RE: SK8000 Home security system

["Justin" <justin@xxxxxxx>]

Indeed, the unit will make a call when it is triggered, however, I would be concerned that if it was located quickly enough and disabled, not all (or any) of the programmed calls would go out. 

The unit does have a backup battery but if it has been unplugged it becomes nothing more than a noise maker which could be easily be cured with a foot/hammer or taking the battery out!

 

I suppose these points could be argued against most alarms, however, a non switched power supply and the addition of a decent external bellbox seem more appropriate for a serious system.

 

Justin.

 

 -----Original Message-----
From: Scott Crowther [mailto:scrowther@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 31 July 2002 8:49 AM
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] SK8000 Home security system

Justin

 

With the TS7000 voice dialer, do your neighbours not receive a call when your alarm goes off?

 

Also, the SK8000 has a 20 hour standby battery, so I guess it would keep the siren going even

If said burglar unplugged from the wall?

 

Or have I missed something?

 

 

 

Scott Crowther

Intamac Systems Ltd

tel. +44 (0) 1604 679260

www.intamac.com

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Justin [mailto:justin@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 11:04 PM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: Re: [ukha_d] SK8000 Home security system

 

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.
>

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