Re: CP-01

["alarman" <alarman2000@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Don" <don@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Nomen Nescio" <nobody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Bob Worthy said:
>>
>>>Ok, so with that being said, a burglar enters an unfamiliar house or
>>>business, possibly dark, has a siren blairing and needs to find the alarm
>>>panel. Which way does he go first? According to RLB's reasoning, the
>>>panels
>>>are installed in easily accessable and obvious locations, hence the
>>>dialer
>>>delay is a dangerous option. Does the perp go upstairs, to the basement,
>>>to
>>>the garage, laundryroom, master bedroom closet, pantry?
>>
>> I think dialer delays are a really stupid idea.  The only reason CP-01
>> requires them is that some companies are still not using cancel signals.
>> A
>> dialer delay doesn't do anything a cancel signal doesn't do, and the fact
>> that no signal is transmitted with a dialer delay causes customers to
>> think
>> their alarm didn't work.  It generates calls for service.  With a cancel
>> signal, the operator can tell the customer that the alarm did go off, but
>> wss turned off right away.
>>
>> Playing "find the control panel" in a strange 10,000 square foot house
>> can
>> be time-consuming for a service tech, and obviously isn't feasible for a
>> burglar.  But consider a smaller home, especially one with a
>> self-contained
>> control panel/keypad/sounder:  the noise leads the burglar right to the
>> panel.
>>
>> And here's a true story about a job I took away from another company
>> after
>> the place got robbed.
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> burglarized

Thank you.

js