Carlsbad, Calif.-based Xantech presented Bensalem, Pa.-based APA Music & Pictures with a plaque commemorating the two-millionth installation of Xantech products.
There is no sure-bet way concerning wiring, protocols, proprietary and open standards when it comes to home networking. Most often a number of wired and wireless methods coexist or run separately.
Wireless tech for outdoor intrusion detection is very popular, as well as the ability to set up temporary detection. All that, plus false alarm reduction, makes for a growing opportunity.
The broadcaster of 30 Rock and Days of Our Lives is now offering home security. Just since last October, Xfinity from Comcast, which also owns NBC Universal, rolled out home security and monitoring; ADT, the world’s biggest home security firm, introduced a multi-level lifestyle monitoring and control service; Verizon, one of the largest U.S. communications companies, with a recent iPhone deal and a cloud computing acquisition in hand, has its own home monitoring experiment in motion; APX Alarm Security Solutions Inc., Provo, Utah, the fifth-largest alarm monitoring company on the SDM 100, rebranded as Vivint™ and launched new products turning its focus from alarm monitoring to a focus on whole home automation and monitoring (see page 149 for more on APX’s rebrand as Vivint™). And that’s not an all-inclusive list.
Visonic Ltd. launched the PowerMaster-10 wireless alarm system. Using a combination of advanced and military-grade communication technologies, PowerMaster-10 is a cost-effective, reliable wireless intruder alarm system that provides security professionals with easy installations and central monitoring stations with remote diagnostic and maintenance tools.
Napco Security’s iSee Video has added a Complete Wireless Outdoor Camera Kit to its line of Wi-Fi cameras. iSee Video Wi-Fi cameras make installations a cinch in as little as 10 min., the company said.