Understanding Wireless Alarm Systems
In the security industry there is trend of misusing the word 'wireless'. I want to try and clarify some of the misuse. The term wireless security system is currently being used to describe an expertly installed system with wireless contacts, a wireless phone communication device, and a do-it-yourself security system. There is a huge difference in the three.
A professional installed wireless system is the same as a hardwired system that consists of a main control panel hidden away with all the same components, keypad, siren, contacts, and/or motion. There, components would be wireless in cases where hardwiring is impossible. Your protection is still the same. Any destruction to the system will cause an alarm on the system and signals will be sent to your monitoring center.
The most common misuse of the term 'wireless alarm system' is the wireless phone communication. This communication works the same as with a hardwired or wireless alarm systems. Adding a GSM/GPS cell module to the security system, hardwired or wireless, provides this service. This phone service is used in place of a regular landline phone or voip phone, and provides safe communication at a lower price.
Now the do-it-yourself is the hardest to solve, but I will make the attempt. Seeing that it is a system that can be installed by the average housewife, naturally it uses wireless components, and there is no main control panel. The system has a self-contained keypad/control panel all-in-one. This system is designed to be moved by the homeowner in temporary housing. These systems are obtained by online alarm companies that ship them out to the homeowner and he installs it himself/herself. If it's too complicated for them, the company can sub someone to install it at a fee. Now there are some companies that sell these system as permanent professionally installed systems. There are pros and cons to this type of system. A pro is that it is inexpensive to install and can be moved easily. A con is it can be removed with ease by an intruder, it is not good for long-term, and it limits you to one company for monitoring. This system can be easily defeated by removing the all-in-one keypad/control panel.
As technology changes, so will the way people get information. The information on security systems is being delivered by a new generation of salespeople and obtained by a new generation of customers. No matter what's said, a professional hardwired security system is the fundamental system to have. If a wireless product or two is needed that's fine, as long as the bases of the system is hardwired. Now when it comes to your communication, it must be kept in the right prospective. Your phone is how all systems communicate, one landline phone, voip phone, or GSM/GPS cell; all three work with your security system. So a good indication that the term wireless security system is being misused, is if a homeowner asks for one and in that case it needs to be clarified.
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