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    5 Great Things Titan Alarm’s Geo Service does for You

    Posted on by Mike Proudfit

    Imagine if your house knew when you were on your way home, and took action to ensure the perfect temperature when you arrive.  Or, if when you left, your home reminded you if you forgot to arm your security system or lock the front door.

    With a Titan Alarm Smart Home, this is a reality, thanks to Geo-Services, our location-based home automation feature. This opt-in feature is easy to turn on and off, and is included in the majority of Titan Alarm packages.

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    Geo-Services uses your smartphone’s location to take useful actions on your behalf while you’re out, ranging from a simple notification to a real action such as adjusting your thermostat.

    It works by using your smartphone’s location to determine where you are, relative to your home’s location. When you reach a certain distance from your house – defined by a circular “geo-fence” which you create yourself in your Alarm.com app – Geo-Services can take a range of actions on your behalf. Here are five of the best.

    Note: if you ever lose your smartphone, you can disable your Alarm.com smartphone login from a desktop computer.

    1: Alert you if you Leave your Home Unsecured.

    Ever got halfway to work and then wondered you’ve left your home unsecured? Geo-Services means that you’ll never wonder again. If you leave your house without arming your security system or locking your smart locks, your Alarm.com app will notify you as soon as you cross your geo-fence. Thanks to the ability to remotely control your security system, all you need to do is arm your system (or lock your doors) through your app, and keep going – there’s no need to turn around.

    2: Come home to a Bright Welcome on Dark Evenings.

    Geo-services gives you more than just reminders—you can also automate certain tasks. One of the easiest is lighting. Simply program your smart lighting solution to come on when you cross your Home geo-fence at the end of the day, and you’ll find your entryway brightly lit when you arrive home.

    3: Save energy when you leave home; Enjoy Comfort when you Return

    Turning down your heating or cooling when you leave your house saves energy and money. But, when you’re running late, with work or a road trip on your mind, your thermostat is the last thing you think of.

    The answer is a smart thermostat, automated with Geo-Services.

    4: Turn your Video Monitoring off When you’re Home.

    While you don’t want to miss an important video monitoring event while you’re out, you have less need for monitoring when you’re home. Geo-Services can automatically pause your home monitoring when you’re within your Home geo-fence – meaning that no recording of you and your family takes place.

    Video Monitoring

    5: Build Smarter Rules with Multiple Geo-Fences

    A one-mile distance around your home isn’t the ideal geo-fence for every task: heating and cooling takes longer to achieve than turning your lights on. Alarm.com lets you set up as many geo-fences as you like, customized to within one-tenth of a mile. A second geo-fence around your office location, for example, gives your HVAC system more time to get your home’s temperature perfect before you get there.

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    Combine Home Automation and Home Security

    Posted on by Mike Proudfit

    home_automationTechnology has advanced greatly in the last few decades. We now have phones that are more powerful and more useful than a desktop computer was only a decade ago, cars that park themselves, and cloud systems to store, and share the moments that make our lives.

    Shouldn’t your home security system be more advanced and useful too?

    Most security companies offer discount systems based on out of date technology. Often requiring land line telephones, hard wired sensors and cameras that are dependent on outdated technology and simply don’t work as well as they should.

    At Titan Alarm we believe in advancing home security to keep pace with new technologies. Our systems combine the most advanced wireless monitoring devices, two way communication, video verification, motion and break detection with the latest software, smartphone access and control application to secure your home in the most advanced and cost effective way possible. But we didn’t stop there. We believe your security system should offer the more useful features for your life. That’s why we have combined home security with home automation to create cost effective ways to automate your life while protecting your home and family.

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    We believe first in foremost in protecting what matters most, you, your home and family. Our systems offer 24/7 Emergency response, to breaking, fires, co2 and more. Titan Alarm’s systems are tamper resistant and based on cellular technology so they don’t rely on being plugged into a phone line to work. Our systems offer real time alerts, even when the system is disarmed and are fully controlled via an elegant and easy to use mobile app.

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    We have combined our home security panel with energy management technology that interfaces wirelessly with your thermostat to create cost and energy savings in your home and business. Our system will automatically adjust your homes temperature based on your settings. We combine location services of your smart phone to know when you leave which can trigger the alarm to be set and you’re your thermostat to automatically adjust to create cost savings. On a hot summer day theres no need to waste money in the heat of the day cooling an empty home, our system will detect that no one is home and automatically adjust the thermostat to save money, then using your cell phones location our system will automatically begin cooling your home when you are a preset distance away ensuring that your home will be cool and ready on your arrival

    Seamless Integration

    We connect the key devices in your home seamlessly to create intelligent home automation control that is not available from out of the box automation solutions. Our systems can lock and unlock your doors, control your garage doors, solar systems, turn on and off lights and plugged in appliances, monitor water usage, energy usage and more, all from a sophisticated mobile app.

    By combining security and home automation, our software can adaptively learn to serve your needs. A connected home is more than turning off lights and locking doors, we combine all the data from all devices to create a system of connected devices that all work together to serve your needs, lower energy costs and secure your home and creating a system that adapts to your needs.

    Best of all everything updates and configures automatically, we make things easier for you while saving you money and securing your home. Titan Alarm’s security and automation systems are priced similar to most alarm companies basic security packages but offer more than you can dream of. Take the next step in creating a home that protects and serves your family, contact a Titan Alarm representative today.

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    Updated by Titan Alarm on November 5, 2018.

    How to Prevent Copper Theft

    Posted on by Mike Proudfit

    coppertheftCopper theft is growing problem facing businesses and home owners in Phoenix and surrounding areas. Since 2008 copper and other metal thefts have risen every year and accounted for billions of dollars in losses across the nation. In 2012 over 10,000 residences in Arizona filed insurance claims for copper theft. With continued high prices for copper and other metals sold as scrap and legislation proving ineffective its important for residents and business owners to take steps to protect their home and businesses from metal theft.

    Copper and metal thieves target any exposed metal on your property. Recently thieves went as far to steal copper from electrical poles around Tempe town lake. Often thieves target roof top HVAC systems, electrical conduits, utility boxes, exposed plumbing and other hard to see areas. Because metal is nearly impossible to trace, thieves are able to sell the stolen metal for scrap.

    Fortunately there are ways to protect your home and business and prevent copper theft.

    Video Surveillance and Monitoring

    One of the most effective ways to catch a copper thief is to install a video surveillance and monitored alarm system. However all systems are not created equal. Most traditional CCTV systems sold by most alarm companies are hardwired and rely on using the video after the crime has occurred to identify the suspects.

    This is often not effective and results in few arrests and does not prevent the crime from occurring. Because traditional CCTV systems are hardwired, and copper theft often involves cutting and stealing electrical and video wire, security systems are often rendered unoperational and ineffective during the copper theft.

    Video Surveillance

    Titan Alarm has worked with leading industry companies developed systems to prevent copper theft by catching the thieves in the act or before the crime is committed. Our systems combine wireless motion detector with video IP video cameras that capture and identify movement using sophisticated software, triggering video monitoring, day or night, and alerting our central monitoring station which will verify the video and dispatch authorities up to 90% faster than traditional systems.

    Our systems are wireless and discreet, to the average person they don’t appear like a video camera and operate over cellular service, so even if the camera itself is stolen it will still continue to send video and location information. Resulting in more arrests.

    Video Verification

    Traditional security often trigger false alarms, and because of this many jurisdictions require verification to receive a priority response from law enforcement. A verified alarm triggers a priority response from police allowing them to arrive in time to stop damage or theft of your property. Titan Alarm has partnered with leading security companies to offer video verification of alarm events.

    Commercial video verification

    Our systems capture video once a senor is activated, the video can quickly be verified as a real event and dispatch police within seconds. The differences in response times is often dramatic making video verification a must for companies that are serious about protecting livelihood.  In Phoenix Arizona an unverified alarm had an average response time of up to two hours, a Titan Verified video alarm has an average response time of 5min 13sec. Allowing ample time for the police to arrive and stop the theft before its complete.

    Other Steps to Preventing Copper Theft:

    Often access to the job site, facility or residence is what allows copper theft to occur. Securing your properties perimeter is important to preventing copper theft.

    Using motion detectors and IP video surveillance and verified alarm systems combined with managed access controls on all gates, doors and ladders is a good way to protect your property. Access control systems for gates, doors and entrances allows your employees, family and friends to have access to your property while stopping all others.

    Our advanced software based systems can identify intruders and detect whether the motion that triggered the alarm was actually an intruder or was an animal or other non threatening motion. By using smart software along with video verification you can ensure the quickest response time and fewer false alarms.

    Speak with a Security Consultant.

    Like most things, if you are serious about doing it right, its best to speak with an expert. At Titan Alarm we have decades of experience preventing theft. We employ only the top experts in the field, with back grounds in security, law enforcement and technology. Our security experts will work with you to create a cost effective and highly effective system to ensure the safety or your property and investment.

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    Home Security In Phoenix With Titan Access Controls

    Posted on by Mike Proudfit

    Home security is a key concern in Phoenix, Arizona and the surrounding area. The suburbs of Phoenix area wonderful, sunny place, and a great place to raise kids for the most part, but isn’t a 100% rosy place. There is a dark side as well. Many people don’t know that Phoenix is the kidnapping capital of the United States, and possibly the world. Mostly illegal immigrants are kidnapped and forced into effective slavery here, on this highway from Mexico to the rest of the United States.

    Some areas of the city are more susceptible than others to this type of dangerous activity, and such neighborhoods tend to experience higher than typical crimes of other nature as well. South Phoenix and Maryvale in west Phoenix are particularly notorious for being dangerous neighborhoods, although crimes such as murder, rape and robber can happen anywhere (and in any city for that matter).

    In these neighborhoods in particular, home security is paramount. In many areas in Phoenix, homes might have bars on the windows to keep out intruders, although this might not be the most effective strategy. The best way to deter a burglar is to make the house as unattractive as possible from a theft standpoint, and to make it difficult to break into unnoticed at the same time. The key here is “unnoticed” as any modern house can be entered without a key quite easily. Thus a burglar’s main concern isn’t about getting in per se, but about doing so and getting away with it.

    Install heavy duty locks on the doors, complete with deadbolts. A simple latch can be opened easily, even for someone with minimal experience, and a credit card or other thin, flexible object. Deadbolts require much more equipment, time or brute force to break in to, and their existence may simply cause a potential thief to shop elsewhere.

    Security bars on windows are a debated line of defense. They do make it much harder for someone to get in. Obviously glass is not difficult to get through – a rock or a kick will shatter glass, either enabling direct access through that window, or allowing a latch to be opened, through the broken opening. Bars prevent direct entry. However, bars on a window can be a drawback for two reasons. One is that bars advertise to the neighborhood that the homeowner is concerned about security. If someone is overly concerned about security, a burglar might wonder why, and consider the home to be a more attractive target. This is the opposite of what a homeowner wants. The second drawback for window bars is that they cannot often be opened from the inside. In case of a fire, that window cannot easily be used to escape the building.

    Some window bar systems have breakaway releases that are access near the window inside the building but which cannot be reached from outside. These are much safer in fires, but still might be difficult to release for panicked occupants.

    The best option is a security system by Titan Alarm. Our systems offer comprehensive monitoring solutions, including remote access control, text-based notifications, and climate control monitoring. With a Titan System, you will always know your Phoenix home is secure.

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    Updated by Titan Alarm on November 5, 2018.

    Titan Security Solutions for Phoenix Security

    Posted on by Mike Proudfit

    Titan Alarm is the best choice for your Phoenix security needs, for a few reasons. We’re locally owned and operated, so you know that our systems are tailored specifically for your needs, and you know we’re not pre-occupied halfway across the nation. We provide security to primarily the Phoenix area, with a few other locations around Arizona and the Southwest.

    Our state of the art systems do much more than simply scaring off burglars. Via text, you’ll receive instant notifications and updates about your system. You’ll know the second it goes off, and will know which doors and windows have been compromised. Our systems also let you know if the power has gone out in the rest of the neighborhood if the power is out to your house. This makes a big difference, since a neighborhood power outage is most likely benign.

    Titan Security Solutions have features beyond security. Our systems integrate with the thermostat in your home to keep the interior at the perfect temperature. This helps you save money, since the climate system can keep the temperature closer to the outside when the house is empty. For example, in summer, Phoenix is incredibly hot and the need for air conditioning makes the electric bill skyrocket. With Titan’s intelligent climate control system, the thermostat can be kept higher during the day when the rates and temperature are high, but no one is home to need cool rooms anyway.

    Our great Phoenix solutions are ideal for your home. Everything is controlled by one central device, helping you live more cheaply, safely and happily.

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    Updated by Titan Alarm on November 5, 2018.

    Why should I have a Home Security Alarm System?

    Posted on by Mike Proudfit

    Your home is by far the most important place in the world, and you want to safeguard your family in every way possible. That’s why we install the best home security system and provide world-class 24/7 protection for your home.

    The Titan Alarm Difference Interactive Systems powered by Alarm.com to match any lifestyle!

    • Find out when the kids get back from    Intrusion Alarm Keypad
      school, or what time your teen got in last night.
    • Add water sensors to your basement to detect
      a flood in time to prevent costly damage.
    • Get an alert sent to your phone if the garage
      door is left open too long.
    • Find out if your teenager spent the afternoon playing video games in the basement or upstairs (hopefully) doing homework.

    Here’s what else you can expect from Titan:Home security device

    • Fast alarm response
    • Great local service
    • Low monthly monitoring fees
    • Easy-to-use systems
    • 24-hour monitoring by trained professionals
    • Money-Back and Relocation Guarantees†
    • Business and Home Insurance Certificates†

    What Should a Home Security Alarm System Include?

    Most systems rely on a combination of contacts placed on doors and windows, along with a motion detector strategically placed in the house by a professional technician. To receive the best protection, Titan recommends that all exterior entry points have contacts that sense when they are open or closed. In some cases, a glassbreak sensor would be a better choice for protection.

    Motion detectors should not be used as the primary means of detection because they do not detect someone until they are already in the house. The primary means of detection would be door, window and glassbreak detectors. A motion detector is considered a secondary means of detection.

    The Basic Elements of a Standard Some Security System include:

    • Control panel: This is where the system wiring terminates, the backup battery is located and where it is connected to the phone lines if it is a monitored system.
    • Keypad: This is where the system is armed and disarmed.
    • Siren: Interior siren typically between 80-106dB, comparable to a Police siren.
    • Inside motion detector: These sense changes in a room caused by human presence. Special motion detectors are available for people who have pets.
    • Door and window contacts: This sounds the alarm when the door or window is opened (and the system is on).
    • A central monitoring station (Company): If the system is monitored, and the alarm is set off, the control panel sends a message to a central monitoring station, which is manned 24 hours a day.
    • After attempting to contact the homeowner, the central monitoring station will contact the police, fire department, or medics.
    • There is usually a monthly fee for this service.

     

    Additional items that can be added to the Basic System are:

    • Smoke Detector
    • Glass-break Detector
    • Panic Button
    • Additional Keypad
    • Security Cameras allow monitoring and/or recording inside or outside a home.
    • Water or Temperature Sensors

    Things to Remember About Home Security Alarm Systems

    • Burglars realize most security systems sound inside the house and then the alarm is transferred to remote locations through the telephone lines.
    • Most phone lines are typically exposed on the outside of the house in an easily accessible location where the phone line can be cut. If the telephone line is cut, the security alarm system cannot notify the central monitoring station of the break-in.
    • If the phone line is run underground until it is inside the home (with the main telephone junction box inside the home), the thief cannot tamper with the telephone line until after he or she has broken in.
    • Having a protected phone line to your house is a good idea whether you have a security alarm system or not.
    • Remember: Security systems do not prevent thieves from breaking into homes.
    • A good security plan should include strong window, door and lock products and good security habits.

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    Titan Product Overview

    Posted on by Mike Proudfit

    2 GIG Go Control System

    • Vibrant Color Touch Screen Display
    • 48 Wireless Zones; 2 Hardwire Zones
    • Fully Self Contained
    • Optional GSM Radio Module
    • Remotely Control Panel Settings over POTS or Cellular*
    • Two-way Voice over POTS or Cellular
    • Over-The-Air Update Functionality (with GSM Radio)*
    • Built-in Z-Wave Home Control
    • Weather Information Display (with GSM Radio)*
    • 24-hour Backup Battery (with optional battery)
    • 8 User Codes
    • Quick Arm/Exit
    • CSFM Listed
    • ETL Listed to UL 985, UL 1023, UL 1635 ULC-S545-02, ULC-Subject C1023 and ANSI/SIA CP-01-2007

    Go! Control Alarm Panel

    • Color Touch Screen Display
    • Fully Self Contained
    • GSM Cellular Radio
    • Remotely Control Panel Settings
    • Two-way Voice Over cellular
    • Over-the-air Update Functionality
    • Built-in Z-Wave Home Control
    • 48 Wireless Zones
    • 2 Hardwire Zones
    • Weather Information Display
    • 24-hour Backup Battery
    • 8 Usercodes
    • Quick Arm/Exit

    Wireless Keypad

    • Arms system in STAY or AWAY mode
    • Disarms system
    • Fire and Panic emergency functions
    • Lithium coin batteries with 5 years life

    Thermostat

    • Z-Wave Programmable Thermostat
    • 5-1-1 day programmable
    • Large, easy-to-read LED backlit display
    • Runs on 3 AAA batteries and/or HVAC power
    • Thin, sleek design

    Door Sensor

    • Magnet Dimensions: 1.3 x 0.435 x 0.312 in.
    • Sensor Dimensions: 2.59 x 1.03 x 0.49 in.
    • Fully supervised
    • Lithium batteries with 5 years life
    • Reed sensitivity: 0.625 in. minimum gap, 0.85 in. typical
    • Tamper protected

    Super Switch

    • Converts hardwire zones to wireless frequency
    • Converts 8 zones per module (additional modules may be added)
    • Integrates with 12-Volt panels
    • Easily connects to existing control panel’s battery
    • Provides power backup through existing hardwire panel

     

    Panic Pendent

    • For triggering emergency alarm
    • Dimensions: 1.65 x 1.20 x 0.50 in. (LxWxH)
    • Weight: 0.45 oz. (including battery)
    • 5-second button lockout
    • Lithium battery with 3 years life
    • Completely water resistant
    • Completely supervisable
    • Mounting options: Lanyard, wristband, wall mount, belt clip, car-visor clip

    4 Button Key Remote

    • Arms system in STAY or AWAY mode
    • Disarms system
    • Auxiliary output and emergency functions
    • Lithium coin battery with 5 years life

    Wireless Photoelectric Smoke Alarm

    • Photoelectric-type detector
    • Two status indicators
    • Built-in 85 dBA sounder
    • Lithium battery
    • Fully supervised

    GlassBreak Detector

    • Monitors for the sound of breaking glass
    • Two test LEDs
    • Dual shatter recognition technology
    • Lithium batteries with 5 years life
    • 360° range
    • Tamper protected

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    Updated by Titan Alarm on November 5, 2018.

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