Articles by Tim A. Scally

It’s a decision that every security dealer has made or is in the process of making: What is the best option for monitoring?

SIA successfully petitioned the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to include IP cameras in its “microprocessor/microcomputer” waiver for certain IT equipment under its “Buy America” requirements.

After a signal disruption affecting more than 10,000 ADS radio transceivers resulting from what ADS called a “bad packet” of data from AES technology, the two companies have taken steps to correct the issue and ensure the network does not experience further disruptions. 

The world of commercial alarms is changing, or rather has changed. With moves almost exclusively to cellular and IP communications, security dealers are tasked with determining what type of security system makes the most sense for each project.

Vingtor Stentofon puts its turbine video station to the test in this video in which two dogs (a Danish Swedish farm dog and a Jack Russell terrier) snooze in a room with a TCIV-3 turbine.

Bosch Security hosts a video portal on its website with more than 300 videos.

With everything from tips and tricks to instructions about how to join interactive gateway modules to a panel, the Resolution Products knowledge base page provides dealers, installers and integrators with everything they need to install and maintain Resolution security products.

Hikvision Canada Inc., a Canadian provider of CCTV and IP video surveillance products, launched the new Hikvision Canada website.

Kevin Lehan, executive director of the Illinois Electronic Security Association (IESA), said a new Schaumburg law would be tantamount to the government confiscating customers from private alarm companies. 

AMP Security announced a new name, AMP Smart, as well as the release of the AMP Smart Panel, which deploys next generation technology from Qolsys and Alarm.com as part of the comprehensive rebrand.