Re: Can a Napco system & DSL connection co-exist?

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

some panels don't need a filter.


"alarman" <alarman2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| "news.vif.com" <ebenze@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:1142960335.740400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > Hi,
| >
| > I am looking at having a DSL line installed at my house that would be
| using
| > the same telephone line as my Napco Magnum 1000.  The Napco currently
does
| > nightly self-tests which "seizes" the phone line in the house when it is
| > performing these tests.  My concern with the DSL line is that the DSL
link
| > will be dropped every night as well when the Napco does its self tests.
| >
| > My question is the following.  If I split the phone line at the
| demarkation
| > point where one branch goes only to my DSL modem and the other branch
goes
| > through a DSL filter and then to the Napco and the rest of the house,
will
| > the Napco still be able to make its nightly self-tests where it seizes
the
| > phone line, but doesn't drop my DSL connection?
|
| Yes.
|
| > Demarkation pt
| > ==============[ Splitter ]
| >  phone line                         |=====[DSL Modem]
| >                                          |
| >                                          |=====[ DSL Filter ] -------
| [Napco
| > Magnum 1000] ----------[ rest of house ]
| >
| >
| > A friend of mine currently has a DSL connection on a regular line (no
| > Napco), and sometimes uses a 56k modem on his computer to dial up to
other
| > servers.  If a 56K Modem is able to dial up over the DSL line, does this
| > imply that the Napco should be able to as well?  I am assuming that
Magnum
| > 1000 just uses a regular modem to communicate with the centrale - is
this
| a
| > valid assumption?
|
| No. He needs to filter the line going to the alarm panel to keep the DSL
| out, if you want consistent reliability.
| js
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