Honestly, the alarm system is as much a deterrent as it is anything else. It is designed to stop a house clearing burglary and limit losses. Thats why I make the same point that taiaut makes, which is if it is really valuable put it in the safe or get an insurance plan for it. Also, if anyone has a home burglary system, I always suggest adding smoke detectors. They might save your life if you have a fire when you're home and they might save your home/pets/irreplaceables if you have a fire when you aren't home.
The new home automation systems are a different animal though. What we can do is limited by our being a non special order type of business, but even so, we are still doing some pretty cool things. We can set up the alarm system, lights, thermostats, cameras, and wall plugs to all be controlled by an I-phone, droid, I-pad, or pretty much anywhere you can open a browser, and have them work seamlessly together.
The great part about tying everything together, is you can have one action lead to a response. The example I give for parents, is you can have the system send you a 30 second film clip every time a door is opened. This way you can get visual verification your kids came home, on time, and by themselves. For single women, I tell them you can set it up so that every time you disarm your system from the remote control after a certain time, it will turn the lights in the house on. This means they never have to come home to a dark house, which is something that even with an alarm system, concerns single women.
It sucks for me, because it is a million and one things I have to learn, but as far as what we can do for customers, its great.
The new home automation systems are a different animal though. What we can do is limited by our being a non special order type of business, but even so, we are still doing some pretty cool things. We can set up the alarm system, lights, thermostats, cameras, and wall plugs to all be controlled by an I-phone, droid, I-pad, or pretty much anywhere you can open a browser, and have them work seamlessly together.
The great part about tying everything together, is you can have one action lead to a response. The example I give for parents, is you can have the system send you a 30 second film clip every time a door is opened. This way you can get visual verification your kids came home, on time, and by themselves. For single women, I tell them you can set it up so that every time you disarm your system from the remote control after a certain time, it will turn the lights in the house on. This means they never have to come home to a dark house, which is something that even with an alarm system, concerns single women.
It sucks for me, because it is a million and one things I have to learn, but as far as what we can do for customers, its great.
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