Re: Your Favorite Install Tool?

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Im thinking that he's thinking to gain some response time by having silent
alarm for a few seconds.

"mikey" <loismustdie@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|I thought it seemed interesting but I somehow doubt somebody would race to
| cut a phone line AFTER forcing entry but I hear some are pretty dumb...
| Interesting project though... you could rig something up with Programmable
| outputs I'd surmise.
|
| "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:7kp8f.4$Fu1.521@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > Dial first and delay the siren...interesting idea. I dont know of an
alarm
| > panel that can do that out of the box (maybe dunno), you could probably
| rig
| > a time delay relay on the siren though.
| >
| >
| > "Sylvain Robitaille" <syl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:slrndm3db0.c292.syl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | Crash Gordon wrote:
| > |
| > | >| (Have I just gotten kicked out of the newsgroup? ;-)
| > | >
| > | > No...why? You're asking good questions.
| > |
| > | Well, a) I'm asking lots of questions, and getting lots of free help,
| > | but more importantly, b) I suggested that I found alarm components to
be
| > | unsightly.  Some people might be sensitive about that!  ;-)
| > |
| > | Seriously, I agree that they're not more unsightly than say a
| > | thermostat, or doorbell, or ...  It's still not a reason to put the
| > | alarm sensors in conspicuous places if it can be avoided (though I do
| > | realize that sometimes it can't be avoided;  they have to go
_somewhere_
| > | and they might as well go somewhere where they'll do some good).
| > |
| > | > It's been my experience that recessed contacts in metal framed
windows
| > | > tend to get welded closed by a close lightning strike, and you'll
| > | > never know unless you are religious about testing all your window
| > | > switches on a regular basis ...
| > |
| > | Noted ...
| > |
| > | > with a surface contact even the dumbest
| > | > homeowner can look and see if the magnet is lined up...or missing.
| > |
| > | Also noted.
| > |
| > | >| We had the phone company look at it (we'd requested that they move
| it)
| > | >| when we bought the house.  ...
| > | >
| > | > They'll move it if you squeak louder.
| > |
| > | I'll consider that.  In any case, if they don't, it will probably be
| > | worth my while to have them move it anyway.
| > |
| > | >| It would be interesting (for future reference, really) to find an
| alarm
| > | >| system that dials first, and sounds the local alarm later.  Or does
| > such
| > | >| a system already exist?
| > | >
| > | > Some panels you can delay the dial out for a few
seconds...personally
| > | > I wont do that but you can do whatever you want.
| > |
| > | I don't think I'd want to delay the dialing, but to dial before
sounding
| > | the local alarm doesn't seem to me to be a bad idea.
| > |
| > | --
| > | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
| > | Sylvain Robitaille                              syl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > |
| > | Systems and Network analyst                       Concordia University
| > | Instructional & Information Technology        Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| > | ----------------------------------------------------------------------
| >
| >
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