what they watch. The MINI-319 is a door/window contact that reports the opening, and at 0.25 in. deep it sits nearly flush on tight casing.

The SHOCK-319 does that job and adds shock detection on the same zone, in a larger 0.75 in. deep body with a CR2 lithium cell. So use the MINI-319 on ordinary openings and the SHOCK-319 where the opening itself is a likely attack point. Both sit in the door and window sensor range.

Through Versa's distributors, the SS&Si Dealer Network and WAVE Electronics, on your dealer account, or direct on this page. The distributor buttons at the top of this page open the SHOCK-319 listing at each one, and the Where to Buy page lists every Versa distributor. If you install professionally and don't have a wholesale account with Versa yet, contact Versa Wireless and we'll get you set up.