by jjordonbrown | Mar 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
In the past few weeks, we’ve seen several breakdowns in our communication infrastructure. Cox Communications had a major failure a couple of weeks ago. A few weeks prior to that network outage, one of the major telephone carriers in central Arkansas experience a...
by jjordonbrown | Jan 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Cameras systems have become more cost effective and so convenient that almost anyone can install them. All it takes is a wi-fi connection and a plugin and you can view your home or business from your smart device. While convenient, is this security? Consider the...
by jjordonbrown | Jan 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
As temperatures drop, we begin pushing our heating appliances to their limits. It is common this time of year to hear news stories of accidental deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning from incomplete combustion of a natural gas or propane furnace. If you have a...
by jjordonbrown | Jan 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Access control in its simplest form is a lock and key. It keeps me from entering your home or business and you from entering mine. However, if you use a lock and key, there is no reporting of someone entering the building. It also gets very expensive very quickly. If...
by jjordonbrown | Jan 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
For the first time in 20+ years, our UL Listed / FM Approved central station isn’t powered by inverter power, a system we installed when we moved into the Guard Tronic Executive Building in Fort Smith in 1998. Our old system relied on 12 different 4 volt,...
by jjordonbrown | Mar 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Kidde has recalled almost 500,000 dual-sensor smoke detectors in the U.S. and Canada because a manufacturing malfunction can compromise the devices’ ability to detect smoke. Specifically, a yellow cap that was left on during manufacturing can cover one of the...
