Authorized Dealer

Security camera installation in Stow, MA

Galaxy IT & Marketing is an authorized Lorex dealer serving Stow, MA. Every system we install records to a recorder in your building — no monthly subscription, and it keeps recording with the internet down.

Stow is orchards, open land and seasonal operations. Covering agricultural property is mostly a question of area per camera — and fixed lenses lose that argument badly.

Book a free walkthrough How our installs work

Wide area, few cameras

A fixed camera covers a cone. To watch a large open area with fixed cameras you need a lot of them, arranged so their cones overlap, and the cost climbs fast while the usefulness of each individual view stays low.

A pan-tilt-zoom unit inverts that. One well-sited PTZ covers ground that would take four or five fixed cameras, can follow motion automatically, and — crucially for open land — can zoom optically onto something specific after the fact. On a property where the question is usually "what is that vehicle doing at the far end of the field", zoom beats resolution.

Seasonal operations and seasonal exposure

A farm stand or orchard operation has a busy season and a dormant one, and the exposure differs. In season it is cash handling, parking areas and public access; out of season it is equipment sitting idle in buildings nobody visits daily.

That argues for a system that can be reconfigured rather than one fixed set of angles — PTZ presets for the retail season, different presets and motion zones for the winter, and alerting that is on in the months when nobody is on site. It is a settings conversation more than a hardware one, and it is worth having twice a year.

Equipment buildings

Barns, equipment sheds and packing buildings hold the expensive things and are the least observed structures on the property. An interior camera in each, plus coverage of the approach track, is worth more than additional angles on the yard. Solar handles the ones with no power run, and a wireless bridge brings them back to the recorder where a cable is impractical.

Stow questions

How do I cover a large open field without twenty cameras?

A PTZ. One well-sited pan-tilt-zoom covers what four or five fixed cameras would, follows motion automatically, and lets you zoom optically onto something specific after the event. On open land the useful question is usually about a vehicle at the far end of a field, and zoom answers that where extra megapixels do not.

My operation is seasonal. Does the system need to change?

The settings do, more than the hardware. In season you are covering cash handling, parking and public access; out of season you are covering idle equipment in buildings nobody visits. Different PTZ presets, different motion zones and alerting switched on for the quiet months. Worth revisiting twice a year.

Can I get cameras in a barn with no power run?

Yes — solar with an onboard battery for power, and a point-to-point wireless bridge back to the recorder where running cable is impractical. Interior cameras in equipment buildings are usually the highest-value additions on a farm property, because those are the least-observed structures holding the most value.