How It Works

With everything moving to the internet these days, it was simply a matter of time before the alarm industry moved there too, and it is happening very, very quickly. Internet based alarm systems are here now and will lead the next growth burst of this industry for years to come. These new feature rich systems no longer prefer the old 800 dial-up “thru the phone line” communications method and instead send their alert signals through an IP (Internet Protocol) connection reaching the central stations site immediately either by wires or wirelessly.

So with these changes happening it is now more important than ever that every alarm dealer of any kind and size have control of how their customer’s alert signals get routed through this network. And more importantly, they should have the ability to control the destination of where the signal terminates to, on a moment’s notice. This need for a route change can be due to either a smart business decision, such as contracting with a new central station or because of a disaster recovery situation where lives could be at stake.