RE: Re: Smoke alarms

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sure.

Have a Comfort alarm system, and then smoke detectors are connected to
its zones just like any other type of detector. Being wired, there is no
battery in the units themselves (battery backup is in the Comfort
panel), so there is no worry about batteries running down (a big
advantage over battery powered ones in my opinion).

You can do a fair degree of programming just in Comfort, but for added
smarts, connect comfort to Homeseer with the plugin available on the
Homeseer website (not free, but very reasonably priced, & well
supported). Thus all Comfort events are reported to Homeseer, and can be
responded to in whatever way you see fit (email, instant message, SMS
text, disarm the alarm panel, turn all the lights on etc. etc.)

Paul G.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
> nicecorrado
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 10:05 PM
> To: UKHA_D Group
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Smoke alarms
>
>  Ho Yin,
> >
> > You can do this easily with Comfort. (I do).
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Paul G.
> >
> Can you explain Paul,
> Thanks
> Dave
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > Of
> > > Ho Yin Ng
> > > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 11:32 AM
> > > To: UKHA_D Group
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] Smoke alarms
> > >
> > > Are there any single unit smoke alarms that can be linked to
a
> home
> > > automation program?
> > >
> > > i.e. Homeseer?
> > >
> > > I intend to install a couple of smoke alarms in hard to get
> areas -
> > > Node 0, loft and kitchen.
> > >
> > > I want to be able to monitor them from my server and perhaps
an
> email
> > > or notification given to me if there is a malfunction or the
> unit has
> > > run out of batteries? Or to reset the unit should the alarm
go
> off?
> > >
> > > Is there anything like this? I don't need a whole house
systems
> with
> > > status board etc etc.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Ho yin
> > >
> >
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