Video verification – Future? or Now?

June 9, 2010

Imagine, a futuristic alarm system, that has a built in video camera.  Anytime your alarm is activated, a ten second video clip is transmitted to the monitoring center, and emailed ot you.  The monitoring center views the video, if there is a person present, the dispatching process begins. If there is no person present, no dispatch.  […]

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Home security: how much is enough?

May 31, 2010

Over the years, I’ve heard many of my associates drone on about how a home isn’t protected unless every window and door on the property has a sensor. I couldn’t agree less. In fact, I wonder how many of these companies put a magnetic contact on the window and call it securerd? Or for that […]

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Private response for security systems

May 25, 2010

Should you consider private response for your alarm system? The answer is: it depends. Here are a few reasons why you might want to consider it: Use of building. If your building is a school or church, or has more than a dozen people who can arm and disarm it, then you should definitely consider […]

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Apartment fire alarms in Houston

May 24, 2010

Fire alarms for apartments in Houston: there has been a big push lately on the part of the Houston, Tx and Harris County Fire Marshals to increase the fire alarm coverage in multifamily dwellings in the area. Most of the focus is on (1) sprinkler monitoring, for buildings that are sprinkled, and (2) occupant notification […]

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Do you need a home security system in Houston – FAST?

April 29, 2010

Over the years we’ve had several last minute inquiries from Houston area clients who needed a home securiy system installed quickly, within 24 hours or less. Until recently we’ve never been geared up for that. Now that’s all changed. We’re about to go live with what we believe will deliver quick, reliable, painless installations for […]

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Vehicle Tracking

November 25, 2009

OMNI has been considering getting into the vehicle tracking side of monitoring for quite some time. We just never found a product that we felt was economical enough, easy to install, and affordable. Now that’s all changed. One of our long time suppliers, Uplink, has a solution that meets all of our criteria! We are […]

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Asset Protection

October 5, 2009

Most security systems can protect against burglary. Few alarm systems are designed to protect against theft! Burglary is when an unauthorized person enters your property and takes valuables. Theft, however involves a person, such as a contractor or vistor, who is authorized to be on your property takes something. One way to guard against that […]

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Server-Free Card Access Systems

April 24, 2009

Over the years, the number one issue I’ve seen with access control systems has been the PC or server that the system is running on. A file gets corrupted, the PC is moved, the hard drive crashes, etc, etc. This can be frustrating for the end user who now cannot get into his access panel […]

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No Telco Line? Solution #2: IP.

April 24, 2009

As mentioned in the previous page, many homes and businesses have gone away from traditional phone lines to IP based phones and cell phones. Now alarm companies have to find a different path to deliver those critical alarm signals. The predominate alternative to telco for alarm transmission has been cellular alarm communicators. Another choice thats […]

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No Telco line ? Solution #1: Cellular.

April 21, 2009

For many years the standard method for transmitting alarms to the monitoring center has been the phone line. Nowdays, many homeowners are shutting off the phone lines and using their cell phones. Many business are also eliminating phone lines and using IP based telephones, over high speed data lines. Often, they don’t think about how […]

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