RE: Whole House Phone wiring, security wiring

[REB.Barnett@xxxxxxx]

Homevision sounds an excellent home automation system, but if you're after
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system that is primarily security orientated, and allows connection to
services such a red care or dialin/out monitoring via mobile phone and
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- you really cannot beat Comfort.

I can't recommend it highly enough.

Ray Barnett.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Winspear, James [mailto:james.winspear@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 July 2000 16:56
> To: 'UKHA'
> Subject: [ukha_d] Whole House Phone wiring, security wiring
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> Hi,
>   I'm cross-posting this email message here (originally from=20
> Individual
> HomeBuilding & Renovating's SelfBuild Mailing List), as I'm=20
> interested in
> others HomeVision or other security suggestions.
>   Thanks in Advance
> James
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> > -----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=20
> security system
> > in
> > our house. The company which did the original installation=20
> 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=20
> 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=20
> in a CAT5 data
> > 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=20
> basically all the
> > existing wiring.  I've put back Cat5 to all the appropriate=20
> 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=20
> 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=20
> own Motion
> > Detectors (purchased from HomeAutomation websites), and=20
> probably cameras,
> > and link them up to something like HomeVision (www.csi3.com=20
> from memory),
> > which I have for HA.  This can do some pretty neat things=20
> as far as HA is
> > concerned, but its not an outright security solution
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> > I'd like to integrate my HomeVision monitored solution into=20
> 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=20
> I haven't found
> > it over here (in the UK).
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> > I guess that all remote-monitoring centres want to minimize=20
> integration,
> > and therefore demand proprietary solutions, rather than=20
> mine (or is there
> > a standard) ?
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> > I'm sure that doesn't help, but I guess we'd both welcome=20
> other people's
> > input.
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> > James
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