Traditional CCTV is a passive observer that merely records your home being burgled, whereas scOS is a proactive intelligence system designed to stop crime before it happens. The core of our technology is MotionX, a revolutionary activity detection engine that focuses on 'important activity' rather than simple pixel movement. Unlike standard systems that require you to draw complex motion masks to avoid false alarms from swaying trees in the Forest of Dean or passing wildlife, MotionX works out of the box by recognising human behaviour. It ignores cobwebs, spiders, and wind, ensuring that when you get an alert, it actually matters. Furthermore, scOS doesn't just watch; it intervenes with automatic light responses and voice deterrents, transforming your security from a witness into a digital guard.

Yes, scOS is designed to be brand-agnostic and can transform your existing 'dumb' cameras into a truly intelligent security network. We are compatible with most professional wired IP camera brands, including Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, Reolink, and Ubiquiti. During our professional UK installation process, which typically takes between 4 and 6 hours, our engineers will assess your current hardware to ensure it meets the technical requirements for our Intelligence Hub. By leveraging your existing infrastructure, we can provide a sophisticated AI upgrade without the need for a complete hardware overhaul. This allows you to benefit from advanced features like MotionX and DVLA vehicle recognition while maintaining the investment you've already made in your property's physical security.

scOS employs a sophisticated three-layer deterrent strategy to protect your Coleford home. First is Presence Simulation, our primary passive deterrent that learns your household's normal activity patterns and simulates them when you're away, making the property appear occupied. Second is our MotionX detection, which identifies suspicious behaviour with incredible accuracy, even if a person is attempting to cover themselves or change their shape. Finally, the system uses active intervention; if a threat is detected within your property boundaries, scOS triggers escalating responses. This starts with instant illumination via automatic light response and progresses to authoritative warnings delivered through external IoT speakers. This multi-stage approach ensures that opportunists are discouraged long before they reach your front door.

At scOS, we take your privacy as seriously as your security. 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 processed using a hybrid approach: our Intelligence Hub handles immediate analysis locally on your property for speed and privacy, only escalating to our secure UK cloud when necessary for advanced processing or remote access. We are fully GDPR compliant, and we never sell your data to third parties. You maintain full control over your recordings, which are stored for up to two weeks and accessible only by you through our secure platform, ensuring your home life remains private.

While a video doorbell is a useful tool for seeing who is at the door, it is fundamentally a reactive device with a limited field of view. scOS provides comprehensive intelligence for your entire property, not just the entryway. A doorbell might tell you a package was stolen after the fact, but scOS is designed to stop the intruder from ever reaching the porch. By monitoring your entire property boundary and using proactive deterrents like voice warnings and presence simulation, scOS provides a perimeter-wide shield. Furthermore, our system uses professional wired connections rather than potentially unreliable Wi-Fi, ensuring that your security cannot be defeated by simple signal jammers.

Living in the Forest of Dean means dealing with frequent visits from deer, boar, and other wildlife that can plague traditional motion-sensing cameras with constant false alarms. scOS solves this through our MotionX technology, which is specifically trained to distinguish between animal movement and human behaviour. While a deer wandering across your lawn might trigger a standard 'smart' camera, scOS recognises it as unimportant activity and remains silent. However, the moment a person enters your property boundary—regardless of the time of day or weather conditions—the system identifies the threat and alerts you immediately. This ensures that you only ever receive notifications that require your actual attention.

Coleford's crime rate is currently 121.03 per 1,000 residents, which is significantly higher than the national average. In an area where Gloucestershire Constabulary resources are stretched across rural terrain, a proactive system like scOS is essential. Rather than waiting for a police response after a break-in has occurred, scOS works to prevent the crime from happening in the first place. By using escalating voice deterrents and automatic lighting, the system makes your home a 'hard target.' In the event of an incident, our high-quality 24/7 recording and DVLA vehicle recognition provide the police with high-quality, actionable evidence that can lead to a much higher chance of recovery and prosecution.

Absolutely. scOS features advanced DVLA Vehicle Recognition that is particularly useful for residents in rural Gloucestershire. The system doesn't just see a car; it reads the registration plate and checks it against the DVLA database to identify the make and model. If a vehicle with cloned plates or a vehicle that doesn't match its registered description enters your property, scOS can flag this as suspicious activity. This is a powerful tool for identifying 'scoping' behaviour, where criminals may use different vehicles to monitor a property before attempting a theft, giving you an early warning that your home is being targeted.