Hold Up Buttons
Hold Up Buttons and Panic Switches
A hold-up button raises a silent alarm from a counter, a till or a desk, so the specification is about how it behaves once pressed rather than how it looks.
Two actions are listed. A momentary switch signals while it is held and resets when released, and a latching switch stays in alarm until it is reset, which suits a hold-up where nobody can stand at the button. Switch types are SPDT and DPDT, with three or six screw terminals, solder terminals and combinations of both, and some models add a flashing LED.
The switches are described as manufactured with gold, silver and copper for maximum conductivity, and wireless versions use frequency-hopping spread-spectrum transmitters where a cable run is not practical.
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