Re: Garage Door Question

[Matt Ion <soundy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Nortman wrote:
> Thanks to all of you that have already helped me out on the contact
> placement issue I was having.
>
> Wanted your opinions on something.  I have a Keyfob for my system.  We have
> a garage that is connected to the home but no door that leads directly from
> the garage into the home.  The entry door to our garage is right outside our
> front door.  Anyway, I'm thinking I simply put a door contact on that door
> and then a contact on the garage door but I'm struggling with the time it
> takes to enter the garage, get out of the garage and then de-activate the
> alarm.  Now, true with a Keyfob we can just disarm it but how do you really
> know that it's disarmed...I don't want to think it's disarmed, spend time in
> the garage say getting groceries out and then have the sucker go off on me.
>
> Do we just increase the response time on the garage door zone to something
> like three mintues, 5 minutes, etc.
>
> Just looking for your thoughts and if i'm missing something obvious here.
>
> Thanks again.

Your average car alarm has a blinking LED to let you know when it's armed... you
could wire something like that into your panel and mount it somewhere
inconspicuous just inside the door, perhaps?