Alarm.com Launching New Intuitive Design Website This October for Customers
We have some exciting news for our customers who utilize Alarm.com. A new and improved website for Alarm.com is coming soon, with upgraded features, greater interaction, and more benefits for end users. Below is the press release from Alarm.com which we just received. If you are a GenX Security customer or client and you would like to know more details about your personal access to Alarm.com's new website, please contact us at 866-598-4369. Image: Alarm.com website The new Al
Two-Way Audio Now Available on Alarm.com Indoor Security Cameras
If you are a GenX Security client then you likely also have an alarm.com account through us. Just released today, if you have the Alarm.com indoor Wi-Fi camera models ADC-V521IR (firmware version 0100d1 or greater) and the new ADC-V522IR (hardware version 0101 and firmware version 0100b9 or greater) then you can now communicate through your camera(s) via the Alarm.com mobile app. Alarm.com explained the details, features and benefits in their customer service message to their
Trick a Burglar Like a Brit with 30 Top Home Invasion Hacks
Do you like to have the house spic and span clean before leaving on vacation? Maybe you should leave some dirty dishes out instead. Have you considered donating that old box TV and your junk jewelry? It might be worth reconsidering and staging your home with your old junk as a deterrent, like thief repellant. These are just a few of the top home invasion trickster hacks that may be from across the pond but a break in is a break in is a break in, are we right? And while here i
New Smoke Alarm Tests to Detect Fires Started by Synthetics
Decades ago most of the materials found in homes and businesses were made of natural materials, such as cotton and wood. But today the fabric landscape has changed with a plethora of engineered materials manufactured using man-made synthetics, and with different fire resistance levels. For instance, take the manufactured home into account. In 1976 new regulations were put into place by law to make the mobile home safer and built with higher quality, thus ushering in the "manu
Security Alert - US Army Bans Chinese DJI Drones for Spying Concerns
Drones are hot right now. Everyone seems to want one, including your little kids. It's a chance to pilot your own craft without a license, you can survey the area around your drone fly-zone with an on-board camera, they light up and sound menacing - especially at night, and they have a lot of potential for both security and sales applications. Realtors are using them quite frequently now for their online listings, security companies are using them to do surveillance for event
Establishing (Security) Boundaries with Geofencing Technology
We've heard of invisible fencing for dogs, but not many consumers have heard of geofencing, though it is a growing buzz-word in business and home security. Geofencing is putting a zone around your home or business that you can monitor via your security system and smart home technology, and notify you of activities that enter the geofenced zone through "triggers". At GenX Security we've enabled geofencing technology for business clients who wanted to know who, when, and how fr
