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Any smart security system worth its salt offers components that work together in a seamless environment and can be manipulated using customized rules. For example, you can create rules to have the lights turn on when motion is detected, have your doors unlock when a smoke alarm goes off, and have a camera begin recording when a sensor is triggered. Some systems store recorded video locally on an SD card or a solid state drive, while others offer cloud storage. Locally stored video is a good choice for do it yourselfers on a budget, but you have to be careful not to overwrite video you may need later. Cloud storage makes it easy to store and access recorded video, but it can cost hundreds of dollars per year depending on your subscription. Some systems offer both cloud storage and local storage, and some provide a dedicated storage drive that gives you DVR capabilities with time lapse recording, which makes it easy to find a video event that took place at a specific point in time.

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To reach me, please send an email to and I would be delighted to send you an electronic copy of our latest newsletter. You can view more of my blogs and editorials at the following websites:Donna Jodhan!Jodhan With more and more aging baby boomers and seniors gravitating towards the Internet, the demand for both hard copy and electronic instructional manuals is growing at freight train pace. At the present time, many of these types of persons really do not know how or where to look for such types of resources and this is why they often become confused and nervous when it comes to learning how to negotiate and work with the Internet. What they are fast learning is that the Internet consists of a whirlpool of components; just too many to deal with in a logical manner. So, enter the need for manuals. In addition to all of this, aging baby boomers and seniors and many others as well are constantly having to keep up with the powers of the latest and greatest releases of software. So much is available for knock down prices but at the same time there is also so much available for free. The thing is this however; many Internet goers are still not sure how or where to look in order to take advantage of these bargains. The Internet is growing and will continue to do so for a very long time to come and with this will come a growing need to be able to search and learn. What would be ideal is if something could be done to bridge the gap between the growing demand and how and where to find the resources needed in order to help individuals cope. There are so many new terms cropping up each day along with new meanings and terminology to understand.

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alarm monitoring centers

As a valued customer, you can even benefit from our partnership with Alarm Relay, a Certified Alarm Monitoring Central Station, which provides 24 hour monitoring for the incredibly low price of $8. 95 per monthIt wasn't all that long ago that having a home security system meant signing up with a company that would send a professional installer to your house to drill holes in your walls and run wires throughout your home. In most cases the equipment was free, but you had to commit to a multi year monitoring contract as part of the deal. There are still a handful of security companies such as ADT, Slomin's, and Vivint, that will send a consultant out to your house to configure a system specifically tailored to your home and then send a team of professionals to install everything, but more and more companies are offering do it yourself DIY home security solutions. DIY home security systems come in all shapes and sizes. Some systems come with an LCD panel that serves as the brains of the system. The panel is typically installed on a wall in a central area of your home and connects wirelessly to your home network. Most of these panels use capacitive touch screens and contain multiple radios that allow them to wirelessly control Wi Fi, Z Wave, Zigbee, and Bluetooth sensors and home automation components. Most panels also contain a cellular radio that connects them to a monitoring center if you subscribe to a professional monitoring plan, and they almost always have a speaker and a microphone for two way communication with a monitoring agent. The cellular radio is also used to push updates to the system. For example, the $229 SimpliSafe Foundation is a starter kit that gives you the hub, a door/window sensor, a motion sensor, and a yard sign.

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