Re: Slomins vs ADT vs Brinks vs any other home security system vendor

["Mike" <wxyz09@xxxxxxxxx>]

"R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I assume what you mean is you have DSL service over a conventional land
>line (as opposed to "dry DSL"). And the answer is "it depends". Most alarm
>panel makes do require a special DSL filter on the line in order to
>communicate properly along with the DSL "hash". A good one is made by
>Excelsius (sp?). There are a few panel makes that most often absolutely
>need a filter (DSC for one) and a few that don't need one (Paradox almost
>never). You'll know when the panel is tested to the station; it won't get
>through, so will require the filter immediately. I have found in a couple
>of instances where with the aging of the components of the board (I'm
>assuming here), the panel will suddenly need the filter to work properly.
>So if in doubt, install it !! (note, the conventional DSL filters given you
>for the phone will NOT work for the alarm panel....)
>

DSL service on POTS.

Mie