Re: Alarm systems

["paul_watkin" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi all,

Would be interested in this as well, new house currently has the
original 15 yo builder installed alarm and having had comfort in last
house am thinking of installing it again this time but would like to
retain the auto police notification etc that comes with the
monitoring as we are away a lot.

Would i be locked out of all comfort tweaking if i tried to get a
NACOSS install?? or is there a partitioned firmware that seperates
the alarm bit from the automation side of things?? How much would it
cost on average to get someone to come out and tweak some comfort
settings on top of the usual requirement for an annual service check

Alternative would be to get alarm company to install a new alarm
system and run Comfort as an automation controller in parallel the
big need here would be to have an alarm that could be armed /
disarmed remotely via Comfort (planning to install a couple of
touchscreens) and for comfort to be able to get some basic status
from the alarm panel i.e.  the alarm is going off or not, assume this
could easily be achieved using the standard bell or strobe wiring to
a relay and then a comfort zone

Any ideas or am i barking up the wrong tree

Cheers

Paul



--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Raymond Kelly" <raymondtkelly@...>
wrote:
>
> I'm interested too in anyone who has looked at the NACOSS thing
with say
> C-Bus. What I don't understand is what the boundaries are and how
is a
> potential NACOSS installation defined.
> Any NACOSS experiences welcome!!
>
>
> On 15/08/07, Chris Hunter <cjhunter@...> wrote:
> >
> >   interesting .... 'no feel for what the increase in 'premium is
for
> > not having a NACOSS alarm ... is it a big issue ? 'guess
> > reliability should be better if the alarm system is separate, but
is
> > that the case, in-practice ? 'just wondering !
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On 15 Aug 2007, at 01:58, Kevin Hawkins wrote:
> >
> > > I use an Ademco/Microtech/Honeywell "Galaxy"
system - several
other
> > > names it's offered under. too. ( I think latest versions may
now no
> > > longer be called Galaxy)
> > >
> > > It's a great mature system used by many professional
installers
with
> > > well priced extras available on eBay - including installer
manuals
> > > etc.
> > > Several models with differing zone capacities and wireless
options
> > > etc.
> > > Mine is a Galaxy 60. Very powerful programming capabilities
as
the
> > > product family is used in residential through to large
commercial
> > > installs. I have wired inputs and outputs to this going into
> > > HomeVision
> > > and a Netiom as well as a serial and Ethernet connection and
it
> > > satisfies almost all my HA needs as I have put together a
xAP
> > > interface
> > > to it. Zone activations (PIR's etc) can be reported
via 'linking'
> > > the
> > > zones to outputs or via serial/Ethernet. It may be 'awkward'
to
get
> > > the full serial/Ethernet protocol but typically its not
needed.
It
> > > doesn't have any integrated HA facilities persay beyond
basic
I/O
> > > - ie
> > > no C-Bus/X10 or programmable serial but my other HA
controllers
take
> > > care of that. I'm a great believer in each box serving a
specific
> > > purpose and doing that independently and well. Hence not
doubling an
> > > alarm up as a HA system. Others may differ.
> > >
> > > Main issue will be if you need a NACOSS install with
maintenance as
> > > you
> > > will likely be excluded from all programming access and
maybe
some
> > > access via serial/Ethernet. You might have to relay/opto
isolate
> > > inpust
> > > and outputs. This is going to be true on any system though.
> > > Depending on your installer they may be happy with some
extra
> > > facilities
> > > though .
> > >
> > > Comfort is another suggestion. I had one for a while ... for
me
I
> > > really don't like the speech interface or the panels
programming
> > > structure. The X10 interafce is OK but the C-Bus interface
is
rather
> > > limted (and expensive) - but then I would say that I guess
;-)
> > >
> > > Kevin
> >
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> >
> >
> >
>
>
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