Re: SK8000 Home security system

["Justin" <justin@xxxxxxx>]

It wont send X10 when motion is detected or a door is opened.
Have you thought about a Powermax system or Comfort?

Justin.
----- Original Message -----
From: Christian Cundall <ukha@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 8:09 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] SK8000 Home security system


> Justin
>
> Thanks - it was the arm / disarm bit that I was after. I was not
that
> bothered about the buzzer anyway, I would have annoyed the intruder
with
the
> WHA anyway. My neighbour is in his 80's so I would not want him
bothered
> anyway.
>
> I was writing one in Homeseer anyway using the Ocelot, but wondered
if
this
> was better - I liked the idea of the PIR's being used to switch the
lights
> on and off when it was not armed. Could it do that?
>
> Cheers
>
> C
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin [mailto:justin@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 30 July 2002 19:09
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] SK8000 Home security system
>
>
> Christian
>
> I have a TS7000 (now retired) which as far as I can tell is the same
beast
> as the SK8000.
> You would have to question its effectiveness as an alarm, I mean,
if
someone
> did break into your home all they would need to do would be to 
find the
> thing that is making the noise and unplug it! Furthermore, when it
does go
> off your neighbours probably wouldn't hear it and if they did
wouldn't
take
> much notice.
> One of the other reasons I decided to get something better was the
fact
that
> it does not report arm/disarm events as X10 signals which is something
I
> really wanted in my system so HomeSeer could easily be set into
home/away
> modes.
>
> On the plus side, it's relatively cheap for a wireless system, it has
a
> telephone transponder and can do some X10 stuff.
>
> Justin.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Christian Cundall <ukha@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 5:26 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] SK8000 Home security system
>
>
> > Hi
> >
> > Has anyone used the SK8000 wireless home security system as sold
by
> > Laser.com? If so can you share your experiences of the
product?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Christian

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