Text messaging via IP communication: you don’t need a cellular communicator to get texts from your intrusion alarm panel.

No cellular communicator = no additional monthly fees!

Intrusion alarm system owners and users can get an immediate text...

It may be a lack of technical know-how . . .

We think there's a better way to use an iPad . . .

Want a good laugh? Watch the video below. Want to use your iPad to protect your business and verify alarms? Visit our security app page.

Try out...

Using resources such as calculators and quick guides can often help formulate the beginning of a plan based on many factors including budget,...

Guy Walker from Comnet Communication Networks presents this short video overview of various power supplies and mounting options for hardened, rugged network equipment for fiber optic connectivity, Power over Ethernet, copper category cable, and...

The need for costly, copper phone lines (~$600/line/year) is quickly going away.  New technology allows for internet or web based communication of alarm conditions from existing alarm systems and are rendering copper lines obsolete.

Today, there is a...

What is 4K ultra HD resolution?

Ultra HD (4K), ultra High Definition, or 4K ultra HD, as you may see the terminology referenced in different places, is the next big step in HD IP camera resolution. There are multiple varieties of 4K digital content...

We posted two educational video clips. One was a comparison of four different frame rates: 7.5ips, 10ips, 15ips, and 30ips. The second was a video comparing seven different resolutions: 4CIF, 720p, 1080p, 5 megapixel, 4K, and 180 & 360 panoramic 12...

A few days ago our team produced two demonstration video clips for a federal government agency that desired to see the difference between various IP camera resolutions from 4CIF up to 5 mega pixel. 

They also wanted to see four different frame rate...

When considering how many images per second (IPS) are required for recording surveillance video in the event of the need for acceptable evidence, many considerations must be taken. IPS and "frame rate" are commonly interchangable terms. Most common...