You don’t have to be as paranoid as I am about security to see the sense in fitting a decent alarm system. However, definitions of “decent” vary; it strikes me that all the sensors, sirens and flashing lights in the world aren’t much use if you’re out of hearing distance (how many neighbours actually check out your home when the alarm goes off, and how many just curse it as noise pollution?) And, since we’re united in our geekery, we can admit that it’s nice, too, when there’s a slick interface too. uControl are relatively fresh to the home security scene; they’ve spent the last year developing a platform called SMA (Security, Monitoring and Automation) and a TouchScreen control panel which not only works as a fresh system install but can also integrate with an existing alarm.

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