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I bought the 4 pack wireless infrared cameras on sale from CostCo awhile back. They transmit to a central receiver, which I plugged into my Slingbox. So now while I'm away from home I can use Slingbox to remotely view the cameras at home as I wish. The only drawback is the camera wireless...

Hi CollinR - what does the UL approval cover, can you let me know? In my experience uControl is more of a high tech technology company than a traditional security company. Their product is absolutely state of the art in terms of functionality and interface, and the hardware / online portal are...

Hi Steve, thanks for your input. I think in today's litigous society, cities have to protect themselves and shift the burden to alarm providers in the way of hoops, high annual permit fees, etc etc. It's just a nature of our lawsuit happy society I guess, and we all end up paying the price one...

CollinR thanks again for the input. I love uControl and am very glad to keep them - their customer service is still vastly superior to any other company in any other industry I have ever dealt with, plus they are constantly improving their state of the art technology. In an area as critical...

Hi guys, thanks a lot for the quick replies. I was just on NextAlarm's site and checking out goodies. I have been told the city that I live in has absurdly high annual fees for service providers, and they have a ton of hoops that service providers must run through. For example, if I get a...

EDIT - I wish I could edit the topic but this issue has been resolved to my satisfaction - thanks again to uControl. Hi All, I need urgent assistance with my security system!! I have been a user of uControl for a few years and have been VERY happy with uControl. They reduced my price also to...

Thanks for the reminder on CO detector replacement. I have no idea how old my CO detectors are ( I think 6 years), but when I read the back, it reads that it will beep twice if the detector needs to be replaced. Since they don't beep, I'm assuming the CO detectors are okay. Just to be safe, I...

I'm not sure that's a bad thing. As a newbie it took me a while to adjust to the unique forum format prior to this. As forums get more popular, the forum software needs to be updated to make it more intuitive to use to use. It's part of a natural evolution of forums. I'm really glad I found...

I really like the look and feel of the upgrade!! The only I miss is the useful homepage with all the links / post summaries prior to entering the forum. Great job so far! PS - I was wondering if this announcement was posted in the wrong forum. I had been scratching my head looking for a...

I recorded SIT tones on my answering machine but it didn't work too well for me. Plus you still get annoyed with the telephone ringing, waking the family up if we're taking a nap. Do you list your # or is it unlisted? That seems to make a difference but you'll still get random calls.

Hi bumping this up in case newbies don't see this. Can someone sticky this?

Thanks for the info Pete. That's a very clever set up! I have timers on my front lights that go on at dusk and go off at dawn. Having my front yard lit up during the evening hours seem to be a huge deterrent as well. My neighbors can see my house easily during the night. A few neighbors...

Wow that's very cool. How much is the cost for all that stuff?

Call your security installers in the yellow pages and get at least 5-7 quotes, to get a good idea of what is the average price. In terms of monitoring, my first home I already had an alarm system, but no service. I got a telephone only monitoring service locally from a company owned by a...

Wow that is impressive. However, I'd have to live in a really bad neighborhood to consider something like that! :ph34r: