Wireless driveway alarm systems are weather-proof and designed to be used at the end of a driveway to secure the perimeter of a property; however, there are many alternate uses to be explored. Because the driveway sensors are completely wireless, they can be placed anywhere, not only at the end of a driveway. Likewise, the driveway alarm unit can be positioned anywhere a user desires, even carried around as a portable detection option, small enough to be carried in a user’s pocket.

As a result of the versatility of this security solution, users are only limited by their imaginations, as for the applications of the alarm system. For instance, the sensors can be placed around a home garden, for an elegant solution to pests, like rabbits, rodents, or even wild boars, which may eat or trample the plants that users have worked so hard to maintain. In this particular application, when the alarm sounds, a user can go outside to chase off or decide to make a meal out of the wild animals seeking to destroy his or her hard work. Another possibility is to use the system as a wireless fence to keep tabs on pets who may wander off an unfenced yard, particularly if a home is near a busy street, where the pet may be in danger of being struck by a vehicle. Similarly, the sensor can be placed by a door, to notify the pets’ owners when their pet comes and goes through a pet door or when their pet needs to go outside to use the bathroom, rather than finding that their pet has soiled the floor inside the house.

Parents of young children may also find a wireless movement detection system to be useful in ensuring the safety of a child from wandering from a yard or getting to close to a home’s in-ground pool, particularly if the property is not fenced. Anyone can become distracted while monitoring their child, and an alarm guarantees that the child’s parents will be immediately notified if their child is in danger.

Although, wireless movement detection security systems are intended for outdoor use, they can just as easily be installed and moved within a household to satisfy its residents’ needs. Therefore, if a certain area is off limits to certain people or pets, the security system’s user will be notified the moment an intrusion is detected, which can go a long way to keep one’s sanity.