| The humble intercom system has come a long way in | | | | opened by anyone else. The control of these units can |
| recent years and is no longer limited to the simple front | | | | be integrated into your intercom system and you have |
| door unit and control panel. More and more features | | | | the choice of wired or wireless operation. Another |
| are being added as the technology becomes available | | | | feature that is available on some gate openers is solar |
| and as a result the convenience and security that they | | | | powered operation, saving electricity and reducing the |
| offer the home owner has increased enormously. | | | | installation costs. With some top-end systems the gate |
| Once confined to business and apartment use | | | | can even be operated by your mobile phone! |
| intercoms are now becoming commonplace in | | | | 3. Room Monitoring - With a central control panel and |
| residential homes as they become more affordable | | | | room stations set-up around the house you can use |
| and with a wireless system, easily installed into an | | | | your intercom to monitor what is going on in those |
| existing dwelling. Read on to find out about benefits | | | | rooms. Keep tabs on the kids playing in the back room |
| that you may not have thought possible with a modern | | | | or use it to listen for when your sleeping baby awakes. |
| intercom system. | | | | With these units you can also communicate with the |
| 1. Home and Personal Security - the number one on | | | | occupants of the room, so the kids will have no |
| the list for good reason. It goes without saying that the | | | | excuse for not hearing you ever again! |
| world can be a nasty place and protecting your home | | | | 4. Have Your Favorite Music Piped Through Your |
| and loved ones has never been more important. With | | | | Home - Several control units have the feature of |
| the use of a Video Intercom system you can view | | | | inputs for a radio or a cd player and some units come |
| who is at your door before deciding to let them in. If | | | | with these already built in. Tune-in to your favorite radio |
| the visitor is not someone you know you can find out | | | | station or put on your favorite cd and have the music |
| the reason for their visit before opening the door. A | | | | piped to each room that has a station installed in it. |
| video intercom can also be used for surveillance | | | | Outdoor units are available for patios and entertaining |
| recording which is handy if you are going to be away | | | | areas, perfect for barbeques or having friends over. |
| from your home for a period of time and many units | | | | 5. More Home Security Options - the modern intercom |
| can support multiple cameras for all round protection. | | | | system control unit can be configured to operate video |
| 2. Automated Entry - add an automatic gate opener to | | | | monitoring and recording, motion detectors, window |
| your intercom system and protect your home at the | | | | and door sensors and glass breakage sensors. They |
| frontline. Gate openers are available to suit all types of | | | | can also offer back to base monitoring for a complete |
| gates, from single to double and swing or sliding gates. | | | | home alarm and intercom system in one. Why settle |
| Open your front gate with the push of a button and | | | | for a simple home alarm when you can have the |
| with a self locking unit be assured that once your | | | | convenience of both systems in one? |
| visitor is inside the gate will not be able to be manually | | | | |