Re: Alarm / HA system advice

["yetanotherdonsfan" <nhbroad@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have been working with Comfort for many years and doing UK training
etc.

Yes you can do same and more with Comfort but may be more expensive as it
is a full automation controller (with voice guided menus; doorphone system;
voicemail etc). Wireless is not built in so you would need say a Visonic
Rx.

If you send me some budget stuff I can return the equivalent Comfort.

n h @ hometechi . com  (remove spaces of course)

Nigel

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Lee" <muddyboots@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> I normally frequent the Yahoo UK_selfbuild group, but I'm looking for
advice on an alarm system, or maybe a basic HA system.
>
> (Waffle alert!)
>
> Initially I'd been thinking of the following alarm system:
>
> Texecom Premier 48 panel, 8 dual-tech PIRs, wireless receiver, 4
wireless door contacts (to go where I didn't run any alarm cable...doh),
speech dialler, microphone, Odyssey 5 bellbox, 4 keypads, and USB
interface.
>
> I liked the idea of being able to dial-in, listen & talkback, and
the ability to control/stop the alarm remotely by phone. Various people had
recommended Texecom kit, plus their manuals are meant to be very good - I
managed to locate myself an installer manual and it is indeed very
comprehensive.
>
> I saw there is an option for an X10 add-on interface, and started
wondering - thinking it might be useful to maybe turn various lights on if
the alarm was setoff etc using X10 modules.
>
> So I was all set on the Texecom system.
>
> Then I started looking at basic HA controllers such as the Marmitek
CM15 etc. The ability to use macros, timed events etc seemed quite
appealing and offered quite a bit of scope for say, turning equipment off
at night to save power, time towel rails, garden lights etc and maybe
respond to event from PIR sensors etc.
>
> And then I stumbled across the Comfort system - which from what I can
see offers the functionality of an alarm system, plus programmable X10 HA
functions.
>
> What I haven't sussed yet is:
>  - whether Comfort will offer all the same functions as the Texecom
setup I'd specced
>  - how easy is it to interface to other makes of PIR sensors,
bellboxes etc
>  - how expensive it'd be compared to say, my Texecom setup plus a
separate Marmitek controller (budget is pretty small, SWMBO isn't really
convinced with HA stuff and thinks the alarm already sounds pricey....)
>
> So I was after some advice from people who've used the Comfort system
for a bit more info on what it might offer me, and how expensive it would
be !
>
> Cheers
> Lee
>




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