[Articles] Schlage announces new security cameras

[CT Droid]

Schlage has announced that they are now offering a wired and wireless camera for sale through Lowes.com.  The WCE100 wired model ($149) and WCW100 wireless model ($179) are preprogrammed for plug-and-play integration with the Schlage LiNK System and connect securely to the internet via the home's existing router, enabling homeowners to view live video on any Internet-connected computer and most Internet-enabled mobile phones.  Access to the LiNK service requires a subscription ($12.99/month).  From their press release:[color=" #808080"]

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[color=" #808080"]We are extremely pleased to offer owners of the Schlage LiNK System new options for monitoring and controlling their home environment," said Dwight Gibson, General Manager, Intelligent Residential Electronics, for Ingersoll Rand, the parent company of Schlage. "With our new plug-and-play cameras, on-the-go homeowners will be able to see who is at the front door and monitor areas in and around the home from any remote location. And with our easy-to-install Light Module, they will also be able to remotely control lighting.[/color]

The Schlage cameras are designed for use indoors and include the following features:


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[gatchel]

Does anyone really want to pay $12.99 for something you can do all by yourself?

 

[Digger]

Actually you would be surprised. Where I work (Napco) we do the same thing through dealers and we have a few thousand accounts last I heard. To be honest the quality is not to bad from what I have seen in the Beta testing we did over a year ago. There were some recent improvements as well but I dont know the specifics as it is not under my area of responsibility.

Personally I would not pay for it either but for people who can not do it themselves it is an option.

 

[electron]

There definitely is a market for it, many people don't want to deal with the hassle of managing a home automation/security system, or their firewall configuration.

 

[Digger]

The biggest problem we have heard from our installers was that homeowners did not want to allow the installer to access their router to port forward. So we came up with a way around that and we applied for a patent (I can not say what we are doing because I am not sure the patent is in place and I dont know the specifics anyway).

 

[electron]

Well most services get around that by having the home connect to a 3rd party server, and the client connecting to that same 3rd party server instead of the home directly. Similar to how LogMeIn, Orb, Hamachi, etc., work.

 

[Digger]

Well most services get around that by having the home connect to a 3rd party server, and the client connecting to that same 3rd party server instead of the home directly. Similar to how LogMeIn, Orb, Hamachi, etc., work.

Would not need a patent for that. Next time I am in the office I will have to ask again what we are doing since it is going to bug me now.