Understanding a Wireless Security System
There is much confusion floating around about the definition of a wireless system when it comes to home alarms or security systems.
Many people believe, rightly so, that wireless means the way that the system communicates between the monitoring center and the actual alarm site, your home or business, itself and in many cases that is a fact.
There are still many alarm companies that use the old infrastructure of home phone lines or the internet to send and receive messages yet use wireless sensors in the home and then tout themselves as offering a fully wireless security system.
That is not necessarily the case. If the systems they are trying to sell you does in fact run off the phone line or internet then you really are not using a fully wireless security system are you? An industrious thief with a $5 pair of wire- snippers can cripple the ability of your system to get a signal out to the monitoring center and thus reduce or eliminate altogether a timely police response.
These are the issues a concerned shopper will want to ask of their potential alarm companies.
What are the parameters of the system that they are offering?
Are the sensors all wireless? Meaning that the install process is much less invasive from the perspective of the home owner who certainly would prefer that the alarm company does not have to do any drilling or cutting of their drywall during the install process.
It also offers the home owner a much easier time if they should choose to move any of the sensors to a different location at any time during the contract (this should be done either BY the alarm company or at the very least with their guidance and approval first!) or if they decide to sell their house and move it makes it easier for the system to travel with them.
The final question with regard to these sensors is the means by which they communicate to the control panel itself. Do they connect via cellular signal meaning they are truly wireless of do they communicate via internet or phone line?
How is communication between the monitoring center and the residence or business done?
Is it done wirelessly via cellular signal or again, by internet or phone line?
These parameters need to be taken into consideration no matter who the security company is that you are considering.
There are distinct benefits of both type of systems and the hardware that they are comprised of but in the interest of knowing exactly what you are purchasing you need to ask the right questions when doing your due diligence.
Contact the pro’s here at Pre-Lock Security Services and we will gladly answer any questions you may have related to this or any other security issue you may face!
