RE: Major panic last night

["Paul" <groups@xxxxxxx>]

X10BM - what's that?

Paul.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Keay [mailto:mjkeay@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 27 June 2003 09:43
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Major panic last night
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> Bring out the X10BM (x10 basher module)!
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> Guess you could also have it txt a neighbour and/or take a snap from a
> video server? :)
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> On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Paul wrote:
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> > Last night I was about an hour away from home watching SWIMBO=92s
Prima=
ry
> School production (which was actually very good!) =96 Oh, and SWMBO is
th=
e
> deputy head =96 not one of the kids!!!. In the middle, my alarm
(Comfort)
> rang my mobile to tell me my house was being broken into!
> >
> > Listening to the alarm history told me that the hall and then
kitchen
> sensor had triggered close together. My dog was closed up in the
kitchen
> but I did wonder if she=92d managed to get into the hall and trigger
the
> alarm (no other sensors had been triggered). I phoned the police but
even
> though two separate sensors had been triggered, they weren=92t
interested
> but asked me to phone them back when I=92d found out what it was (and
no
> doubt caught any intruder myself!). Rushed back to the house to find
all
> was well and no sign of the dog having escaped (all door firmly shut).
> Very odd =96 not sure what could have caused both PIR=92s to trigger
> especially as we haven=92t had a false alarm in the year Comfort=92s
been
> installed.
> >
> > This kind of incident brings several things home =96
> >
> > 1)	It=92s very frustrating not to have more info on what=92s
going on
> (still pictures to the phone would be good)
> > 2)	Comfort=92s alarm log is good but it would be better if it
collated
> the entries and presented them in a more understandable way i.e.
=93hall =
PIR
> triggered, five seconds later kitchen PIR triggered, five minutes
later
> and no further activations=94 etc. I=92m sure this can be done with a
bit=
of
> scripting and ACE?
> > 3)	SMS text with details would have been good =96 how can I do
this?
> > 4)	It=92s all very well having a sophisticated alarm system but
unless
> you understand the alarm history entries in detail, you can=92t be
sure
> what=92s actually going on.
> > 5)	Having a plan for this kind of event is critical (especially
when
> the Police aren=92t interested)
> >
> > Any ideas on how to achieve these would be good.
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ** UKHA2004 BE THERE! ** - start planning now.
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