Greater Cincinnati · I-275 loop and inside
Normal coverage is the I-275 loop itself and the area inside it. Outside that loop, call the shop and we will quote the trip. A certified technician evaluates the property and prepares the quote. There is no salesman. You own the hardware. There is no contract.
Free evaluation · Mon–Fri 9:00–6:00 · Sat 10:00–2:00 · Tech support included
Most of the cameras people buy flip to black and white when the sun drops. Infrared gives you a shape. You cannot say what color the car was, what the person was wearing, or whether you know the face. The cameras we install keep color after dark.
Dark X is the Titanium line built for that picture, with human and vehicle detection. OwlView is the other night camera we use. Both are wired. A Wi-Fi porch camera is a different product. It shares the house network, and the picture goes with the Wi-Fi.
Power and video ride one cable back to a recorder. The recording sits on a surveillance drive there, not only in a cloud you rent. If the walls already have camera coax, we can stay on that cable instead of pulling a new one.
Height, angle, and shutter are set for the plate. A camera on the porch, aimed down the driveway, will show the vehicle. It will not read the plate. That camera is specified separately when the gate or the lot requires it.
Some cameras speak when someone is at the door, and a light comes on. That can turn a person around. It does not replace a clear picture of who was standing there.
On a shop or a lot, some recorders count people and vehicles and can draw a line across a doorway. Useful for knowing how busy the door was. It is a count. It is not a guard.
A house, a shop, and a gate are not the same installation. Call (513) 345-0782. A technician evaluates each view and specifies the camera for it. Nothing is scheduled until you approve the quote.
Call (513) 345-0782Footage from the cameras we install. Dark X retains color. OwlView is the other night camera. The third is a license-plate camera, aimed for the plate. After you review the footage, call the shop. A technician will evaluate the property.
The sensors talk on radio, so we are not pulling a wire to every door. The app is included. A door, motion, smoke, or leak sends the alert to your phone. Motion can send a burst of photos, including at night. When it trips, a siren sounds in the building — not only on a screen in another city.
Every message is encrypted both ways. The hub confirms that each sensor and fob belongs to the system, so a copy cannot disarm it. If the radio is jammed, it moves to a clear channel. If the entire band is jammed, it still reports the event. In open air, Ajax rates that radio at about 2,000 meters. Walls and floors reduce that range. A technician surveys the building and adds a range extender where the structure requires it.
Use the app only and you pay full price for the gear. No monitoring bill. Add monitoring and it is $44.95 a month. Twelve months paid at checkout is $539.40, and the Ajax equipment on that order is half off. While you stay monitored, the equipment and the batteries are replaced if something fails. Decline it and the gear is full price, with no monitoring.
The same system is white or black. Hub, contacts, motion, and fob. We do not call it done until we have seen the alert. Call (513) 345-0782 and a technician marks the doors, the rooms, and the keypad before anyone writes a number.
Akuvox is one system: the station outside, the screen on the wall, and the lock. You see the visitor, speak with them, and unlock the door without issuing a key you cannot revoke. Not every opening requires face recognition. A staff door may only need a reader. A technician surveys each opening and specifies the hardware.
The station sees the visitor and places the call. Where that station has it, a face that is allowed in opens the door. Akuvox rates that recognition under half a second on the stations built for it.
Staff tap a card or a fob, or type their own PIN. You add a person, or you take them off, without rekeying the building. A guest can get a code that works for the visit and then stops.
The screen on the wall shows the camera, the talk button, and the unlock. The phone does the same job when you are not standing there. An exit button inside lets people leave without a credential.
Call (513) 345-0782 and tell us which doors. A technician picks the station, the reader, and the lock, and writes it down before anything is ordered.
Lysora is what we install for that. A PoE switch sends power and data on the same cable, so the cameras are on a wire, not on the wireless. You set the Wi-Fi name and the password in a phone app. Every access point uses that same name, so a person walks the building without joining a new network in each room. There is no monthly software fee and no controller box to buy.
The small switch has eight powered ports and a 120 watt budget. Larger closets go to 16, 24, or 48. If a camera stops answering, that port can restart itself, and you can reboot a port from the phone.
One ceiling point can cover a typical house or a small shop if it sits high and near the middle. A warehouse or a long hall needs more. Our largest indoor Wi-Fi 7 point lists about 1,500 square feet in the open. Walls and metal shorten that. The lot gets a weather-sealed outdoor point.
A wireless bridge aims from one roof to the other when a cable between buildings is not happening. The kit we stock lists up to about 3 miles on a clear path. A tree, a roof edge, or a bad aim takes that to nothing. We say so before we sell it.
Ports are labeled — front camera, not port 4. The project is shared with you, so you can see what is online after the installation. Call (513) 345-0782. A technician surveys the building before any access point is specified.
A camera on the corner is wasted if the wire is stapled down the siding. We fish cable through finished walls — attic, crawlspace, or a small opening behind the device — and the room does not grow a plastic raceway. TV mounting is the same standard. The screen goes up. The wire does not hang. TEK is a licensed electrical company, so the crew that programs the recorder can also land the power.
The path is chosen on the walk. A missed path means another hole and another trip. Doing it once is what keeps the trim looking the way we found it.
Finished housesPanels, Duke meter bases, lighting, fans, a charger circuit, a generator interlock, and repairs. Call for availability. 10-year workmanship on electrical and grounding we install.
Call firstRemoved and replaced. None of the old wiring is left live. Live knob-and-tube is a fire hazard.
None left live
Cover off. The main is in, and the branch breakers are landed. Call first — electrical is by availability.
The riser, the meter, and the charger on the siding. A dedicated circuit, quoted before anyone is scheduled.
Recessed lights in a tongue-and-groove ceiling. The wire stays above the boards.
Security cable on the I-275 loop and inside it is what we quote every week. Outside the loop, call and we will quote the trip. Panels and the rest of the line-voltage work depend on the schedule. Call (513) 345-0782 and say which one it is.
These are installs, not catalog shots. A turret under the trim. A door station on the frame. A keypad beside the glass. A head-end with the recorder, the Ajax panel, and the network cabinet on one wall. The panel is line-voltage work — call for availability.
Same cameras, same alarm, same doors. A technician handles it either way. There is no salesman in the middle.
Call the shop. A certified technician evaluates the property, marks the placement, and writes the quote. Nothing is scheduled until you approve it. For panels and other electrical work, call for availability.
Call (513) 345-0782Order from the online store. We program, test, and label it before it ships. You can mount it, we can help find a local electrician, or we quote the trip if you want TEK there. Tech support is included.
Shop our online storeCall the shop. A technician walks the building. Electricians pull the wire.
The smallest visit is 2 hours. Gear is extra, written line by line. You see the number before anyone is scheduled. The full sheet is on rates and pricing.
Security · I-275 loop and inside
$85 / hour
Cameras, alarms, doors, intercom, network, TV mounting, and fishing the cable. A two-hour visit is $170 of labor. Inside 25 miles, add the $55 trip. That visit is $225 before gear.
Camera installsElectrical · call for availability
$110 / hour
Panels, Duke meter bases, lighting, and repairs. A two-hour visit is $220 of labor. With the trip, $275 before materials. 10-year workmanship on electrical and grounding we install.
Electrical workTrip
$55
Within 25 miles of the Montgomery shop. Same fee on a security visit or an electrical visit. Outside the I-275 loop, the trip is quoted. The estimate itself is free.
Ask for a quoteTwo parts of one plan. Covered gear is replaced, and we install it. We are the only company that includes the parts and the labor. Ask the shop for the monthly price — it is not a formula we publish. Warranty page · Lifetime replacement on the store · Maintenance plan on the store
While you stay enrolled: the replacement, the labor to put it in, shipping, batteries, a yearly remote inspection, firmware updates, and an upgrade when the system is outdated. Storm, fire, flood, and lightning are covered. Cancel anytime and the extra coverage ends. You still own the gear.
Ask for the priceIncluded with the gear. 3 years on CCTV cameras and recorders. 2 years on other equipment. If a unit goes back to the manufacturer, you pay shipping both ways. It does not include batteries, act-of-God damage, or a technician coming out.
Different promiseMonitoring is $44.95 a month, or $539.40 for twelve months at checkout. That price takes 50% off the Ajax gear. Electrical workmanship is 10 years, and it is not the camera plan.
Alarm pageThe mission
That is the name on the door. Technology. Experience. Knowledge. Rick reviews the estimate. He is IBEW-trained, with more than 15 years installing security for national companies. That is 30-plus years in the trade. It is not a claim that this Montgomery shop has been a Cincinnati company under this name since 1998. The work in this market goes back that far. About the shop
10770B Montgomery Rd, Montgomery, OH 45242. Mon–Fri 9:00–6:00. Sat 10:00–2:00. Sunday closed. Tell us the building. A certified technician will say what it needs and what it costs.
Normal coverage is the I-275 loop and the area inside it. Outside the loop, call for a quote. Electrical work — call for availability.