A Tasco Security yard signpost in front of a customer's very picturesque home.

Says Breed, "The house's alarm is complete, every orifice you can get a human body through has been tripped. All accessible areas with fixed glass have been coverd by glass-breakage detectors. A full fire and gas detection system is in place, providing very complete life safety coverage throughout. The house is equipped to give the homeowner the advantage in the event of an intrusion. Using cameras and the security detection devices, the homeowner can locate the intruder in the house and take appropriate defensive meaures."

The total cost of this high-end residential system? $31,000.

A third high-end residential installation done by Tasco involved a client who, says Breed, "wanted to see little to nothing of the system in their 100-year-old+ farmhouse in orford, NH. And they do not. The few devices that are visible are painted to match the room they are in."

"While the couple are not at any particular risk, their beautiful home and its valuable contents need protection. The couple is as interested in remote control of the system to increase the heat and allow vendor access as they are in any other aspect of the system. This allows them to call the house on the way out of the city, and turn up the heat in the house as well as in the hot tub. Lacking a caretaker, they also allow contractors and cleaning people into the house by remote disarming of the system. Basically, the couple do not want to suffer any problems that would interfere with their enjoyment of the property on the weekends."

Tasco, of course, is happy to oblige. The house is 3,300 square feet. The system is comprised of: a NAPCO Gemini 9600 control panel; 4 X 7 AH batteries with appropriate power supplies; 1 keypad; 2 two-way NAPCO keyfobs; 2 flush mount sirens; an AES 3 watt 8 zone backup communicator; a NAPCO Wizard telephone access module; a NAPCO X-10 output control module; 9 Sure action stress detectors; 1 sump pump failure detector; 4 door contacts; 2 HD overhead door sensors; 2 low temperature detectors; 1 propane detector; 1 carbon monoxide detector; 1 burner lockout connection; 1 low fuel oil sensor; 4 high water sensors in the basement; and a magnetic driveway probe tripping a zone on the panel.

There is a separate two-zone fire panel in the barn which reports via the NAPCO control. The detection is composed of two flame sensors and two loops of Chemtron 501 detectors. Two sirens provide local annunciation. The main keypad is in a closet on the first floor. This is for troubleshooting only. Arm and disarm are accomplished via the NAPCO two-way keyfobs. The driveway probe activates a hidden piezo on the main floor as well as having the NAPCO panel send an X-10 command to the exterior lights. On fire alarm the X-10 turns on all of the interior hallway lights for emergency egress.

"The stress detection is the best way to get space coverage, given the aesthetic considerations of the client. As they have little concern for occupied protection in this vacation home, a full perimeter system was not pursued. To arm and disarm, as well as control the garage door, the two-way keyfob is used. No other control point is needed," comments Breed.

Also included in this client's system is a "vacation fun cam", featuring a Pelco speed dome camera; AXIS 2400 camera controller and TCP/IP portal (video to digital); and US Robotics.

Says Breed, "This system allows the client to access and control the camera's pan, swivel, and tilt functions over his DSL connection from the couple's home in Manhattan, NY. The camera gives him a color view of the area around his house including the sunset -- New Hampshire over TCP/IP."

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