GE 45132 Choice-Alert Wireless Motion Sensor Alarm System

November 25th, 2009

This is a great wireless Motion Sensor Alarm to include in your Wireless Alarm System.

GE 45132 Wireless Motion Sensor Alarm

GE 45132 Wireless Motion Sensor Alarm

The GE 45132 Wireless Motion Sensor is a module, which detects motion in a certain area. It can be used indoors or outdoors (as it is weather-resistant) of your home and can be used within 40 feet away. It can also survey movement in an angle of 110 degree. Once the module is installed, this angle can be easy adjusted.

It’s a great choice to set it in all areas of your house such as the kitchen, living room, entry area, hallways, garage, balconies, backyards, etc.

This motion sensor alarm module works in conjunction with the GE 45129 Wireless Control Center. This Control Center is required as the sensor will communicate with the Control Center which is the alarm system itself. They can be mounted 150 feet away.

GE 45129 Choice-Alert Wireless Control Center

This control center is the core of all the sensors, it communicates wirelessly with all the sensors and other modules for the Choice Alert Alarm System.

It has a built-in 5 button keypad which makes it really easy to configure with other modules such as a motion sensor

It supports 16 sensors which can be set as 4 separate Zones and has 120-decibel siren. It also has a home and away setting.

Installation

Installation is super easy and can be done DIY as everything you need is in the box, and there are no wiring or drilling required.

The sensitivity of the sensor can be set to either high or low.

The connection to the Control Center can be configured in 2 ways, in Alarm Mode or in Monitoring Mode. For setting in Alarm Mode, set it to Zone 1, 2 or 3. For setting to alert a trigger only, set it to Zone 4.

In the box

The package includes:
- GE 45132 Motion Sensor module
- Two screws
- Moutin bracket
- Ball-head joint

The 9-volt battery is not included.

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How to use your PC and Webcam as a motion sensor camera with recording abilities

November 2nd, 2009

There are countless applications for a motion sensor camera. To capture images o burglar, to monitor your maid or your house-mates, to capture the scenery outside your house, etc.

If you own a PC and a Webcam, you can do this easily at your own home. All you need is a PC with Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP; a webcam; and Dogem. Dogem is an open source software .

Having your webcam installed, all you need is to download, install and configure Dorgem.

  • First you’ll need to do the “Camera selection”, you’ll choose this in the drop-down box;
  • Then you can click the “Preview” button, below the drop-down box in order to preview your webcam
  • By clicking on “Source” button, you can adjust all kind of specifications to the camera, such as brightness, contrast, hue, saturation and more
  • Clicking on the “Options” button will open a new window
    • Tick the box labeled “Use motion detection”, click “OK”
  • Click on “Storage events” to create a profile
    • Choose “File”, and click “OK”
    • Specify a name, the interval and the filename
    • Choose the format in the “Save as” window, click “OK”
  • Now you will see a new “Storage settings” with the name you’ve given, click “close”

Now your motion sensor camera should be ready to be used. Try it out and see if there are new pictures in the folder you’ve specified.

There’s also an advance setting that allows you to use multiple cameras.

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Motion Sensor Lights

October 30th, 2009

motion-sensor-alarm-led-motion-sensor-lightsIf you own a house, it is very likely you’d be willing to invest in some kind of motion alarm. A great addition for the security of your house, specially outdoors is a motion sensor light. The way it works is simple, the motion sensor is attached to floodlights, when the sensors senses some movement, the lights turn on. The motion sensor are usually infrared based. They emit an infrared signal that are thus bounced of objects, this creates a pattern, and if there’s a significant disturbance in the pattern, it signals the lights to turn on.

Besides being a very effective method to scare off burglars, it is also convenient for your daily use, whether you are simply going outside to the car, or going out to dump the rubbish, this motion sensor light is a great addition for your house. It is also very competitively priced nowadays, as electronics components are relatively affordable. Moreover it is also a great way to save energy, as the lights only turn on when they are being used, avoiding unnecessary human intervention to turn on and off!

This motion sensor alarms can be programmed in order for the motion sensor to only be activated during night time. More advance modules have a light sensor attached to it, avoiding the need for the motion sensor to be programmed.

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Motion Sensor Camera

October 27th, 2009

Motion Sensor Alarm

Everywhere you go, you will see cameras, why? Because there’s no better way to scare off someone from doing something illegal. As technology advances, electronics gets cheaper and products such as cameras become more affordable for the public.

Similarly cameras are becoming a trend for people to install it at their homes. Usually these are motion sensor cameras. The camera is equipped with an infrared sensor, which is activated when it senses something passing by. As it  only records when it’s activated, it saves memory space in the system and also energy. Motion Sensor AlarmThen again these cameras can be simply connected to a computer system to be used to monitor 24/7.

Some cameras even support night vision, which is a special plus, but cameras with such features will be more expensive.


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