Re: ARE YOU REALLY BEING MONITORED? READ THIS

["Stanley Barthfarkle" <sbarth@xxxxxxxxx>]

>>Not being a tech, I guess I stand corrected.  I thank you for that.
>>The basic premise still stands though.  The monitoring center checks to
>>see that the location is sending a signal.  I know for a fact that ADT
>>and Hell South from Protection One both use Mastermind.  Hell South
>>actually relies on more of it's features that ADT.
>
> Again, every commercial fire alarm system must send a daily timer
> test.  ADT receives thousands and thousands of these each day.  MAS is
> the largest supplier of monitoring software in the industry.  It's no
> suprise that ADT uses them, and has for years.  However, billing and
> order entry is done in other systems within ADT.  MasterMind is used
> for monitoring and service dispatch, only.  Security Link used
> MasterMind for all business functions, and from what I understand, it
> worked quite well.


MAStermind is also used by sales, especially Commercial.