Re: 35. Is monitoring required?

[Crash Gordon® <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey...that's precious! A silent un-monitored alarm system.  You've =
attained the highest standard of idiocy yet.


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| NO monitoring is not required just like dyers do as good
| the installation job than "so called" pro's.
|  Too many false alarms have lead police to a point that they lower the
| intervention priority of alarm calls.
|  Where is the benefit to have monitoring?
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| Initially the cause of police complains about false alarms was that
| the systems where installed by non pro's, not reliable they said..
|  Did the pro's installations improve false alarms, i think so when it
| boils down to selecting the appropriate type of sensor (dog present,
| sunshine,..), but you can have recommendations/advises also, so why
| would a pro installation be better when it boils down to false alarm
| system reliability ?
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| You can make a parallel between installation knowledge and monitoring,
| why should you need them?
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| Let's see how i handle my alarms without monitoring ?
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| First, i prefer a silent alarm approach :
| - i don't see who allows himself to involve external persons not
|   directly involved with a noisy sound/flashlight outside.
|   There is already enough unwanted noise around;
|   Its no longer an alarm system according to law when those
|   external devises are not present, Dyer's welcome.
| - i prefer several low volume buzzers, located at multiple
|   places inside my house, in order to inform the intruder that he
|   has been detected.
|   There are enough spare wires in the cables to the sensors to
|   provide the required alarm signal to small buzzers all around
|   the protected area's.
| - i let the system rings directly to my cell phone. If i like to
|   have my neighbor's involved, i give them a personal call and
|   explain them the ongoing problem.
|   At least i will know who is involved to observe the surrounding and
|   who look if the police are arriving. No direct intervention;
| - second, i let the system call back hiss own phone-line who will
|   be busy of course (see below for more details).
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| Is a monitoring station required ?
|  The usual arguments of monitoring stations are that they are
| available all the time and that you will not receive the alarm call
| all the time. Well yes and no..
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| How do i attempt to solve that?
| When an alarm is detected it dial my cell phone and the place
|  where the alarm is originated from, my home. Why ?
| Well when i'm not reachable for action (at the theater for instance
|  or for any other reason) i redirect my alarm phone-line
| "conditionally" (when the line is busy) to an alternative person who
| agree to take action.
|  When an alarm goes on, my alarm phone-line is busy, so it redirects.
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| Why do i not change the phone number in the alarm control panel to
| redirect the call?
| Redirection by means of a phone is less error risky, it can be done :
| - with my home-phone in a semi-automatic manner, the
|   redirection/cancel data is included and stored in the phone number
|   to call;
| - from my cell phone at any time and place;
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| So, is monitoring required?
|  Do they do a better job whit theyre standard procedures?
|  Is outside warning (yelling and flashing devices) mandatory?
|  Are very noisy sirens inside required to disturb intruders?
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| Well it depends on your choice and how good you will feel
| afterwards about the selected solution.
|  How good will you feel when you select an all included out of your
| control handling or your personal intervention when there is an alarm
| going on. Think it over.
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| Paul
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