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Safety and Security Systems - Surveillance and Alarm systems

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Article Title Author Company eMag Issue Article Synopsis
Using a Wireless Bridge and Megapixel IP Camera for Remote Security Martin Boulter Luxul

Oct 2012

 Megapixel IP Cameras deliver significant enhancements over traditional analog cameras, but they require considerable network bandwidth and power. These cameras can now be installed in remote locations using wirelss bridging.
Home Security System Installation and considerations: David Feller BOCS Company

Apr 2011

With 20 years in the Consumer Electronics space, David pioneered wireless LAN for home use in partnership with Linksys, rotating storage for portable electronics at Cornice, and is most recently a founder and chief marketing officer of BOCS Inc, the manufacturer of a new whole home A/V distribution system for retrofit applications

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Home Security and Interactive Services Bill Diamond Xanboo

Aug 2010

Proprietary security panels will give way to IP centric gateways or controllers that run the security alarm manager as one of several or even many applications in the home or business.  

Consumer Video Security Jordan Schwartz & Delme Herbert LOREX

Apr 2010

 Many of the technologies used in consumer video security are adopted from those implemented in the broad consumer electronics market. As advanced consumer technologies are introduced, market leaders such as LOREX will continue to adopt and integrate them in their video security solutions.
HOME HEARTBEAT®: Peace of Mind through Wireless Home Monitoring Carlos Quimpo Eaton Corporation - Home Heartbeat

Nov 2008

 For most people, their home is their most valuable investment. As a result, having the knowledge of what’s going in their home, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, would be invaluable to many homeowners. In addition, to be able to be immediately notified of a concern in their home would provide further Peace of Mind for any homeowner.
M1 Gold Cross Platform Control Michael Zemering Elk Products

Apr 2007

 The M1Gold is a very economical and easy to use solution for your every day installations and many of today’s advance home control and automation needs. It can bring your company into the automation market without a big investment in time or arduous training.
A New Use for an Old VCR Farco Technologies Farco Technologies

Jun 2006

 Whereas most other sensors have range limitations, Video Motion Detection has the advantage that any image in the field of view of the video camera can be analyzed for movement and alerts triggered.
X-10 and Motion Detectors John Perry

Apr 2004

 This extension to our X-10 system has now been running reliably for over two years, and it has the added advantage of giving us advance warning when visitors are coming and when the boys get back from school.
Omni LT Security and Home Automation System Bob Hetherington

Feb 2003

 In addition to it's security functions, this is a full blown home automation controller that can make your life a lot easier and more convenient. It will control your powerline lighting and appliance components, thermostats, hard wired devices and more. It is also expandable if you find there is a need to add to the system ... which you probably will once you get hooked on automation :-)
CETI Cam 100 Robert Williams

Nov 2001

 The all in one unit contains a high resolution CCD camera and an embedded web server. There are inputs for 3 analogue camera’s (CCTV). Other features include an interface for adding on a pan/tilt/zoom function as well as adding a motion sensor. All this can be controlled with a standard web browser ... no additional software needed.
X-Ray Vision Internet Kit Rob Williams

Feb 2001

 X-ray vision remote software can be downloaded from www.x10.com and used to view your camera images from anywhere via an internet connection. Just enter your home computer’s IP address, type in your password and you are able to see the images from the remote camera ( updated every 10 seconds to 2 minutes).
Garage Door Sentry Rob Williams

Jun 2000

 This device could give you some peace of mind by telling you that the garage door is closed at night. As we all know ... other family members are always the ones who leave it open. If you have to go outside to check every night the garage door sentry (at the reasonable price of $79.00) could be the solution.
X10 Alarm System Guy Lavoie

Oct 1999

 I started to investigate the best way to interface X-10 to the outside world and have found the micro controller chip to be the best solution, since not only the X-10 connectivity could be addressed by the micro controller, but also the logic of the project itself, resulting in a device with very few parts.

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