Texecom Connect

Texecom’s extensive end user research has clearly indicated a gap between what end users want and what security systems currently deliver. Today, security and ‘peace of mind’ are the two main qualities that end users are seeking, but once a system is put in place a large majority of people simply do not use their security system. Despite the average costs of burglary in the UK estimated to be £2,525 in damaged and stolen items, only 33% of people with a security system turn it on and 83% of consumers have difficulty using their intelligent devices.

The Texecom Connect App completely transforms the end user experience. The Texecom Connect App provides an environment where end users actively want to interact with their home, enjoy the new possibilities that are open to them and receive the peace of mind that comes with knowledge and control.

Texecom Connect uses technology to make people’s lives easier, not more complex. The Texecom Connect App has been carefully designed to allow end users access to an array of custom features, to tailor their app experience for their own personal and particular needs, without resorting to complicated programming.

Texecom Connect introduces three new connectivity options to transform the ownership experience, enable past, present and future Texecom Premier Elite systems to add value every day, and to interface with leading 3rd party ecosystems.

The Timeline
Central to the Texecom Connect App experience is the timeline. Both past and programmed events are clearly presented, giving the user instant access to review events that have transpired.

This ‘at a glance’ timeline allows users to manage their connected security system how they want to. Some users may choose to manage by exception, and only be notified and interact when changes or events occur that differ from what they expect. Others may want to actively manage their property and make regular changes to the alarm and home automation functions.

Whatever they choose, it is all made possible from a clear and unambiguous status screen.

Calendar
The calendar offers a detailed day-by-day record of the previous two weeks events, with one week of recorded video footage. By accessing the calendar, users can view past activity including device activations, home automation recipes and system mode changes. Recorded camera footage can be viewed directly from the calendar as well as the option to view live camera footage. 

Future pre-programmed calendar events can also be viewed and modified. 

Devices

Devices connected to the system can be used to create home automation effects. Devices can be security alarm components or home automation products, and in the future web based alerts such as weather predictions, daylight hours and so on.

Security alarm devices can be used for home automation, without affecting the integrity of the security alarm system itself. With Texecom Connect security is paramount, and the app has been designed to ensure that end users cannot inadvertently affect the operation of their security system.

Rooms

Devices are allocated to rooms within the Texecom Connect App, which makes locating devices and creating home automation recipes from multiple devices in a room easy and intuitive.

During commissioning of the Texecom Connect App, security alarm devices are mapped into rooms by the security installer, making these devices accessible to the end user for home automation.

Rooms are the easiest way of using the Texecom Connect App, as the user can simply turn on and off devices directly from the room menu. By using rooms, each device in the system is accessed by no more than four button presses from the home screen, making the direct control of devices quick, easy and intuitive.

Recipes 
Recipes are a user-friendly way of describing the programming actions that are used for automation. The Texecom Connect App is programmed on the basis of cause and effect.

Example recipes include, ‘when I enter through my front door and it is dark outside, turn on my hall light’ or ‘when someone is detected at my front door, send a notification message to my phone’.

A range of recipes can be grouped into system modes, so certain recipes only take place depending on the mode of the system (in the examples above, you might want to have the app message when someone is at your front door to occur in modes when you are away from the premises).

Modes
This is the basic method of operating the home security and automation system through the Texecom Connect App, providing pre-set and custom system profiles with at a glance system control.

This is a key short cut that the end user can use to put their premises into a known state depending on how they want to use the system.

For example, in ‘breakfast mode’, we might expect the system to be disarmed, kitchen power sockets on and kitchen lights turned on if it is dark outside.