Advanced XANDEM taking orders

XANDEM HOME in Salt Lake City is launching its new DIY home security and automation product that tracks the location of moving people.

The product, which can be installed by homeowners in about 15 minutes, the company says, allows users to monitor where people are moving throughout their homes without using invasive cameras. Think of the safeguarding lasers of the “Mission Impossible” movies, because that's what it looks like.

The product detects and locates movement through walls and furniture to cover the entire house; integrates with other smart-home systems such as lighting and audio; triggers a siren to scare intruders away and sends mobile app notifications; and includes an API so developers can use the company's Detect and Locate technology in their own apps and products.

XANDEM, started in a basement in 2008, has been selling in prototype form, but has made advancements such as the phone app and so forth, Joey Wilson, company founder and CEO, told Security Systems News.

“We're taking orders for XANDEM HOME via Indiegogo soon,” he said.

The company recently received grants from DHS and the National Science Foundation.

“What we're seeing is that it used to be if you wanted a security system in your home, you could go to a custom professional or get a rinky dink local package and they could slap it down,” Wilson said. “But now … DIY and MIY are growing rapidly.

“We're very connected to the IofT. We are not an alarm company. We're an amazing technology company, not even a security company. We're like Nest or Dropcam. You can put this in yourself or have an integrator put it in,” Wilson said.

He added that he's seen a lot of interest from integrators.