Traditional CCTV is a passive observer that merely records your home being burgled; scOS is a proactive guardian that prevents the crime from happening. The core difference lies in our MotionX technology, which moves beyond simple motion sensing to understand 'important activity.' While standard systems trigger false alarms for swaying trees or spiders on the lens, MotionX ignores these entirely, focusing only on genuine threats like a person loitering or attempting to conceal their face. Furthermore, scOS doesn't just watch; it acts. Through automatic property boundary detection, the system identifies exactly where your land begins and can trigger instant light responses or AI voice warnings via external IoT speakers to deter intruders before they reach your door. It’s the difference between having a witness and having a digital security guard on duty 24/7.

Yes, scOS is designed to be brand-agnostic and can transform your existing 'dumb' cameras into an intelligent security network. We work with most professional-grade wired IP cameras, including popular brands like Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, Reolink, and Ubiquiti. During our professional UK installation process, which typically takes between 4 to 6 hours, our engineers will assess your current hardware to ensure compatibility with our Intelligence Hub. By connecting your existing cameras to scOS, you gain access to our advanced MotionX detection, DVLA vehicle recognition, and proactive deterrent features without needing to replace your entire infrastructure. This makes upgrading to AI-driven home intelligence both cost-effective and efficient, providing a significant boost to your property's security while leveraging the equipment you already own.

scOS employs a sophisticated three-layer deterrent strategy designed to stop criminals at every stage of an attempted break-in. The first layer is Presence Simulation, which uses AI to learn your home's normal activity patterns and replicates them when you're away, making the property appear occupied. The second layer is our MotionX detection, which identifies important activity with 100% accuracy, recognising people even if they are wearing masks or hoods. Once a threat is identified crossing your automatically detected property boundary, the third layer—Active Intervention—kicks in. This involves an escalating response, starting with instant illumination from external lights and progressing to authoritative AI voice warnings delivered through external IoT speakers. By combining the appearance of an occupied home with immediate, intelligent responses to trespassing, scOS ensures that criminals choose an easier target elsewhere.

At scOS, we take your privacy as seriously as your security. Unlike many global competitors, we are a 100% UK-based company, meaning all our support staff, data centres, and operations are located right here in the UK. Your data is fully GDPR compliant and remains entirely under your control; we never sell or share your personal information or footage with third parties. Our system uses a hybrid processing model where the scOS Intelligence Hub handles most of the heavy lifting locally on your property for speed and privacy, only escalating to our secure UK cloud when necessary for advanced analysis or remote access. You have 24/7 access to your recordings, which are stored for up to two weeks, ensuring you can review any activity on your property with total peace of mind that your private life stays private.

A video doorbell is essentially a digital peephole; it tells you who is at the door once they’ve already arrived, which is often too late to prevent a crime. In contrast, scOS provides comprehensive home intelligence that protects your entire property, not just the front entrance. While a doorbell might capture a package thief, scOS uses MotionX to detect someone scouting your side gates or rear gardens long before they make a move. Furthermore, doorbells are often reactive, sending a notification to your phone that you might miss. scOS is proactive, using automatic light responses and voice deterrents to stop intruders autonomously. With features like DVLA vehicle recognition and presence simulation, scOS offers a professional-grade security ecosystem that far surpasses the limited, often 'noisy' notifications of a standard consumer doorbell.

Surrey Police are highly effective, but in a quiet village like Chilworth, response times can vary depending on where officers are patrolled. scOS provides an immediate, autonomous first line of defence. While you wait for a police response, our system is already actively deterring the intruder with escalating voice warnings and lighting. Furthermore, because scOS eliminates false alarms through MotionX technology, any alert you receive is a genuine threat, allowing you to provide Surrey Police with high-quality, verified evidence and real-time descriptions, which significantly increases the likelihood of a swift and effective response.

Absolutely. Chilworth's leafy environment is beautiful but can be a nightmare for traditional motion sensors that get triggered by every swaying branch or fox. Our MotionX technology is specifically designed to ignore environmental 'noise' like wind-blown trees, cobwebs, and local wildlife. It focuses exclusively on 'important activity'—specifically human behaviour and vehicle movement. This means you won't be woken up at 3 AM by a false alarm caused by a deer in the garden, but you will be alerted the moment a person steps onto your property.

Many Chilworth residents commute into London or Guildford, leaving homes empty for long periods. Our Presence Simulation is the perfect solution for this. It doesn't just turn lights on and off on a simple timer; it uses AI to learn your actual habits—like which rooms you use and when—and replicates those patterns realistically. To an observer on the street, it looks exactly as if you are home, providing a powerful passive deterrent that protects your property throughout the working day and during longer holidays.