Friday, April 26, 2013

What benefits one can get after installing CCTV cameras?

Over the past few years, cases of crime and theft have increased tremendously. This is the reason why more and more people have started installing security systems at their home, office or building. Out of all, the most prominent security system, which is chosen by people nowadays, is CCTV cameras.

CCTV-It stands for closed circuit television. It is installed in any area of the building to give information of all the events happened during 24 hours of a day. Mentioned below are few reasons why CCTV home security cameras have become so popular or what are its benefits:

  • High security: This is the first and foremost benefit of installing CCTV cameras. It helps in giving each and every minute details of the person or anything that goes in and around the building. With the help of it miss-happening could be avoided and various thefts, which have been undertaken they could easily be detected due to the videos being recorded in CCTV.
  • Stop strangers from lurking around property: If you or your child is alone at home and you find anyone loitering around your house then you can easily see through the monitors that are attached to the CCTV cameras and immediately alert the police about the possibility of a burglar around your building.
  • Peace of mind: There are cases when you might have to leave your children at home alone or with nanny. In such case, you are keeping you children at risk, if you don’t have CCTV at you home. So, if you want a peace of mind and put all your worries to rest then you must surely go for these as due to CCTV being installed, no stranger or your nanny would think of committing  a mistake.
  • Deterrence: Due to cameras installed in and around your house, burglars or thieves won’t think of coming around your house. This is because there would be a question of risk for them. Thus eventually your home would be free from target.
  • Prosecution: In order to reduce crime rate or help police to solve the case fast CCTV’s are of great help. This is because video being recorded helps in identifying the thieves and criminals easily.
From all the above benefits you must have got a clear idea how CCTV cameras are of great help. So, if you are thinking to get it installed at your home or office then right away approach a reliable distributer that would provide you good security systems. Moreover, you must also ask for packages that would help you avail additional security systems at much lesser price. For example, package of both CCTV cameras and video Intercom System.

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Prominent features of intercom system!

Undoubtedly, today there are various excellent security systems that help in keeping an eye on each and every bit of movement going in and around the infrastructure. Out of all, a perfect type of security system is home intercom.
From simple to sophisticated, all type of intercom systems are available in the market. Thus according to one’s own needs and preferences, one can either choose wireless, wired, audio or video intercom systems.
So, if you are looking forward to buy any of the intercom system then first have a glance over the features of intercom systems:
  • Good communication: One of the basic features of intercom systems is good communication. This means one can easily communicate with the person sitting on the other end of the house. Not only this if one wants to communicate with only specified person of the family, then that can also be easily done with the help of intercom systems. In other words, message would not be broadcasted rather would be conveyed to only that person whom you want to communicate with. All just requires is choose a room where the person is sitting, enter a set of code of that room (this would be provided to you during the installation time) and lastly convey the message-as simple as that!
  • Effective monitoring: If you go for video intercom systems, then it allow you to monitor and keep an eye on what all things are going around in your house. For example, you can keep a check on your kids when they are playing in the yard. Eventually it would help you provide security, as well as peace of mind.
  • Video recording: In case when you want to see who came at your home when you were not there, you can have a look with the help of in-built video recording feature of intercom system. It would not just display the person’s face but would also tell you when and at what time does the person came at your home. In order to play the video all you need to do is pop out the video card that is placed in the video recorder and copy the video in your computer.
  • Built in speakers: Other than providing security feature, intercom systems also serve the purpose of entertainment by the means of playing music. One just needs to hook up the CD player with the in-built speakers of audio intercom system and enjoy their favorite music while sitting anywhere in the room.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Proximity cards – A great way to improve residential and office security!

With improved consciousness about safety and security of both residences and offices, people are going for numerous security systems products in the market. Out of the bunch of such products used for security purpose, access control systems are becoming quite popular and a prime choice.

ACSs include installation of a safety device in the premises. Only those people who are authorized to enter the concerned department would be able to enter across the doors. It thus restricts the entry of unauthorized people and intruders from entering the doors thus ensuring safety and security of the place.

These systems can be installed both in the offices and residential areas to ensure security and safety. Some of the commonly used security devices that fall under the category of ACSs are biometric identification system, key-pad, bar codes, magnetic card access control, prox cards or prolixity card and several others. In this article, your will get to know about some access devices which are based on proximity cards.

The benefit of using prox cards is that they you do not need to swipe them in the card reader. You can use them without having to swipe them. Given below is the mechanism of how these cards work. There are four major elements that contribute towards working of this excellent security device. Those elements are namely the tag, the controller, the lock and the reader. Let us have a look at each of them:

Tag or card – Every individual who is authorized to enter a particular door is provided with a card or a tag by the administrator of the system. They can be used on required doors and at required hours of the day.

Reader – A reader is a device which is installed at the exit and entry of the specified door.

Controller – This is the main part of the whole proximity card security system. It is a central computer that stores all the information about people punching the card and entering across the door. It provides access to unlock the door as soon a person uses the card and stores all the information related to exit and entry of each individual.

Lock – It is an electro-mechanical lock device which works according to the response and command given by the controller.

Apart from proximity cards, numerous other security products such as a door buzzer and an audio intercom system are available in the market. You can choose from the huge range of such products and get them installed in your house and office for improved security and safety.