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Posted on 11 July 202611 July 2026 by Team MobeyeStore

Aquarium & Fish Pond Monitoring System: Get Alerted Before You Lose Fish

Ask anyone who’s been in this hobby long enough, and they’ll have a story. A heater that quietly failed over a long weekend. A canister filter that lost prime while the tank sat unattended for two days. A slow drip from a bulkhead fitting that nobody noticed until the cabinet floor had swollen and warped. The water looked fine at a glance — until it very much wasn’t.

That’s the frustrating thing about fish keeping: a tank can look completely normal right up until the moment it doesn’t. Discus don’t gasp dramatically at the surface when a heater starts creeping down half a degree an hour. Neon Tetras don’t school any differently when dissolved oxygen drops from 7 ppm to 4. By the time you see a problem — clamped fins, fish hanging near the outflow, that filmy look to the water — you’re often already managing a crisis instead of preventing one.

This is where an aquarium monitoring system earns its keep. Mobeye builds compact GSM-based monitoring devices that watch the things you can’t watch yourself — temperature, power, leaks, water chemistry — and alert your phone the second something drifts out of range. No dependence on home Wi-Fi (often the first thing to fail during a storm). Just a signal that reaches you whether you’re at work, asleep, or on the other side of the country at a fish show.

Posted on 16 June 202616 June 2026 by Team MobeyeStore

Copper Theft Prevention: How a Power Failure Alarm Makes the Difference

Copper theft follows a pattern. Before anything is stripped from a substation, a rail cabinet, or a construction site, the mains power goes down. Cameras go dark. Alarm panels lose power. For the next few minutes — sometimes longer — the site is blind.

Most security teams only find out once someone arrives and sees the damage. By then there is nothing to investigate except the cost.

Posted on 18 April 202616 June 2026 by Team MobeyeStore

How to Protect Tools on a Building Site

If you are managing your own build, protecting your tools is one of the most important things you can get right early on. Unlike large commercial sites, self-build projects rarely have dedicated security staff or permanent site management. That makes them an easy target — and the losses can be significant.

A stolen generator, cordless tool set, or power unit does not just cost money. It stops work, triggers insurance admin, and pushes your timeline back by days. Here is how to protect what you have.

Posted on 14 April 202629 April 2026 by Team MobeyeStore

How to Monitor Remote Locations Without WiFi or Fixed Internet

Monitor remote locations without wifi or internet

Securing and monitoring remote locations is a persistent challenge when there is no access to WiFi, landlines, or fixed internet infrastructure. Farms, holiday homes, construction sites, and water facilities are often left unattended, creating exposure to risks such as power failure, temperature fluctuations, and water damage. When these issues go undetected, the consequences can escalate quickly, resulting in costly repairs or operational disruption.

Cellular monitoring systems provide a direct solution. By operating entirely over mobile networks, they eliminate the need for local internet or wired connections. This makes them particularly suitable for isolated environments where traditional systems are unreliable or impossible to install.

Posted on 14 April 202616 April 2026 by Team MobeyeStore

Wireless Temperature Monitoring: How It Works and Where It Helps

A freezer fails overnight. A boiler stops working in an empty holiday home. A vaccine storage unit drifts above the permitted range on a Sunday afternoon. In each case, the cost of finding out too late — in spoiled stock, property damage, or wasted medication — far exceeds the cost of knowing straight away.

Wireless temperature monitoring solves exactly that problem. A sensor placed at the location measures temperature continuously and sends an alert to your phone the moment something goes outside the set limits. No manual checks, no site visits, no unpleasant surprises.

This guide explains how the technology works, where it is most useful, and how to choose the right system for your situation.

Posted on 7 March 20267 March 2026 by Team MobeyeStore

Alarms with SMS Notification: Stay Informed the Moment It Matters

When you are away from your property, a lot can happen. A door is forced open, a pipe leaks, or a fire starts — and without the right system in place, you may not find out until the damage is done. Alarms with SMS notification change that. They send you an alert the instant a sensor triggers, directly to your mobile phone, so you can act while it still makes a difference.

Mobeye builds on this with devices that go further than SMS alone. Depending on your preference, alerts can also reach you via call, email, or push notification — giving you immediate updates through whatever channel works best for you.

Interested in the push notification option? Take a look at the Mobeye Messages app.

Posted on 6 March 202618 April 2026 by Team MobeyeStore

Connecting Your Alarm System to an ARC via IP: How Mobeye Handles the Analogue Switch-Off

The shift from analogue telephone lines to IP-based alarm reporting is already underway. In the Netherlands, analogue lines were phased out in 2023. In the United Kingdom, communications providers are replacing the underlying technology that supports fixed telephone networks, with the upgrade expected to be complete by January 2027.

For security installers and system owners, this has a direct consequence: alarm systems that rely on PSTN diallers to report to an Alarm Receiving Centre will need to be upgraded. IP reporting via 4G is the correct replacement — and the transition is more straightforward than it might appear.

Posted on 5 March 202617 March 2026 by Team MobeyeStore

How to Secure a Rental Property During a Void Period

A void period is an unavoidable part of letting a property. Whether it lasts two weeks or six months, it represents a window of genuine exposure — one that most landlords underestimate until something goes wrong.

This guide is written specifically for landlords managing residential rental properties between tenancies. It covers the risks that void periods create, what most landlord insurance policies actually require during that time, and how to choose the right monitoring based on your specific situation — the property type, the length of the void, and the level of oversight you can realistically provide.