Security systems are designed to safeguard homeowners, but during the summer months, it's often the security systems themselves that need protection. AMANDA LUCIER/DMN Keith Vick is an installation ...

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Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that his office reached a settlement with home security company Vivint over allegations it violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Beginning in ...

The Texas Attorney General's Office is warning Texans about door to door alarm system sales tactics. Last week the office reached a settlement with the home security company Vivint over allegations it ...

The next time you hear a knock at the door, it could be someone trying to sell an alarm system. But as the KHOU 11 Investigates team found out, not everyone is peddling the truth and it could cost you ...

Provide an instant audible and visual alarm indication of unauthorized exit or entry of mechanically secured doors.

Now you can build your own simple door alarm security system using a tiny microcontroller chip PIC12F635! The circuit is nothing but an aural alert unit, which raises ...

INSTALLING a security system has long been considered the domain of professionals — uniformed men and women who build an electronic shield around your home and monitor it from a command center. At ...