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WMhere’s your mobile phone? If it isn’t in your pocket, it’s probably within a 1m radius of you — there’s no denying the integral part these devices play in our day- to- day lives. Gone are the days when mobile phones were just a way of taking, or making, phone calls on the go, so it makes sense that you should be able to secure your prized possession­s with them. The New Zealand Police reported 51,922 domestic burglaries in the year ending December 2017, and, with cities such as Wellington ost reporting people a who seven- are per- granted cent access surge, to it’s never been Michael more important Blackwood’s to take garage the will initiative be taken to protect what aback matters. by what they are presented with — We caught not up with because the team of the behind size of Dominator the garage or garage the number doors of to vehicles check or out the the rarity new of Dominator the vehicles, Smart but simply Phone by the Control fact that Kit — the an collection innovative could system exist that while allows drawing you absolutely to control no and attention monitor to your itself. garage door remotely, whether you’re at home, work, or even overseas.

How it Works

The system will work with Dominator openers installed after August 1, 2016, and is based on the Dominator app, which is free to download on your smartphone’s app store, provided your phone is running Android 4.4 or iOS 8.4 or above. As long as the smartphone has an internet connection, any input at your end — remotely opening or closing the door — is sent to the ‘Smart Hub’, which acts as the home-based receiver, channellin­g instructio­ns to the door’s electric There motor. is no large Conversely, barn, no if letterbox anyone in perched the on house an old opens crankshaft, (or closes) nothing the garage to outwardly door, this indicate informatio­n that the residents will be communicat­ed of the brand-new to the house might Smart have Hub, the slightest which will inclinatio­n send your towards smartphone cars as a more notificati­on than devices of the for activity. transport — and that’s just the way Any Michael unusual likes activity, it. From and the you’ll outside, be the all first you to see know. is the Although same type there of are internal-access a lot of vehicles double being garage reported that stolen on social media these days, yours doesn’t have to be one of them.

To find out more about the Dominator Smart Phone Control Kit, visit dominator.co.nz or phone 0800 366 462.

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