Traditional CCTV is a passive observer; it records a crime while it happens but does nothing to stop it. scOS is a proactive intelligence system. While your current cameras might flood your phone with false alerts from spiders or wind, our MotionX technology focuses only on 'important activity.' It recognises people regardless of how they move or if they try to hide their shape, and it ignores the environmental noise that plagues standard systems. Most importantly, scOS doesn't just watch—it intervenes. By detecting threats at your Ripley property boundary, it can trigger automatic light responses and escalating voice warnings from external IoT speakers to deter an intruder before they ever reach your door. It’s the difference between having a witness and having a digital security guard on duty 24/7.

Absolutely. scOS is designed to be brand agnostic, meaning we can often transform your existing 'dumb' cameras into a high-level intelligence network. We work with most professional-grade wired IP cameras, including brands like Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, Reolink, and Ubiquiti. During our professional UK installation—which typically takes between 4 and 6 hours—our engineers will assess your current hardware. If your cameras are compatible, we simply connect them to our Intelligence Hub, which handles the local processing before escalating critical data to our secure UK cloud. This allows you to upgrade to elite AI protection without the cost of replacing every piece of hardware on your Ripley home.

scOS uses a sophisticated three-layer approach to deterrence. First is Presence Simulation: the system learns your normal activity patterns and simulates them inside the home when you're away, making the property appear occupied to anyone watching from the street. Second is our MotionX detection, which identifies a person the moment they cross your property boundary—even if they are wearing a mask or a hood. Third is Active Intervention. When a threat is confirmed, the system triggers an escalating response. This starts with instant illumination and moves to authoritative voice warnings delivered via external IoT speakers. Unlike a simple alarm, this tells the criminal they have been spotted by an intelligent system, usually causing them to flee immediately.

Privacy and security are at the core of scOS. Unlike many competitors who ship data overseas, scOS is 100% UK-based. Your data is processed locally on your Intelligence Hub for immediate response and then escalated to our secure, GDPR-compliant UK data centres. We believe your data belongs to you; we never sell your information or footage to third parties. You have full control over your recordings, which are stored for up to two weeks and accessible via our secure app from anywhere in the world. By keeping everything within the UK—from our support teams to our servers—we ensure the highest standards of data protection for our Ripley customers.

A video doorbell is a useful tool for seeing who is at the front door, but it is not a security system. It has a limited field of view and generally only alerts you once someone is already standing on your doorstep. scOS provides whole-property protection. It monitors your entire boundary, including side gates and back gardens, and uses AI to stop a crime before it happens. While a doorbell might show you a package being stolen, scOS uses proactive voice deterrents and light responses to prevent the thief from approaching in the first place. For a home in Ripley, scOS offers a professional-grade, proactive shield that a consumer-grade doorbell simply cannot match.

Ripley's proximity to the A3 makes it a target for 'commuter' criminals who look for high-value targets with easy escape routes. scOS includes DVLA Vehicle Recognition, which checks the registrations of vehicles approaching your property against the national database. If a vehicle with cloned plates or a known history of suspicious activity is detected, the system can alert you immediately. This proactive approach is essential for homes in high-traffic corridors like Guildford.

With Ripley's crime rate being significantly higher than the national average, a standard alarm is often insufficient. scOS is designed for high-risk areas by providing an escalating response. It doesn't just wait for a window to break; it identifies suspicious behaviour on your driveway or garden. By using voice deterrents to tell an intruder they are being monitored by AI, scOS removes the 'easy target' status that many Ripley homes unfortunately have.

Yes. Our MotionX technology is revolutionary because it doesn't rely on simple motion detection. It is specifically trained to recognise human shapes and movement patterns. This means it can identify a person even if they are wearing a balaclava, a hoodie, or a mask. In fact, scOS specifically flags 'covered faces' as a high-priority threat, triggering a more immediate and authoritative voice response to ensure the intruder knows their attempt at concealment has failed.