Whole House Phone wiring, security wiring

["Winspear, James" <james.winspear@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I'm cross-posting this email message here (originally from Individual
HomeBuilding & Renovating's SelfBuild Mailing List), as I'm interested
in
others HomeVision or other security suggestions.
Thanks in Advance
James

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Winspear, James=20
> Sent:	Thursday, July 20, 2000 4:54 PM
> To:	'selfbuild@xxxxxxx'
> Subject:	RE: Whole House Phone wiring, security wiring
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> Max wrote :
> Our builders have destroyed much of the cabling from the security
system
> in
> our house. The company which did the original installation have quoted
> nearly =A3400 for re-wiring and installing 4 movement detectors. The
> surveyor
> even said they only cost =A320 each. The cable runs will be quite
short. =
The
> central controller is of course still there.
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> Since we are re-wiring the whole house and intending to put in a CAT5
dat=
a
> network and phones (even perhaps whole house audio, after the recent
> posts!)
> etc.  I feel sure we should be able to do this too.
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> Can anyone advise on where I can get info on how to do this?
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> Hmmm, sounds rather familiar - our builders ripped out basically all
the
> existing wiring.  I've put back Cat5 to all the appropriate PIR
locations=
,
> and still have the old BT Security box in a corner somewhere.  ADT
> Security came out, and suggested about 265 Pounds to install the new
> motion detectors, panel and keypad.  However, I've never been
impressed
> with their solution technically, failures, reliability and
> customer-response being questionable IMHO.
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> To that extent, I'm probably going to end-up putting in my own Motion
> Detectors (purchased from HomeAutomation websites), and probably
cameras,
> and link them up to something like HomeVision (www.csi3.com from
memory),
> which I have for HA.  This can do some pretty neat things as far as HA
is
> concerned, but its not an outright security solution (IMHO).=20=20
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> I'd like to integrate my HomeVision monitored solution into a remotely
> monitored Call Centre.=20=20
> Does anyone know anything about this ?=20=20
> Is it possible ?  It appears to be done in the States, but I haven't
foun=
d
> it over here (in the UK).
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> I guess that all remote-monitoring centres want to minimize
integration,
> and therefore demand proprietary solutions, rather than mine (or is
there
> a standard) ?
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> I'm sure that doesn't help, but I guess we'd both welcome other
people's
> input.
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> James

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