Condo owners looking to automate their front door lock are often faced with a challenge because the condo corporation won’t allow door hardware to be changed out for a Zwave or other style of automated lock. This makes the August Door Lock a perfect option because it doesn’t require changing door hardware. The August lock…
We’re excited to have a new product to announce! DoorBird IP Video intercoms go beyond offering the ability to remotely answer the door from an Android or iOs phone or tablet. Yes, customers can answer the door from inside the house and outside using an Internet connection with free iOs and Android apps much like…
Many times the homeowner is looking for reasonably priced security cameras that can integrate with their touch screen or apps from Leviton HAI, Vera, Homeseer, etc and these often require an MJPEG feed for this simple attachment vs. ONVIF for high resolution recording. We have options from Foscam that are incredibly well priced as well…
We are now stocking several new Uniview NVRs featuring amazing 4K resolution, dual independent HDMI outputs and hot swap RAID1/RAID5 bays. The new NVR308-16EP has 16 built in PoE ports and 4 HDD bays. The NVR308-32R and NVR308-64R are rack mountable units with 8 HDD bays supporting hot swap, RAID1 and RAID5 that can record…
Running HDMI over longer cable runs, through walls or in bars, restaurants or commercial establishments can be problematic at best. The solution is to use an HDMI over CAT5E or CAT6 extender. Traditionally these extenders required two CAT5E runs per display but newer extenders can run HDMI at to 40, 50 or 100 meters over…
Aartech Canada invites you to a Leviton Security & Automation Open House at its Oshawa location September 24. Open house hours are 12p-4p. This event would be of interest to security and CE/AV installers, as well as the electrical trade. Food and drinks will be provided and Leviton staff will be on-hand to answer questions…
Uniview has been impressing installers and customers alike with it’s easy to set up plug-and play POE NVRs and high quality cameras. One thing we’ve noticed about Unview is that they clearly put a lot of thought in to their designs. The new IPC2122SR3 series is an attractive and compact mini bullet with fixed 3.6…
Leviton purchased Bitwise Controls last year in order to enhance their automation capabilities. This comes on the heels of their acquisition of HAI some time ago. Three different AV controllers are available, starting with the big brother BC1 and moving on down to the smaller BC2 and BC4 controllers. Each feature IR outputs, serial outputs,…
A new site search has been added to make it faster and easier to find the products you’re looking for. As soon as you start typing in our search box you will now see drop down search results with images as well as a list of categories and brands so you can quickly narrow your…
I just saw an advertisement for a ‘great deal’ on Keyscan access control software. Half price, regularly $600. This is why we love Paxton. FREE software, no licensing fees, no upgrade fees, no per user fees. Software is always free and includes time & attendance functionality, graphical scheduling, easy use, card printing, etc. Buy a…
