24/7 Digital Pest Detection for Your Home

The Future of Rodent Management Is Already Here

For decades, rodent control has relied on the same fundamental tools: snap traps, glue boards, and toxic bait stations. While these methods can reduce active populations, they share a critical limitation - they are reactive. By the time you discover droppings in a kitchen drawer or hear scratching in the attic, mice or rats have already established pathways, contaminated surfaces, and potentially caused structural damage.

Anticimex SMART technology represents a paradigm shift in how we detect and manage rodent activity as part of modern pest control. Developed in Sweden and deployed across 18 countries, this digital monitoring platform uses a network of wireless sensors to provide continuous, real-time surveillance of your home’s most vulnerable entry points - detecting rodent presence at the earliest possible stage, often before you would ever know a problem existed.

How Anticimex SMART Technology Works

The SMART platform consists of three integrated components that work together to create a continuous monitoring envelope around your home.

Wireless Detection Sensors

Each SMART sensor is a compact, self-contained monitoring device equipped with passive infrared (PIR) detection and motion-sensing technology. When a rodent enters the sensor’s detection zone, it registers the animal’s thermal signature and movement pattern. The sensor differentiates between target rodent activity and non-target triggers - such as temperature fluctuations or air currents - using proprietary algorithms developed through over a decade of field data.

Sensors are strategically placed at locations rodents are most likely to travel: along foundation walls, near utility pipe penetrations, at crawlspace and attic access points, and along known interior travel routes. Each sensor monitors continuously - 24 hours a day, 365 days a year - with no gaps in coverage.

Wireless Communication Network

Each sensor communicates wirelessly with a central hub installed in your home. The hub aggregates data from all sensors and transmits it via cellular connection to the SMART cloud platform. This means monitoring continues even during power outages or internet disruptions, and no connection to your home Wi-Fi network is required.

Cloud-Based Analytics Platform

All sensor data feeds into a centralized analytics platform that our monitoring team accesses in real-time. The platform tracks activity patterns over time, identifies trends that may indicate developing pressure, and generates automated alerts when activity exceeds defined thresholds. This data-driven approach allows us to make precise, informed decisions about when and where intervention is needed.

Why Westchester Homes Need Digital Monitoring

Westchester County presents unique rodent pressure factors that make proactive monitoring particularly valuable.

Housing Stock and Construction

Many Westchester homes - particularly in communities like Scarsdale, Bronxville, and Larchmont - were built between 1920 and 1960. These properties feature stone foundations, brick construction, and aging utility penetrations that create numerous potential entry points. A house mouse requires a gap of only 1/4 inch (6mm) to enter a structure, and older homes typically have dozens of such openings.

Mature Landscape and Habitat

Westchester’s dense tree canopy and established landscaping provide excellent rodent habitat adjacent to homes. Oak and hickory trees produce acorns that sustain mouse populations, while mature shrub beds and ground cover create protected travel corridors between outdoor habitat and building entry points. Properties backing onto wooded areas, parks, or golf courses face particularly high rodent pressure.

Seasonal Pressure Cycles

Rodent intrusion in Westchester follows a predictable seasonal pattern. As temperatures drop below 50°F in October and November, mice and rats seek interior shelter and food sources. Traditional monitoring - checking traps weekly or monthly - can miss the initial invasion window entirely. SMART sensors detect the very first entry attempt, enabling exclusion repairs before a population establishes inside your home.

SMART vs. Traditional Rodent Control

Research published in the Journal of Pest Science demonstrates that proactive monitoring systems detect rodent intrusion an average of 14 days earlier than traditional inspection-based methods. In Westchester’s compressed fall invasion season, those two weeks can mean the difference between sealing a single entry point and managing an established colony.

Integration with Comprehensive Pest Management

SMART monitoring is most powerful when integrated with Pristine Pest’s broader service offerings. We recommend pairing SMART digital monitoring with our Home Shield Exclusion service - using sensor data to identify exactly where rodents are attempting entry, then performing targeted structural repairs to permanently seal those pathways.

For homeowners seeking complete protection, SMART monitoring complements our Home Protection Plan by adding a dedicated rodent surveillance layer to the general pest management program. The result is a defense-in-depth strategy that addresses both insect and rodent pressures through a single, coordinated service relationship.

Getting Started with SMART Monitoring

Installation is straightforward and typically completed in a single visit of 2-3 hours. Our SMART-certified technician will assess your property, determine optimal sensor placement, install the sensor network and communication hub, and activate your monitoring account. You will receive access to a simplified homeowner dashboard where you can view sensor status and activity summaries at any time.

Contact Pristine Pest to schedule your SMART assessment and bring the most advanced rodent monitoring technology available to your Westchester home.