With technology improving and changing at such a rapid pace, there are always new opportunities to explore how to use audio and visual technology in homes and businesses. Barry Jennings, owner of Jennings AV, continually builds on his 20+ years of experience by staying up to date with cutting-edge technology and making that technology easy for his clients to utilize and enjoy.
One way is creating automation in homes and businesses tailored to specific needs. For example, Barry can program a morning scene which might include automated settings to raise window shades, turn on lights and alarms, and even start the coffee maker at a certain time. He can also create lighting scenes where at the touch of a button, specific lights turn on illuminating the path from the bedroom to an outside door, allowing homeowners to let pets out without searching for each light switch along the way.
“You can do a similar automation with a conference room so that when it is presentation time, one control dims the lights, puts shades down, turns the microphones on if needed, and sets the volume at a good level,” says Barry. “It is truly 100% customizable and easy to create automation specific for each client's needs.”
When it comes to home and business security, elevating a basic system is easy using new motion detection snapshots that can be sent directly to the client during specified hours. In addition to fire, motion, and glass break sensors, Barry installs water sensors that not only detect water when it shows up in places it should not, but he can connect the system so that when the sensor is activated, the main water value shuts off, stopping a flooding disaster before it starts. These systems are perfect for people who travel a lot or have a second home/vacation property that may go unoccupied for weeks at a time.
Homeowners in larger homes and professionals with large office buildings often struggle with having consistently strong Wi-Fi signals throughout the building, which causes frustration. “Your network in your home or business functions like the spinal cord of the body. All the communication for the entire home or office goes through it,” he explains. “So if you have a poor network, you will have a poor experience.” Barry helps clients create a seamless network by utilizing updated technology specifically designed to make systems fast and more efficient.
Many home and business owners use voice control technology, but they may not realize how much of their personal information is being collected and stored by system hosts.
“All of those devices with microphones are recording all the time. The information gets uploaded to a server in the cloud, probably in several different spots because companies that offer those services rely on redundancy of your data,” says Barry. “So, it is likely that you could have your voice recorded 100% of the time and being stored in six different spots around the world. You don’t own that information, and they keep it forever. That's not private.”
In contrast, Jennings AV installs voice-controlled and video monitoring systems with hard drives that store all the data on-site at the home or business property. The only people with access to that information is the home or business owner and those they give permission to access the data. The systems also come with an overwrite, or erase, function, providing a heightened sense of privacy.
Automation, customization, and privacy control are key to using technology to enhance everyday life. To connect with Jennings AV and explore which technologies would work best for your home and business, visit jenningsav.com or call 303-578-8199.
“It is truly 100% customizable and easy to create automation specific for each client's needs.”
“Your network in your home or business functions like the spinal cord of the body. All the communication for the entire home or office goes through it,”