Motion Sensor
Sensors are the key to home securitySmart sensors are another important type of device you can connect to your Apple HomeKit if you want to know that your house is
safe from intruders as well as from calamities such as fire, water, and gas leaks. Many such systems come also with sound alarms that would alert anyone in the area, as well as sending push notifications to your phone and email alerts. Elgato Eve Door and Window is probably the best option here. The brand’s official sensor provides you with info straight to your iPhone or iPad, related to doors or windows being open or closed. In a nutshell, Apple HomeKit provides a wide range of features meant to boost your home security as well as to ease your mind off all sorts of risks. For example, you can create rules to have the lights turn on when motion is detected, have your doors unlock when a smoke alarm goes off, and have a camera begin recording when a sensor is triggered.Some systems store recorded video locally on an SD card or a solid state drive, while others offer cloud storage.Locally stored video is a good choice for do it yourselfers on a budget, but you have to be careful not to *overwrite video you may need later.Cloud *storage makes it easy to store and access recorded video, but *it can cost hundreds of dollars per year depending on your subscription.Some *systems offer both cloud storage and local storage, *and some provide a dedicated storage drive that gives you DVR capabilities with time lapse recording, which makes it easy to find a video event that took place at a specific point in time.
LunaAll of the systems we've *tested feature an app that lets you
pandouse your smartphone as your* command center to arm and disarm the system, create rules, add and delete components, and receive push notifications when alarms
Alarm Panelare triggered.Most apps also allow you to do things like
Motion Activated CameraCove Alarm Panelrecorded *video, lock and unlock doors, *change thermostat settings,
Glass break sensorand silence alarms.Some apps
Alder Youtube Videowill even use your phone's location services to *automatically arm and disarm the system according to your physical
Alarm app for Alderlocation.The
Alder Jobs Indeedmore expensive systems usually come with
Alders jobs and companya wall
Smart Smoke Detectormounted *panel that acts as a communications* hub, with
Luna smoke detectora touch screen display that allows you to do everything the app does.The display
Cellular Alarm Monitoringlets you* communicate with a professional monitoring* service
Rapid SOSwhen an alarm is triggered and view video from any of the installed security cameras.While many systems use wireless components that are installed using
Cove Security Reviewsdouble sided tape, some high end systems use components that require professional *installation.
Bringing you one
step closer to the concept of smart home, Apple’s platform will certainly make your life easier, allowing you to control most of your home devices from your smart phone.
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