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What is a Dry Contact? A dry contact output can also be referred to as a volt-free contact, relay, or contact output. It is nothing more that a stand-alone set of two contacts with no voltage, current, or anything else impressed across the contact set. A dry contact essentially looks like an electrical switch. There are two states for a...
Vacation season in the United States is also break-in season. The highest percentage of home burglaries occur during the summer months resulting in an average loss of $1,675 per break in. Many people tend to overlook burglary statistics because they consider break-ins to be a lesser crime than murders, rapes and other offenses. While burglaries do not always result in...
A few weeks ago, Apple announced a new feature called HomeKit that is coming to iOS 8. This feature will make the smart home smarter by allowing users to control the smart devices around their house such as lights, door locks and security cameras all through their iPhone or iPad. This poses a major threat to Google who recently spent $3...
Naperville Magazine recently spoke with the founder and vice president of ConnectSense, Adam Justice, about how innovation and technology are keeping us connected and changing the way we live our daily lives. Naperville-based ConnectSense is connecting families and businesses with the things that matter the most through home automation and business monitoring. ConnectSense’s WiFi-based sensors are used for monitoring just...
Last Monday, Apple announced a new feature called HomeKit that is coming in iOS 8. This feature will make the smart home smarter by allowing users to control the smart devices around their house such as lights, door locks and security cameras all through their iPhone or iPad. It’s a good start for a standard with some cool capabilities for...
Skimming through your Twitter feed and see something you just HAVE to have? Now Amazon let's you add items to your cart directly from Twitter. #OnlineShoppersRejoice Whenever you see a tweet with an Amazon product link just hit "Reply" and add #AmazonCart. Now, that item will be waiting in your cart the next time you visit Amazon.com. This is a great feature when...