Happy Mother’s Day from sentryGPSid.
What better way to show a mom you care than to give the piece of mind of knowing where her child is?
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Happy Mother’s Day from sentry…
Sunday, May 10th, 2009
Bought a GPS from another vendor, but want a more affordable service plan?
Friday, May 8th, 2009So you already bought your GPS device from another vendor, and now you’ve found out how over priced their service plans are. This is not an uncommon problem, and sentryGPSid can help.
If you haven’t activated your service through a separate vendor as of yet, we can have your SIM card activated for no charge to you. You will have access to our webportal and your choice of our affordable tracking plans.
If you have activated your service with another provider, you will first have to cancel your service with them and most likely purchase and activate a new SIM card through sentryGPSid. We can then activate your GPS device and the service plan of your choice.
No more need to be stuck in an over-priced GPS service plan with less features than what the sentryGPSid web portal provides!
Getting excited about the incr…
Friday, May 8th, 2009Getting excited about the incredible upgrades and applications due out 3rd or 4th quarter this year! The sentryGPSid is truly going to …
exploring partnerships in Mexi…
Thursday, May 7th, 2009exploring partnerships in Mexico
The sentryGPSid is now on Twit…
Thursday, May 7th, 2009The sentryGPSid is now on Twitter
Sentry Technologies Announces the sentryGPSid™ Giving Back Program
Thursday, February 26th, 2009Sentry Technologies is committed to Giving Back to the charities and non-profits who help not only protect our children and seniors, but to all charities in our community and yours. That’s why we have created our “Giving Back” program. For any sentryGPSid™ device sold through our website as a result of the buyer clicking on the logo of one of our affiliated charities, Sentry Technologies will donate both a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the device itself and also a portion of the monthly service fees, for as long as that sentryGPSid™ service is activated.
If you are associated with a charity or non-profit that would like to learn more about our Giving Back program send us an email.
Geofencing Alerts Can Warn You BEFORE Your Loved One Goes Missing!
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Geofences Can Warn BEFORE a loved one wanders
All too often a reactive approach is taken when it comes to missing children and adults. Whether it is a wandering autistic child, a wandering adult with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia, or a child that has been abducted; a reactive approach unfortunately can result in finding the loved one after it’s too late. Research tells us that a missing child can disappear at a mile a minute, and also that many adults with dementia may not survive more than 24 hours if they have wandered from their home.
The SentryGPS ID personal location GPS device gives you the ability to create both custom “Safe” & “Forbidden” zones through geofencing technology. A Safe zone allows you to receive an alert (either voice, email, or SMS) as soon as your loved one’s SentryGPs ID leaves the zone. So you can be alerted BEFORE your loved one travels or wanders too far. A Forbidden zone works exactly the same, except you receive an alert when your loved one enters the zone instead of leaving it.
How hard is it to create a Safe or Forbidden zone? Creating a safe or forbidden zone is a matter of four easy steps:
- Type the address you would like to be the center of your zone. For a Safe zone, this may be you home address.
- Select the radius you would like for the zone. This can be anything from 20 meters to 20 miles, or more.
- Select whether the zone is a Safe or Forbidden zone.
- Name and save the zone.
Your zone will now be activated for your selected device and you can now customize your alert preferences to be warned anytime your loved one’s GPS device crosses the boundaries you have created.
Geofencing technology used to create Safe and Forbidden zones is just another example of how the SentryGPS ID, and it’s GPS technology can help to protect your loved ones – whether they are a child or adult!
Your Child Can ENJOY Wearing Their GPS!
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
SentryGPS ID - just slightly larger than a standard 9-volt battery!
Although the sentryGPSid and SentryKIDS GPS have one of the smallest form factors on the market today (only slightly larger than a 9-volt battery!), some children may still balk at carrying one on their person instead of just in their backpack. But let’s face it, the best place for a GPS child location device is directly on the child him or herself so that the child is being tracked and not just their backpack. So here at Sentry, we’ve thought up several ways to help teach your children that it can be enjoyable to keep their sentryGPSid in their pocket.
Show your small children how to “look themselves up” through our secure webportal. Unlike some child GPS devices, the sentryGPSid does not charge per location request, or limit the number of times you are allowed to locate your device according to what plan you have chosen – so use that to your advantage and teach your child the fun of seeing themselves travel around town. Or even better, when you take that next family vacation to Disney or the beach (which could very well your motivating reason for purchasing a child GPS device in the first place), show your son or daughter the map of them on their journey. (Very soon you will even be able to do this from your iPhone or Windows Smart Phone!). Then “build” their excitement by asking them things on their journey such as “I wonder where Mickey is on the map right now”, or “look how much closer we are to Mickey than we were before”.
Remember to also enforce the concept of the “fun” of tracking themselves on the map throughout their “regular” weeks at home and around town too – the sentryGPSid isn’t just for protecting your child on long trips or vacations!
This single tip should help with the younger children who have a curious mind, but Sentry hasn’t stopped there. We have more tips AND innovations to help get older kids to want to keep their child GPS device with them too! So keep checking back, and more importantly, get your child GPS today and start feeling better about knowing where your son or daughter is today!
Autism, Wandering and the sentryGPSid
Monday, February 9th, 2009Autism occurs in approximately one in 150 births. Autism is four times more prevalent in boys than girls. Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability with a 10-17% annual growth rate.
About 90 percent of autistic children are prone to wandering off from home, school, or a group situation. This is known as elopement and unfortunately, it is a very common problem. It is very risky for people with autism who are often unable to communicate where they live or even their name.
As children become teens, and teens become adults, more and more will be placed in group home living environments. There the problem of elopement is especially difficult for the team caring for the people with autism, and for the parents and family of the group home resident.
Wandering autistic children (and adults) are another group who could benefit greatly from the sentryGPSid personal location device.