If she loses her Space Control its a 30 second job to remove it from the system. One of the reasons I installed KeyPad Plus was that Prox Tags are just so easy to use to arm / disarm and they are pretty cheap as well.
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Has anyone brought together any of the more accessible real-time systems (Nest, Ring, Eufy) with something like Ajax? My old place had a traditional Texicom PIR system and I used a Nest Hello for years alongside a couple of Google Minis, which was a great real-time addition. Moving to a bigger house I've got the chance to spec things up a bit maybe. Ajax looks great for the alarm system, but do people integrate these or is it best to keep them separate?
I was hoping to continue using my old Nest Hello and add their outdoor light camera, but then you discover the outside light uses a different app and it all starts to get a bit messy. Eufy is appealing due to the removal of subscription, but then there are various reports of slow notifications. It just feels like everywhere I turn there are niggles and I don't want to be changing the whole system again in a year because I can't live with it.
Any advice is much appreciated.
I was hoping to continue using my old Nest Hello and add their outdoor light camera, but then you discover the outside light uses a different app and it all starts to get a bit messy. Eufy is appealing due to the removal of subscription, but then there are various reports of slow notifications. It just feels like everywhere I turn there are niggles and I don't want to be changing the whole system again in a year because I can't live with it.
Any advice is much appreciated.
There is almost nothing Ajax cannot integrate with in terms of hardware. Whether that hardware allows it to be controlled from the Ajax app is another question altogether. We integrate Dahua surveillance cameras, PIR lights and Dahua doorbells with Ajax. All in the same app. Ajax has relays and power socket controls so you can turn almost anything on and off.
Ajax is a Grade 2 Alarm with its own eco-system. It can integrate 3rd party cameras into the app and it can be integrated into other systems. I am about to undertake an install in a £3m refurb of a Scottish manor house. Ajax will integrate with the commercial fire alarm using fire-relays into a MultiTransmitter to get fire alarm notifications and will also talk to a KNX system, using Ajax Relays to provide alarm status to KNX. It doesnt though have an open API so it doesnt talk to the likes of Alexa or Google (currently).
Cheers both, I've been doing a fair amount of research and I think it's better if both my systems are not integrated anyway for simplicity. I'm leaning towards the Eufy doorbell and cam 2 range for the video system, and then Ajax kit for the proper intruder alarm business.
Ajax in the U.K. will ship with a SIM which is around £2pm you just need to set up an account to activate it. If you want to PM me a floor plan I’ll give you a design for what I would install. Hand drawing will be fine. Feel free to ask any questions, if I can’t answer them, I can normally get an answer from one of the Ajax Team in Kiev within 24hours.
OK, your looks pretty straight forward:
3 x MotionProtect - bottom left Kitchen / Dining : top left Lounge : bottom right Hallway
2 x DoorProtect - back and front door
2 x HomeSiren - one in hall and one on landing
1 x StreetSiren - front of house
1 x KP+ (or KP choice is yours) hallway
Hub2 (or Hub2+ if you want wifi)
Optional
Spacecontrol (fob) if you dont want to use phone app or prox tags
Ajax Tag - if you want to use KP+
Leak Detector - mine lives behind the washing machine, saved me twice now)
This assumes that you normally enter via the front door so that would be primary entry/exit route.
I find the KP+ really useful as I can give a ProxTag to visitors / kids / Mum and they can one-touch arm disarm with a tag.
3 x MotionProtect - bottom left Kitchen / Dining : top left Lounge : bottom right Hallway
2 x DoorProtect - back and front door
2 x HomeSiren - one in hall and one on landing
1 x StreetSiren - front of house
1 x KP+ (or KP choice is yours) hallway
Hub2 (or Hub2+ if you want wifi)
Optional
Spacecontrol (fob) if you dont want to use phone app or prox tags
Ajax Tag - if you want to use KP+
Leak Detector - mine lives behind the washing machine, saved me twice now)
This assumes that you normally enter via the front door so that would be primary entry/exit route.
I find the KP+ really useful as I can give a ProxTag to visitors / kids / Mum and they can one-touch arm disarm with a tag.
You can add anything that you want, any time you want. I have external MotionCam Outdoors and DualCurtain outdoors on my Hub 2, that I added after my initial install. Oh I forgot on your schedule, you may want to add an Ajax Button or Ajax DoubleButton if you want a panic alarm. If you are talking to CCTVDirect then have a look at their starter kits as they are great value, then add additional sensors etc. BTW Adam Downey who runs CCTVDirect is a great guy.
It depends on now the door was built but if it’s anything like a UPVC window, you can normally take off the UPVC beading around the glass.
That should expose the double glazed unit which you can measure and get a replacement. A glass repair person will be able to do it for a reasonable price if you dont want to. They’ll be in and out in a few mins.
That should expose the double glazed unit which you can measure and get a replacement. A glass repair person will be able to do it for a reasonable price if you dont want to. They’ll be in and out in a few mins.
Thanks Born2sk8, I was thinking more in terms of would the current frame be secure enough with a double glazed laminated unit. I am sure if someone is determined enough they could get through, just want to make it as difficult as possible.
Laminated glass still breaks, it just breaks differently. Once it’s smashed you can just push it through easy enough. It just takes more time and effort compared to standard or toughened.
The only difference is that once some smashes it, realises it’s laminated and is going to take more effort, they might move on to the next one. The chances are is that if they have fine far enough to smash the glass, they probably know why they are breaking in and will continue to do so.
The traditional smash and grab burglary is far rarer than it used to be. Now it tends to be opportunistic looking for open doors/cars/sheds or organised and they are coming to you because you’ve been targeted and you have something they want.
The only difference is that once some smashes it, realises it’s laminated and is going to take more effort, they might move on to the next one. The chances are is that if they have fine far enough to smash the glass, they probably know why they are breaking in and will continue to do so.
The traditional smash and grab burglary is far rarer than it used to be. Now it tends to be opportunistic looking for open doors/cars/sheds or organised and they are coming to you because you’ve been targeted and you have something they want.
Yeah I understand. My thinking though is that the window on the back door is large and the easiest way into my house. If I can secure that, make that tougher to get through, then whoever is trying to get in may not persist as other methods of access are not so easy.