home automations

I ended up without AC for a week due to shoddy installation, they wanted to blame it on my AC unit, then wanted me to pay them $400 to have an HVAC tech come look at it…I called my own person, and it turns out their installation person neglected to return the electrical breaker to the correct position after he came to reposition the main unit that was hanging at an angle on my wall. Can you believe that?Well, they did pay for the service call, and they should have; however, I’ve had ongoing problems aside from that for the last 4 months – since they put the cheap crap in. The last straw was a malfunctioning timer device installed to one of my lights. As a sat in front of the television late one night, it surged, the light bulb burst, and sparks shot across the room!Had I not been home, the place could’ve caught on fire. Main unit said “remove malfunctioning device. ” I was afraid to touch it, but I did because I was more afraid not to. I called to tell Vivint to cancel the contract and come get their equipment, and they told me I would be responsible for paying the 5 year monitoring contract in full when I was told by their rep that if I had to cancel before the contract expired there would be a minimal cancellation fee of $200. I have four pages of documented correspondence with Vivint – nothing but one problem after another. These are just the highlights, folks. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY!I WILL be paying a visit to the Florida State Attorney’s office. I’ve HAD IT!I had the same thing, the young man kept saying I am not selling any thing, I said okay then thank you for informing me and closed the door, he knocks again and starts the sales pitch.

reviews of security systems

01.14.2007 | 34 Comments

Through the app, which can accommodate a large number of connected batteries, you have the option to silence the alarm for up to 2 minutes, and automatically send an alert to someone else. Additionally, you can link the Roost battery to other smart home products through IFTTT, to, say, turn on your lights when the alarm goes off. The battery is designed to last up to five years, and will work with any smoke/CO alarms that use a 9 volt battery, which includes hard wired alarms with a 9V battery backup. Roost has updated its app so that users can get notified when there is a severe weather alert, such as hail, freezing temperatures, heavy rainfall and snow, and storms and high winds. What Owners Are SayingThe original Roost Battery has only about 200 reviews on Amazon, where it gets an average of 3 stars. Among the top comments, several praised Roost’s customer service in troubleshooting issues.

affordable home security

01.14.2007 | 16 Comments

As shown in FIG. 5, the video source 501 includes a camera 118 or 106, and an optional controller device. In some implementations, the camera 118 or 106 includes sufficient on board processing power to perform all necessary local video processing tasks e. g. , cuepoint detection for motion event candidates, video uploading prioritization, network connection management, etc. , and the camera 118 or 106 communicates with the server system 164 directly, without any controller device acting as an intermediary.