Re: More VOIP/Digital Voice

["JL" <2joester@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, why didn't you Say So.  I'd be happy to Send you one.  Did you
fax me the Beta Test Agreement?

I asked a while back if anyone had used a decent Internet Communicator
and never did find one with the simplicity I required.  They all have
proprietary receivers and equipment costing thousands for the Central
Station to get started (then the C/S has to get their dealers to
purchase the end-user equipment and hope everyone wants to use it).
I've heard a lot of what everyone here is talking about.  This panel or
that works with this provider or that but only with this format or that
and only during certain moon phases.  You will never be able to know
the latency induced by the routers down-stream so even if something
works today, odds are it won't work at some point as routers and paths
change.  We've seen them work great for a while, then stop working.
We've heard SIA works, sometimes, and CID, sometimes, and 4x2 pulse
formats, usually (but we Hate pulse formats).  It always comes down to
latency.  Timing is critical to some communicators (and receivers) and
not as critical to others.  Older analog receivers are more likely to
accept the less-than-perfect timing and frequency tolerances, where the
digital receivers aren't as forgiving (unless tuned for it, but even
then...).  I suspect downloading would only work on very slow baud
rates, again dependent on where you are and where the customer is and
how many routers you need to go through before reaching their unit.

Anyone here is welcome to get one of our BETA Test units.  Well, you
must be a real Alarm Installing Company and have a Monitoring Agreement
with us, but then you can try it out.  I want to get as many scenarios
as possible tested.

The ASI Communicator utilizes the AES 7067 IntelliTap-II (a UL Listed
device for Alarm Communications) for phone line simulation and
communications (those already using AES IntelliNet products can even
supply your own IntelliTap to save a couple buck).  The unit supports
Contact ID and 4x2 Pulse Formats.  Just connect Tip and Ring, Power,
and Ethernet and wala.  No need to change account number or phone
number in existing panels (Great for Take-Overs).  One-click on the
Customer Account via Dealer Web Access allows you to attach your
Internet Communicator to a Customer Account.

The one downfall of my unit is that you can't download the panel
through the communicator.  For that you will have to use a T-Link or
AlarmNet-I communicator, but from what I understand they both interface
using the Keypad bus so they won't work for Every panel if you want
full-reporting.  We don't have a DSC Internet Receiver but we do accept
AlarmNet-I units.  The dealer price for equipment will definitely be
under $200 (I'm pushing for about $150 which includes the IntelliTap).
We are not trying to make money on the equipment, we just want to make
sure you can get your customer Monitored without imposing too much
additional cost on them or installation time for you.

See http://www.azsecurity.com/inetmonitor.php for details and the BETA
Test Agreement.  Or call me (Joe) @ 480-756-5423 for ther really hard
questions.


Bob La Londe wrote:
> "tourman" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>
> > For the moment, there doesn't seem to be any cost effective way to deal
> > with the matter for residential accounts, since they will not keep
> > another spearate Bell line in service for their alarm.
>
> My CS is currently testing an IP reporting module that will plug in the same
> way as a cell backup unit.  I was invited to pick up a unit to play with and
> beta test, bt the CS is 180 miles away, and I have not had a chance to drive
> over and pick one up.
>
> Napco has an IP reporting module as well, that also allows some other
> functionality on the 9600 and X255 panels.  It just reports alarms on lower
> level Napco panels.
>
>
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