In the current economic climate, many people are tightening their belts and becoming increasingly concerned about their loved ones at home. Others just want the peace of mind from knowing their homes are alarmed against unknown visitors. There might even be a few folks who want to prepare for the rumored upcoming zombie apocalypse. In all of these cases, installing a basic home alarm system is a good initial step to take.
There are many home security systems available, and they run the gamut of price and features. One very simple, inexpensive security system is the Defender Wireless Driveway Alert System
In my video review I show the basic operation of the Defender Wireless Driveway Alert System
Here’s the video:
The system comes with one motion sensor (with mounting bracket), one receiver with AC wall plug, four AA batteries, and a user manual. The wireless motion sensor runs on four AA batteries and the receiver runs on four AA batteries or AC power. The receiver has a volume control, three LEDs for the three security zones that can be alarmed, a port to connect the receiver to an external 3-wire alarm or other security system, and a switch to turn on/off the LEDs (for example, if you are trying to conserve battery power).
Basic Operation:
First, place the sensor in the desired location. They say the sensor can be placed indoors or outdoors, and you just aim the sensor so that its cone of detection covers the area you want alarmed. The sensor has two sensitivity levels: 15′ and 30′. So maybe if you are alarming a room inside your house, you might want to use the 15′ setting; if you are guarding the driveway or sidewalk, then maybe you want to use the 30′ setting.
Second, place the receiver inside where you will hear and see the alarms, within 500′ of the sensor.
Third, wait until something crosses into the sensor’s cone of detection. When something is detected, the receiver will sound a series of beeps, which you can adjust with the volume control, and the LED of the corresponding sensor will flash (up to three sensors are supported by one receiver). If there is no more motion within the sensor’s range, the alarm will stop after a few seconds.
Performance:
As you can see from the video, the unit does what it is designed to do: it detects vehicles and even people moving with the motion sensor’s cone of detection. There is little customization possible with this system though—no programming or automating the timing of when the alarms are active and inactive, for example, and you can’t customize the audio of the alarms other than changing the volume of the beeps. But for the price, it is a good basic alarm system, especially for alarming your driveway to warn you of approaching vehicles or people. Or zombies.
So, this security system may or may not be what you are looking for, but either way I hope this review has helped you in making your decision.
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