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36 RESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS www.securitysystemsnews.com JUNE 2011 SECURITY SYSTEMS NEWS Rx for former Smith and Wesson dealers? By Tess Nacelewicz FREEPORT, N.Y.—As members of the defunct Smith & Wesson Security Services dealer program faced an April 30 deadline to strip away that gun manufacturer’s name from all their security products, a substitute dealer program was tak- ing shape: Security Doctors Alarm Services. NationWide Digital Monitoring Co., which previously ran the Smith & Wesson dealer program, should have its Security Doctors dealer program [www.securitydoctors.com] fully up and running by this month, according to Aaron Wahrsager, NationWide president. Smith & Wesson terminated its agreement with NationWide on March 31, and dealers had until the end of April to remove the Smith & Wesson branding from all marketing materials, web sites, uniforms, trucks and lawn signs. About 30 of the 70 former Smith & Wesson dealers planned to join the new program, Wahrsager told Security Systems News in April. Attempts to find dealers who plan to join the new program and contact them for comment were not successful by SSN’s deadline. However, two former Smith & Wesson dealers told SSN on April 27 that they will not join the new program. They and other dealers have told SSN that they will lose hundreds of thousands of dollars not being able to use their Smith & Wesson- branded products. They are angry at NationWide for short notice of the termination of the Smith & Wesson program and for what they say was a lack of transparency about the situation. Wahrsager told SSN that NationWide was “blindsided like everyone else” about the end of the licensing agreement and informed dealers as soon it could. SSN The Premier Event in Fire & Life Safety Pinnacle Continued from page 34 the past two years but, Walker said, “unfortunately they’ve been cost prohibitive” to many users. Typically, he said, the cameras cost $200 to $300, with an addi- tional cost for installation and also a monthly fee. But now, Walker said, the battery-operated Image Sensor makes a home security camera affordable. The camera takes still pictures, not video. “The price point is very similar Pre/Post-Conference Seminars June 10–12 & 16, 2011 Conference & Expo June 12–15, 2011 Great Reasons to Attend: > LEARN from industry experts and the nation’s leading codes authorities. > EARN valuable CEUs you can apply toward your licensing requirements. > GAIN the current information you can apply immediately on the job. > MEET more than 340 solution providers at the Expo. > NETWORK with peers and make your voice heard at the Association Technical Meeting. > CHOOSE from 130 educational sessions to enhance your career potential. June 12-15, 2011 Boston, MA Boston Convention & Exhibition Center 25 Pre/Post-Conference Seminars include: > NFPA 72®: National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code® > Emergency and Standby Power 12 Conference Tracks include: > Detection & Notification – 14 sessions > Electrical – 16 sessions 130 Education Sessions include: > Developing Emergency Communication Strategies for Buildings > Electrical Grounding and Bonding Revisions in the 2011 NEC® > Strategies and Tools for Planning, Design, and Use of Emergency Communications Systems > Emergency Message Intelligibility – A Review of Design Strategies in Achieving What Is Required by Code and Standard Register today at nfpa.org/conference with your priority code: 9X-PR4-1Z, or call 1-888-397-6209. to a motion detector,” Walker said. With the Image Sensor, customers still get a motion detector, but one that has a camera built into it. Installation is free, he said. Also, Walker said, the device is “100 percent wireless” and doesn’t need to tie in with the Internet. “So, we really tried to simplify it and resolve all the concerns that customers have had histori- cally,” Kelly said. In a statement, Steve Trundle, president and CEO of Alarm. com, a technology provider of interactive security solu- tions based in Vienna, Va., said the Image Sensor is “a simple, uncomplicated solution that pro- vides another pair of eyes within the home or business.” Pinnnacle said the Image Sensor will automatically detect motion and upload an image of the intruder to the Pinnacle Mobile Control interface. Then, the company said, the alarm- triggered images are forwarded to users’ cell phones by text message or email. The Image Sensor also cap- tures pictures of the first in- property event after the security system is disarmed from “armed away” status, allowing the viewer to use any web-enabled device to see who disarmed the system. Customers can also remotely request images from home to keep track of children, pets, an elderly parent or a vacation property. SSN