Re: Your Favorite Install Tool?

["mikey" <loismustdie@xxxxxxxx>]

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
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> 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.
>
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> "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.
> |
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> | Sylvain Robitaille                              syl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> | Systems and Network analyst                       Concordia University
> | Instructional & Information Technology        Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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