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home automations

01.14.2007 | 34 Comments

First introduced on the market in 2014, during Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple’s proprietary software and hardware smart home platform has gradually improved. New features were added and more devices were made compatible, allowing homeowners to easily communicate with their smart appliances and control what is going on in their home via their Apple device – a smart phone, a watch or an iPad. So, how does it work?If you have a smart home equipped with the Apple HomeKit, you can control various devices in a few quick commands using the specific app on your phone or even via Siri, the personal assistant Apple offers. Depending on the compatible hardware you have, this means you can control smart devices like thermostats, lighting, and even home security cameras and alarms. Have I turned off the lights?Have I unplugged the iron?Have I locked the door?All these questions are a thing of the past with Apple’s HomeKit. Your home’s safety is now at your fingertips. While being able to automate your home lighting or the heating via smart devices is certainly useful, making life easier, the ability to automate home security is a truly exciting prospect. Let’s take a closer look at how to use Apple’s HomeKit to provide enhanced home security:Smart locks create a more secure homeWith Apple HomeKit, your house keys are one step closer to becoming a museum artifact. Smart locks have a huge potential to replace traditional ones in the near future, and there are a number of reasons for this, including comfort, ease of use, enhanced security, and peace of mind. Features vary depending on the hardware manufacturer, but there are quite a few things most smart locks have in common. The most important is the ability to lock and unlock doors with the mere tap of an icon.

security system review

01.14.2007 | 16 Comments

The worst that will happen is the video refresh rate will be low, meaning the video will be choppy and it will not be real time video transmission. When compared to analog transmitters, if there is even a single obstruction, it would cause lines to appear in the video. In this setup we will show you how to setup a wireless camera system for long range wireless transmission using a WiFi security camera that already has a built in WiFi radio and a powerful outdoor wireless access point. Clear line of sight is recommended as obstructions can cause signal degradation depending on the density of the obstruction. This setup is great for outdoors where you can mount a radio on the exterior surface of a building and broadcast WiFi to cameras mounted in the signal path. By using one AP, you can connect to up to four 1080P HD security cameras and view them using your computer, or integrate them in to a NVR for recording. Click here to read more. The first and extremely important step when considering a wireless security camera system is understanding the limitations of wireless equipment. You can purchase expensive wireless equipment and still have poor signal due to interference or thick walls. These issues can lead to an unreliable security system that drops cameras, or appears to skip video. The video below outlines how to use an iPhone or Android to determine the wireless strength in areas around your home or business.