Re: Writer needs info on burglar alarms

["Tim Walters" <tim.walters@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hm. This is interesting. But how does the false keypad register the order of
the keys pressed? There's not going to be a lot of space available for
anything complicated.

Tim


"Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> That's an easy one. I also saw something like this on an old Mission
> Impossible episode.
>
> Mount an identical phoney keypad on top of the real one. The phoney keypad
> will capture a code and act as a real keypad. The theif can then go back
at
> anytime, remove the phoney keypad, whuch will display the code, then break
> in at will. The same keypad can also have the ability to show armed at all
> times after hours, just in case there is a guard making a tour of the
> building. Not far fetched at all.
>
> Jim Rojas
>
>
> "Tim Walters" <tim.walters@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > I'm writing a story set in 1988. One of the characters has to break into
> > someone's house. He's not a burglar, but a professional architect who's
> > kept
> > abreast of the latest developments in household security. The alarm he
has
> > to disarm is up-to-date at that time. But he needs not only to
deactivate
> > the alarm, but also to conceal the fact that it's been disarmed.
> >
> > If it's an infrared heat detector with a four-digit disarming code, it
> > would
> > also be helpful if, after disarming the device once, he could now work
out
> > what that code was so as to break in again more easily later on.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> >
> > Tim
> > (For e-mail s u b r u b)
> >
> >
>
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