| With home security becoming more accepted and | | | | most wired devices. Due to the fact the an infrared |
| utilized across the country, before installing any type | | | | beam flows in a straight line and cannon go through |
| of system make sure you understand any limitations | | | | walls or people, the use of an wireless infrared home |
| that may be part of any of the systems on the | | | | security system is limited. Think about the remote |
| market. One of the most common, a wireless | | | | control on the television and how it cannot work |
| infrared home security system can be connected | | | | through the kids or around walls. The same limitations |
| quick and easy and without the need to run cables | | | | exist in a wireless infrared home security system. |
| between the camera and the recorder or monitor. A | | | | They work well when covering a wide area, but |
| wireless infrared home security system can be used | | | | cannot be used to send signals to a receiver unless |
| at driveway entrances and as area-wide surveillance. | | | | they can establish and maintain a direct line of sight |
| By the nature of the infrared technology that makes | | | | between the transmitter and receiver. While the |
| it useful in covering large areas, its use to transmit | | | | individual units can be hidden inside walls, there has to |
| signals is non-existent. For most uses in a wireless | | | | be a hole through which the signal passes. In a |
| infrared home security system there is a transmitter | | | | darkened room the red beam origination point can be |
| that sends out an infrared beam to a receiver. If the | | | | readily identified. Although the beams used in a |
| beam is broken, the receiver opens a loop, kept | | | | wireless infrared home security system may be wide, |
| closed by receipt of the beam, and activates an | | | | a narrow band trips the alarm when it is broken. In |
| alarm. This technology makes infrared an ideal solution | | | | most cases a perpetrator can skirt the visible |
| for covering a room with a single device. Many alarm | | | | origination of the beam and work their way past the |
| systems use infrared detectors on large rooms with | | | | beam. This effectively allows some burglars to |
| numerous windows to cover the interior of the room | | | | circumvent the entire alarm system. Most people use |
| instead of separate devices for each door and | | | | components of a wireless infrared home security |
| window. A wireless infrared home security system | | | | system in conjunction with other types of devices to |
| can cover much more area with a single device that | | | | insure full and adequate property coverage. |