Driveway Entry Alert Alarms

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Driveway and entry alerts are a great addition to any home or business. They can give you early warning of anyone’s approach so that you can be ready to give them the proper greeting. The potential uses for these alerts are nearly endless. They have obvious uses for homes when you want to know when someone pulls into your driveway. Or maybe put some on doors around your pool so you can hear when your kids go into the area. Or on the entry door to your store so that you can hear when a customer enters and you can then give them a quick and friendly greeting. Or possibly put one under your drive through so that you know when a customer’s car has pulled up. We carry both hardwired drive alerts and wireless drive – entry alerts . These allow for a wide array of installation needs whether you need a long or short range, indoors or outdoors. Many driveway and entry alerts are standalone systems like the STI-3360, House Safe, and Driveway Patrol. We also have a few from Resolution Products that must be used as part of an existing alarm system: DSC , Honeywell Security , 2Gig , and Interlogix. And then others can be used as either a standalone or hardwired to an alarm system: Mier DA-500 , Mier DA-605, Seco-Larm, and Optex RCTD20U . The method of detection for entry varies and each method has advantages and disadvantages. The first method is a classic magnetic contact switch that can be placed on entry doors to detect the opening of them. These entry chimes are generally limited to indoor applications, but they are very reliable at detecting an opening door. The next method of detection is infrared motion detection. These can be beam or fan patterns. They are also designed for both indoor and outdoor use. The benefit of IR detectors is that they can detect just about anything that moves by them. But these are also prone to false alarms since things like blowing leaves or an animal moving by could possibly set it them off. The third method of detection works great for detect