Re: Alarm Panel For Detached Garage

["T. Lee" <tommy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"bjordan" <jordanbrian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1139001724.241069.309770@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a security system for my detached unheated Chicago
> garage.  I would like a system that has a key fob where a push of the
> button will disarm the system AND operate the garage door.  Another
> button on the fob would disarm the system only.  I would like the
> system to automatically arm several minutes after all the doors are
> closed and no motion is detected.  This would allow the garage to be
> protected when people come & go without having to use the keypad or
> press any additional buttons over the present system (garage door
> opener only)
>
> The system will have a siren and 3 zones:  an entry door, garage door,
> and motion detector.  The garage system will not connected to a phone
> line.
>
> I would also like the garage system to have an output that would be
> connected to the main house alarm panel so that when the garage system
> is in an alarm state it would violate a zone called garage on the main
> house alarm.  I plan to use an EOL resistor in the garage panel in case
> the wire is cut.  The main house alarm is monitored.
>
> The system would function as follows:
>
> If the garage alarm goes off when I'm home (house is disarmed),  only
> the garage siren will go off.  If the garage alarm goes off when I'm
> away (house is armed),  the house alarm garage zone will cause an
> alarm, call the monitoring company, and report a garage zone violation.
> If the garage alarm goes off when I'm asleep (housed armed in stay
> mode), the house alarm goes off,  I run to the keypad and see that the
> violation is in the garage.  I can relax a bit knowing the intruder is
> not in the house.
>
> Are there any alarm panels these features?  My main house system is DSC
> 5100, but I could go with another brand for the garage.  I would also
> appreciate any other suggestions for setting up this system.
>
> Thanks so much!  bjordan
>


Are you sure that it is a 5100 and not a 5010?  the 5010 panel is
partionable and will do the things you want including the auto arming.