Intamac Home
Manager
30 November
2001
Submitted By: Mark
McCall
"Intamac Home Manager
makes
your home intelligent. Through the Home Manager you can now enjoy the full
benefits of a 'smart' home for the price of a monitored alarm. A
Northampton based
company, Intamac Systems, have developed a way of
remotely monitoring and controlling security systems using the Internet.
The
service is simple, with no need for you to have Internet access or a
computer
within the home, just a standard telephone line. Your property's security
alarm
panel is connected to a telephone line and programmed to ring the Home
Manager
service. If the alarm is activated, the Home Manager will instantly relay a
message to you using the phone, e-mail and text message. Not only will the
Home
Manager tell the customer that an alarm has been activated, it will
highlight
exactly which sensors have been triggered. If you can't respond, the Home
Manager will automatically work through your nominated contacts. All events
are
constantly monitored and if no one responds, Intamac
staff will intervene. You can subscribe to different levels of service
(from
£7.50 to £39.99 per month), and benefit from new levels of protection for
your
home and family, including:
* Round the clock automated monitoring of a property for
any
alert
including:
Security, Fire or Personal Attack, Power failure, flooding, temperature
or
other
technical
warnings
* A Personal Incident Manager to help deal with
incidents
(e.g. arrange for tradesmen to secure the property or help with reports for
insurance claims)
* Notification by text message when your children get
home(latchkey service)
* Internet access to the Home Manager giving you the
ability
to instantly change/update your account details from anywhere in the
world.
* The option of a Securicor
First
Response Officer to attend
incidents when
you
are on holiday, or all year round if
preferred.
* Remote X10 Home Automation via Internet browser or
mobile
phone. (only available to Visonic
PowerMax panels)
(The above services depend on the sensors and alarm
system
you have fitted, and the Home Manager cover level you subscribe
to).
The Home Manager can monitor any sensor that can link to
an
approved panel. Sensors that provide warnings of water leaks, and
temperature
are available, and new sensors, such as power failure sensors, are being
sourced.
Once installed, these sensors can be monitored and controlled through Home
Manager. The Home Manager can currently connect to the Visonic
PowerMax or the Scantronic
9750, 9850 and 8136 alarm systems. It is being extended to work with other
alarm panels."
http://www.intamac.com