| Many people can remember their grand parents | | | | need occurs, the owner has several choices. The |
| stating that their house was never locked. They had | | | | owner can provide the personnel providing the |
| locks on the doors but they were never needed. | | | | maintenance an access code disarming the home |
| Society has changed and today simple locks are no | | | | security system. The remote home security system |
| deterrent to a house invasion or other catastrophe. | | | | can be left in a disarmed state awaiting the |
| The homeowner of today needs to turn to state of | | | | maintenance team. Neither of these options is the best |
| the art electronics to provide home security for them. | | | | option. The best option is for the homeowner to |
| Advanced electronics provide affordable home | | | | provide separate areas in the property that can be |
| security for every homeowner. House security | | | | armed or disarmed individually. This method allows the |
| systems can range from very simple systems that the | | | | maintenance team access to the general parts of the |
| homeowner can install in a few hours to complex | | | | home while maintaining a secure area in the home that |
| systems that require a certified technician days to | | | | they do not have access to. This partitioning insures |
| install. The fundamental part of any home security | | | | that the maintenance team is restricted from sensitive |
| system is a simple switch. This switch contains two | | | | areas in the home and thus insuring the home security. |
| metal reeds that are kept in contact with each other | | | | Audio systems that are installed in the keypads of the |
| by a magnet. When the magnet is removed from the | | | | home permit voice communications through the |
| switch the two metal reeds separate and the home's | | | | security system. These microphones and speakers |
| security system goes into an alarm state. This alarm | | | | permit the homeowner to monitor activity in the home. |
| state can place a telephone call to a central station | | | | This monitoring can be accomplished through either the |
| and sound an alarm at the property. | | | | keypads themselves or the house security system |
| House invasion is only one violation of home security. | | | | can be accessed from a remote location and the |
| The chance of fire or a gas leak in the home also | | | | homeowner can listen in from any telephone. When |
| violates home security. Detectors are available for | | | | the homeowner is absent, the activities in the |
| smoke and noxious gasses. These noxious gasses | | | | residence can be monitored without anyone in the |
| can include carbon monoxide and natural or propane | | | | house being aware of it. |
| gasses. When the smoke or gas levels inside of a | | | | State of the art electronics provide the homeowner |
| property are detected, the home security system | | | | the opportunity to see what is going on inside of the |
| goes into an alarm state and notifies both the | | | | home while they are away from the residence. |
| homeowner and the central station of the conditions | | | | Television cameras when combined with Internet |
| present. Should the homeowner be absent when this | | | | capable head end equipment provide this opportunity. |
| occurs the central station can notify the local fire | | | | The head end equipment is assigned an IP address |
| department and have them dispatched to the | | | | and the images captured by the television cameras |
| residence. | | | | can be monitored from anywhere in the world with a |
| The term "latch key kids" has been coined to describe | | | | few mouse clicks. Along with the cameras, any audio |
| the child who returns from school to an empty house. | | | | equipment in the residence can also be monitored |
| The parents, both at work, have no idea of when the | | | | providing the homeowner both audio and video |
| child returns home from school. The remote home | | | | coverage of the interior or exterior of the residence. |
| security system can be programmed to inform the | | | | Remote home security permits the homeowner to |
| parent when the child returns home. When the child | | | | monitor who enters or leaves the home along with the |
| enters their access code into the home security | | | | opportunity to both watch and listen to the activity in |
| system to disarm it, the system notifies the parent | | | | the home. Central station monitoring is available for |
| through a telephone call that the child has entered their | | | | both the home security system and the video system |
| code. In this manner, the parent knows that the child is | | | | installed in the home. Though the utilization of a central |
| safe in the residence. | | | | station, the home can be monitored on a 24 hour basis |
| Maintenance often needs to be accomplished inside | | | | 7 days a week thus insuring that the home is safe |
| the home when the owners are absent. When this | | | | from invasion and other home protection issues. |