4 Advantages of Wired Home Security Equipment

The installation of a security system in your home comes with several options. For connections, you have the option for wireless or wired connections. While a wireless connection sounds convenient, you will find several advantages with the installation of a wired connection.

Learn about the advantages and how your home security system will thrive with a completely wired connection.

1. Constant Power
The wiring done for your home security system will also include power connections for the video cameras. Without the power connections, you would either have to use outlets in the room the camera is located in or rely on battery power.

With batteries, you would constantly find yourself in a cycle of charging camera batteries, swapping them out, and checking the battery levels. If a camera battery dies and you are unaware, you could lose out on monitoring, motion detection, and the capture of footage.

Along with the power connection, the whole security system could have a high capacity back-up power unit. When the power goes out, your surveillance system would still operate with the back-up power unit.

2. No Interference
With WiFi signals, cell phone signals, and other wireless devices in your home, the last thing you want to worry about is interference with your camera's connection. A loss of connection could lead to lost footage or areas where footage is no captured.

You do not want a loss of internet to lead to major problems with your video cameras. With a wired connection, the whole security system is installed on its own server. You do not need to worry about losing your internet speed or dealing with WiFi issues.

When you decide to keep your connection fully wired, you also limit outside interference in the form of hackers or viruses. You would not want someone else to gain access to your feeds or create a vulnerable WiFi network. With a wired connection, all of the elements are contained within the single system and no one on the outside will gain improper access.

3. High Quality Data and Visuals
When you watch streaming networks, you may often come across buffering or times where a video features blurry and pixelated images. The lower quality often has to do with the connection speed between devices. As you capture security footage, you do not want to worry about footage suddenly becoming pixelated or hard to see.

For example, if you're capturing security footage of a driveway, a poor connection may not pick up on license plates or face details of someone on your property. With a wired connection, high-speed fiber cables offer consistent data rates with no lag or buffering. The data is fed into high-quality hard drives so you can watch footage in the highest quality possible.

4. United Systems
With all of the cameras wired into a single system, you have easy organization to review footage. For example, all the cameras will be on the same time zone. You do not have to adjust individual cameras for daylight savings time to ensure the time codes remain the same.

You can also view all of the camera angles at the same time. For example, you could follow a package delivery from a driveway camera to a porch camera. The connected angles allow you to follow actions and not have footage cut off when someone or something moves out of the frame. The same connections also help you piece together interior and exterior cameras.

Professionals will ensure all of the connections are secure and label each camera in the system to help you easily access footage for both live and taped footage.

To help set up your security system, contact us at All Pro Security, Inc. We will use our years of experience to plan our proper wiring of your home and set up a fully integrated security system to fit your needs.