RE: Alarm systems

["Dean Barrett" <dean@xxxxxxxxx>]

The Australian alarm you might be thinking about is the Ness M1.

We were looking at becoming a UK distributor for it - seems to be an
incredibly capable panel. Has interfaces for just about everything
includin=
g
Cbus

One of our day to day panels is the Europlex Signet range - the top end
panel has 8 wired, 8 wireless (same protocol as Visonic) zones as standard,
X10 interface, Ethernet interface, so has own web server to enable
set/unse=
t
and status checking remotely.

Also has RS232 though I havent worked out what might be available from this
yet.



Dean.
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-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
David Guest
Sent: 14 August 2007 16:49
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Alarm systems

I'm just about to complete on a house which needs a refit and am planning
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o
put in plenty of home automation.
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The recent discussion of the BT VP1000 got me thinking of what alarm to put
in to. I have thought about comfort as I know this is very popular but does
seem to be expensive, especially add ons such as the touch screen touchpad.
A hybrid solution seems to be something like the Viewsonic with the rfxcom
unit to interface it to homeseer (running on a mini-itx board maybe). In
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e
past I have had an ademco panel and was pleased with it and see that now
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u
can use hardwire/wireless sensor, they also have an ethernet interface
available and even touch screens (around =A3100 for these). I also remember
reading about an australian made alarm panel which had good features, but
can't remember the name of it.
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I haven't decided on the lighting yet but am tending towards cbus if this
makes a difference.
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What alarms are people currently using and are you interfacing to them or
just stand alone.
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Thanks for your ideas
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David

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