Re: Writer needs info on burglar alarms

["Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There no need for space when you deal with fictional writing. Let their
imagination do the rest. Electronics has become smaller and smaller with
every passing decade. The keypad on the wall was probably designed 10-15
years ago. I would not be surprised if space was an issue, it could be made
real small like a credit card size calculator.

Take the space shuttle for example. Nasa has reduced the weigh of the new
shuttles by almost 1/3, due to advancements in electronics. A 2 lb laptop
can run the entire ship. When it was originally designed, the computer
probably weighed 50 lbs, and was bulky.

Jim Rojas


"Tim Walters" <tim.walters@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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
>
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> "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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