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Voice Alert
System Provides
Security for
Grandma
When grandpa
died, it created a tough problem for grandma’s
three older sons. They were all successful
businessmen located in cities on the Eastern
seaboard. Grandma, however, was in Chicago.
And now she was alone.
The three sons
convened a meeting to discuss what to do about
grandma.
“I am worried
most about her security,” said John. “With
grandpa gone, someone could take advantage of
her vulnerability; if they broke into her house,
she wouldn’t know about it until she confronted
them.”
Mark said that
uprooting grandma was not an option. “She would
just not even consider moving East,” he said.
“So we have to figure out another plan. And she
certainly is not at the stage where she would be
a candidate for a nursing home.”
Ted said he
felt the answer is some kind of device that
would warn her if there was any intruder
threatening any part of her house. “We should
look into what is available out there, short of
a huge, complex, expensive security system that
would be overkill,” he said.
Each of them
checked around with friends and family members
to gather ideas. They got plenty of them, but
none seemed practical or appropriate for grandma
– until John’s wife, Jean, talked with her
mother-in-law, a widow herself. “She has a
system that alerts her to anyone who might be a
potential intruder threatening any part of her
home,” Jean said. “Not only does it warn of the
approach of an intruder, it can provide her
information about when her guests have pulled
into the driveway or even when her newspaper has
hit the front porch.”
John, Mark and
Ted all agreed it was something they had to look
into. They liked what they found. They found
it at
www.yoursecurityandsafety.com/voicealert.htm.
It is called Voice Alert System-6 and they were
impressed with its versatility, its ease of use
and the price! Voice Alert System 6, they found,
is a new annunciator system featuring wireless
PIR sensors transmitters and a remote
receiver/speaker base unit. Grandma can record
her own alert messages, and then she will hear
her own message played back to her when activity
is detected in an area that is being monitored.
The system has
the capacity to record six different messages
from up to six different monitored areas. So
she could have six transmitters, reporting any
activity to her from her front door area, the
back door, the side door, the driveway/garage,
the garden and the tool shed. This would cover
all the potentially vulnerable areas which she
would want to be protected.
The brothers
were particularly impressed with the systems’
wireless PIRs features: all-weather protection,
adjustable mounting and sensitivity and the
ability to send a signal 300 feet through walls
and up to 1000 feet in open space.
With Mother’s
Day just around the corner, the boys decided to
split the cost of the unit and five additional
motion sensors and planned a trip to Chicago to
celebrate Mother’s Day – and grandma’s
independence.
Her favorite
part of the Voice Alert System? The unit that
protected her beloved flower bed from potential
kids or pets who might trample them. |
These transmitters connect to
sensing devices such as
smoke alarms, motion and CO
detectors, window/gate/door
contacts, door bells, water
level indicators or pressure
pads. When the sensing
device is triggered, the
transmitter signals the Voice
Alert System. The TXPCBB-V
also has a vibration sensor that will trigger if the
transmitter is bumped or moved. Can be used in
conjunction with VA-6000T transmitters. 
