Hi
all,
I'm
relatively new to this list, and firstly want to let you know I have
limited
technical knowledge...
However, as the below came in from Mark about the
Visonic PowerMax i thought I'd fill you in on
the
company I work for.
We
are called Intamac Systems, based in Northampton, UK, and we are in the
business of
Internet Accessed Monitoring and Control,
launching
with a service called 'Home Manager'.
In
short, using a Visonic PowerMax and our services you can use your alarm
system
to control and
program your Home Automation from any
internet accessed PC. If you don't have a PC at home, that's
OK
as you can program your X10 and alarm from your work PC or even the local
library. So now we're
bringing Home Automation through Power Max to
people
who don't even own a PC!!! (probably not
applicable to you on this list, but what about
your
Mum? fancy controlling her house? that'd be fun!)
Added to this is the security system itself: if an
alarm is triggered in your property, Home Manager will
automatically phone your property to check for
false
alarms. If there is no response from the property,
Home
Manager emails, phones and texts' your nominated 'contacts list'
in
order to tell them there is an alarm.
So
rather than return home to an alarm bell ringing, you'll know about it
straight away. You can even
nominate your next door neighbour as a
contact so they can hotfoot round and sort it out.
You can add flood
sensors, temperature sensors, panic alarms, fire alarms, PIR's, webcams,
etc
to the Home
Manager,
so no matter what
incident may occur at your property, you'll know about it straight
away.
Of course the
restriction is what technology
is compatible with the wireless PowerMax...
We
provide the same alarm system monitoring for an alarm panel "Scantronics
9750/9850" but it has no
X10
control in it, so its probably less relevant to this
list!!!
As I
mentioned I'm not a technical expert, but if anyone's got any questions,
please feel free to contact me
and
I'll try and find someone who knows the answers...
Cheers
Scott Crowther
Intamac Systems
Mine came form
Gardiner Security who are a large security
wholesalers in Kent. They do seem to
only want to deal with trade people though. That said placing the order by
phone, and paying by personal cheque and picking
it
up seemed no problem to them - go figure
!!!
You need the XM10U
also called a TW7223 - I used a standard modem cable to interface PowerMax to the XM10U.
Yes I have an
external siren. I am by no means a burglar alarm expert, but from what I
can
see there are basically two types of external siren. There is the regular
type
of siren which is powered off the PowerMax
directly,
and the SCB type which additionally contains its own NiCad battery so that even if all the wires are cut it
still sounds. Depending on the type of siren you need to adjust how it is
connected to the PowerMax. This is however all very well
documented.
-----Original
Message-----
From: Mark
Hopley [mailto:mhopley@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 07 November
2001 10:54
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: Re: [ukha_d] Security
Alarm
Thanks for the info Mark, I am
probably going to go this unit.
Could you let me know where you
bought your system. I have found it online at http://www.ttsfire.co.uk/diy_security.htm but
your system would work out at > £800 from there. Definitely be
interested
in the software, I have downloaded the manuals
already.
A couple of other questions if
you
don't mind;
Does the powersupply plug
into a 13A socket (is it just a wall
wart)?
Do you have an external siren -
it
looks look there might be problems powering
one.
----- Original Message -----
Sent:
Wednesday,
November
07, 2001 10:17
AM
Subject: RE:
[ukha_d] Security Alarm
I
have
recently installed the Visonic PowerMax at home, and have been very happy
with it, and found it simple and inexpensive. Whilst the PowerMax is not nearly
as
advanced as comfort PowerMax does almost everything I needed it to. The
main
points for me were:
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