Most people want to feel safe and secure when in their homes. Unfortunately, break-ins occur on a daily basis no neighborhood is exempt. Home security solutions include installing burglar alarms to alert a monitoring company if the door's locks have been breeched.
Most systems can be operated in the armed position for additional safety or unarmed when one is awake and alert. When armed, the system is monitoring the doors and windows of a house. To arm or disarm the system, the occupant enters a PIN number on the keypad. Usually there is a one to two minute delay after opening a door to enter the PIN.
Systems have a trigger mechanism attached to the doors and the windows of the house. These mechanisms detect each time the door or window is opened. In businesses, it is common to have motion detectors or light beams. When someone is moving in a room and breaks the light beam, a warning is sounded. However, in homes these features are less useful as systems are often armed when occupants are present and moving about in the rooms.
Usually the systems are designed to alert a monitoring company that then contacts the police. The alert may be sent through phone, internet or in some other method. Most systems are designed to create a loud, continuous noise to alert the occupants of the building and scare off intruders. Less expensive models may only make the loud noise without alerting anyone on the outside.
Units are generally reliable. Some offer a battery backup so they continue working even with a power failure. Since older units depended on a phone line, burglars often would cut phone wires. Newer systems use cellular or radio transmitters to eliminate this problem.
Home security solutions can make residents safer. They offer several configurations to meet occupant needs. The alert they sound can keep occupants safe in their homes.
Most systems can be operated in the armed position for additional safety or unarmed when one is awake and alert. When armed, the system is monitoring the doors and windows of a house. To arm or disarm the system, the occupant enters a PIN number on the keypad. Usually there is a one to two minute delay after opening a door to enter the PIN.
Systems have a trigger mechanism attached to the doors and the windows of the house. These mechanisms detect each time the door or window is opened. In businesses, it is common to have motion detectors or light beams. When someone is moving in a room and breaks the light beam, a warning is sounded. However, in homes these features are less useful as systems are often armed when occupants are present and moving about in the rooms.
Usually the systems are designed to alert a monitoring company that then contacts the police. The alert may be sent through phone, internet or in some other method. Most systems are designed to create a loud, continuous noise to alert the occupants of the building and scare off intruders. Less expensive models may only make the loud noise without alerting anyone on the outside.
Units are generally reliable. Some offer a battery backup so they continue working even with a power failure. Since older units depended on a phone line, burglars often would cut phone wires. Newer systems use cellular or radio transmitters to eliminate this problem.
Home security solutions can make residents safer. They offer several configurations to meet occupant needs. The alert they sound can keep occupants safe in their homes.
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