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Connect your life to your home and your security Interact, control and integrate your Texecom security system like never before The Texecom Connect App allows you to control your security directly from your compatible system events and monitor cameras or activity from anywhere in the world. www.texe.com Sales: +44 (0)1706 220460 Watch the Texecom Connect App video
Texecom Connect App New smartphone application for iOS operating systems www.psimagazine.co.uk EDITORIAL Texecom Connect SmartCom Texecom Connect ethernet communicator Texecom Connect SmartPlug Ricochet ® enabled wireless plug Buying and selling In years gone by the only place you could get CCTV, intruder alarms or access control systems was from a trade stockist or an installer, but the market has changed for both buyers and sellers... If you stop and think about it, we are surrounded by different ways to buy things these days - no longer do we have to “go to the shops” to make a purchase we can instantly go online via our smartphones, televisions, tablets and computers to make swift decisions on items to then have them delivered to us. Of course professional security installers have the option of a trade distributor to help manage the technology supply they need which is a real bonus especially when you need something fast or require a little tech support. The swift replacement services are neat too. Not only do you have options when it comes to buying you also have a huge number of variables in the choice of solution you ultimately go with. It’s not just a case of analogue or IP any more, you can do just about anything over coax that you can on a network, for example Hikvision has now developed Power over Coax to go with its range of PoE enabled systems. Installers have such a wide range of options available to them for every job and it’s good to know that distributors and manufacturers are keen to look after you. Unfortunately with today’s modern lifestyle it appears (after speaking to a number of installers recently) that the end-user who considers himself tech-savvy may be introducing new problems for you. A couple of people have recently said to me that one of the main headaches they are experiencing is with customers phoning up to ask the installer to fit something the homeowner has bought online themselves. Often this means it is a product from a Far Eastern online source with no instructions in English or any tech support. A problem no-one really wants to take on. Another problem is the glut of high street retailers knocking out budget indoor cameras and unmonitored alarm systems (you know who I mean) and they’re doing a lot of marketing to support it too. Social media pop-ups from such companies come with comments typically saying: “I love this shop, my house is full of cameras”. That’s great for the shop and also for the homeowner, especially if he wants to film people stealing his stuff. And don’t get me started on the number of Kickstarter projects for indoor security systems. Global DIY intrusion equipment market revenues are forecast to grow at an average of nearly 20 percent per year from 2016 through 2021 according to the latest data and the ease in which new companies can begin trading in OEM security equipment is staggering. So there’s another headache for installers out there, but let’s hope that once people realise that they’re using well-marketed but unsuitable kit they will drop a professional a call to get the job done properly. Andy Clutton EDITOR 5
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