You don't need to spend thousands of dollars on a professionally installed and maintained security system in order to keep your family safe. Smarthome's Remote-Access Security Kit is a full-featured, customizable security alarm system that connects in a fraction of the time of hardwired systems and includes everything you'll need to get your home security started. No complicated wiring or cabling is required! Just plug the main unit in, mount the wireless sensors in the zones you want to protect, and you're ready to program the system. You can even control and monitor your home remotely over a secure Internet connection, thanks to the included PowerLink Web Interface Controller. Programming is easy, using the large, backlit buttons and the LCD screen. You have the option of testing or arming the system at a predefined time, and the siren can squawk when armed or disarmed if you so choose. The Web-Enabled SecureLinc Family Kit supports 29 wireless zones and one hardwired zone and a 100-event log. Additional features include a silent/audible panic alarm, two-way voice/listen in enabling options, and even voice response. Verify the status of lighting devices, reprogram security functions, and even control their home appliances and lighting anywhere and any time. Whether you're at work or on vacation, you can easily access the Smarthome Remote-Access Security Kit via SMS, e-mail, mobile and regular phones, or a secure web application. The included PowerLink interface has a built-in secure web server, which ensures that all private information is fully secured. Log in on site or remotely using a secure user name and password. Once connected, you'll be able to view cameras or control home automation devices. You'll also be able to view device status, save images, adjust the system's mode and add users (up to eight). The PowerLink connects to four wired or wireless cameras, so you'll have a whole-house surveillance system available for viewing from anywhere in the world. Each Hardwired Ethernet Camera, Hardwired RS-485 Camera and Wireless Color Camera is sold separately. When it detects an alarm signal from one of the wireless sensors, the alarm system blasts an 85dB siren that not only alerts your family, but also sends would-be thieves fleeing. In addition, you can program it to call any private phone number (i.e.: a friend or neighbor, your office, your wireless phone, etc.) and play a pre-recorded message in your own voice. It doesn't even need its own dedicated phone line! It also supports 24-hour monitoring by commercial alarm monitoring personnel, who can dispatch police, fire or medical response (depending on the type of alert it receives). It can even call you for non-alarm events. For example, want to know that your kids arrived home safely from school? The security system can call you at the office to let you know that your child successfully disarmed the alarm. In case of an event, PowerLink immediately informs you via e-mail, text message and on-screen alerts. It also includes quick access buttons to view video cameras, mute the system siren, turn all lights on or off, or disarm the system. The Smarthome Remote-Access Security Kit supports up to 8 individual user codes, so each member of your household can have an independent code ID. It also doubles as a message center, so you can hear and leave messages up to 20 seconds for other family members. User names for codes 5-8 can be recorded and will be played during a Latchkey report. For maximum convenience, the Smarthome Remote-Access Security Kit can even operate 15 X10-controlled lights or appliances (or 15 groups of lights or appliances), including 2-way appliances and those with dim/bright features. In addition to scheduling your X10 appliances to prepare your home for your arrival at night or from a vacation, you can also use the X10 timer function to make your home look occupied when you're away. Or you can have it turn the X10-controlled porch light on for four minutes when you arm or disarm the system, so that you'll never have to enter or leave your house in the dark. Note: To access these features, you'll need the optional a href="73907.html" class="prodlnk">X10 Cable & Interface, sold separately. The Smarthome Remote-Access Security Kit comes with two four-button wireless keyfobs, three wireless magnetic window/door contacts, and two 85-Pound Pet Immune Wireless Motion Detector, but additional contacts, detectors and keyfobs may be purchased separately. Transmit signals to your Smarthome Remote-Access Security Kit using a Keyfob Transmitter. Upon pressing any of the four recessed buttons, this keyfob transmits a CodeSecure™ digital sequence along with a 4-bit function code associated with the button that was pressed. Different digital sequences are transmitted each time, so that malicious code grabbing is almost impossible. The included Wireless PIR Detectors are compact, animal-immune detectors, so pets up to 85 pounds won't set off the alarm. With a coverage area of 30 by 30 feet, this fully supervised detector will keep an eye on your home when you're not around. Be sure to replace the backup battery in your SecureLinc system as soon as you receive a low battery indication. The SecureLinc Rechargeable Battery Pack will power your system for up to 24 hours during a power failure. In addition to this Smarthome Remote-Access Security Kit, Smarthome's best-selling security system is available in two additional kits. The original Smarthome Web-Enabled SecureLinc System is an expandable starter security system that includes the SecureLinc panel, two magnetic contact transmitters for door or window monitoring, a keyfob transmitter for remote arming and disarming and a wireless PIR motion detector. If you have elderly family members Web-Enabled SecureLinc Emergency Kit comes with a waterproof pendant transmitter that can send an instant trigger of the panel's 85dB alarm. In addition to the pendant and panel, this kit includes a transmitter neck chain and key ring. NOTE: It's important to note that while "Voice Over IP" can work with a home alarm system, we do not recommend it. If for any reason you lose your Internet connectivity - due to a power outage or problem with your Internet service provider, for example - "Voice Over IP" will not work, and your alarm system will not be able to make an emergency call if it's triggered. For this reason we recommend you keep a basic traditional landline dedicated to your home alarm system and use "Voice Over IP" for the rest of your calling needs.