Re: Garage Door Question

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Joe,

I used to bug the overhead door and the inside door leading from the
garage to the house as well.  I'd program a 2-minute delay on the
overhead door zone and a short (usually 30 second) delay on the inside
door.

Many panels will change to the short delay the second you open the
inside door.  That way you have enough time to open the roll-up door,
drive in, close the door, get out of the car and reach the inside door
before generating a false alarm.  The thief will usually go to the
inside door immediately, triggering the short delay timer.

Before doing this check your installation manual to be certain your
system functions in like manner.  Also, give careful thought to the
length of the two delays.  Too long and the thief has an edge.  Too
short and you're more likely to set the system off unnecessarily.

Regards,
Robert L Bass
www.BassBurglarAlarms.com


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.
>
> Joe.