Last week in our blog, we wrote about how your cell phone could be your key at your business. Now, we’d like to tell you how it could work for your home too! The days of struggling to carry 50 pounds of groceries while simultaneously trying to dig your house keys out of your pocket … Read More
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Using Cell Phones with Access Control Systems
We use our smartphones and other mobile devices for many functions in our daily lives. It’s almost impossible to go through an entire day without seeing someone tapping, scrolling, or swiping through their phone, never mind using your own phone. We’ve created a mobile environment where convenience lies in the palm of our hands. Technological … Read More
Smart Homes and Z-Wave Technology
In the wake of home automation, smart home, or connected home technology you may have come across the term Z-Wave technology. What is it? Z-Wave technology is, “a wireless technology that makes regular household products, like lights, door locks and thermostats ‘smart’.” It’s what allows your home devices to “talk” to each other and be … Read More
Protect Your Alarm System As Well
For those who own alarm systems, whether they are video surveillance, access control, burglary, or fire protection, our systems watch over us and protect us around the clock. But in today’s day and age, just about everything is connected to the internet. In many cases, this includes our alarm system. And like any device that … Read More
How The IoT is Changing Physical Security
Our world is constantly changing and evolving. Progression is an inevitable force that influences the way we live our daily lives. This is especially true of advancements made in the techy devices we interact with on a daily basis. Everything from our smartphones to our security systems. It’s the manner in how we interact with … Read More
NFC Technology-How Mobile Are We?
We use our smartphones and other mobile devices for many functions in our daily lives. It’s almost impossible to go through an entire day without seeing someone tapping, scrolling, or swiping through their phone, never mind using your own phone. We’ve created a mobile environment where convenience lies in the palm of our hands. Technological … Read More
What is Z-Wave Technology?
In the wake of home automation, smart home, or connected home technology you may have come across the term Z-Wave technology. What is it? Z-Wave technology is, “a wireless technology that makes regular household products, like lights, door locks and thermostats ‘smart’.” It’s what allows your home devices to “talk” to each other and be … Read More
What is Motion Detection and How Does it Work?
When you think motion detectors (or sensors) you might picture a heist scene from the movies where a thief has to perform acrobatics in order to avoid a web of alarm triggering laser-beams surrounding a priceless gem. While that narrative is not necessarily complete fiction, it’s not exactly how motion detection is implemented in the … Read More
What Makes A Security System A System?
In an unpredictable world, one thing is certain, we all want to protect what’s ours. Whether you’re a business owner or a homeowner, you want to keep safe that which you’ve worked so hard for. One of the most effective ways to do that is to install a security system. Well, what exactly is a … Read More
What Is Web-Based Access Control?
The technological climate is swiftly changing the way we connect and interact with the physical world. Endless runs of cable and spaghetti wiring is becoming an antiquated notion with the development of wireless internet based equipment. This is evident in the way some security system integrators are approaching system design and installation. As industry professionals, … Read More