Re: More VOIP/Digital Voice

["Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx>]

"JL" <2joester@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Well, why didn't you Say So.  I'd be happy to Send you one.  Did you
> fax me the Beta Test Agreement?
>

Is this Joe?  I'll fax it in within a week or so.  (Been real busy in Mexico
the last few weeks/months.)  I didn't bother to send it in since it said
"stop by and pick one up."  If you will send me one I'l be glad to throw it
on the office panel and see how it performs for a month or three.



> 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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>>
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