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

["grabbitt" <sn@xxxxx>]

so then why take the chance just use the Excelsus filter and you have no
worries mate.  Many alarm panels need this filter to comm anyway, and you
don't have to rewire the house.  Seems like a no brainer.

"FIRETEK" <firetech(change-the-ch-to-k)@telus.net> wrote in message
news:CQKUf.6103$%H.4752@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Sir:
>
> You are incorrect.  If you look at the diagram supplied by the OP, the
> alarm
> panel is ahead of every other phone in the house.  The DSL modem is the
> only
> device in the home that is wired directly from the Prot (other than the
> alarm).  The only caution I would provide the OP is to ensure that he
> doesn't wire additional phones to the DSL side of the connection (which he
> can do if he uses the "quick connect kit" filters most telco providers
> send
> you when you order DSL on a self install).
>
> Regards,
>
> Frank
>
> "jewellfish" <jewellfish@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1142989479.912311.240500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Just to state the obvious,
>>
>> In this setup the panel will not seize the line, thus if the phone line
>> is busy, the panel cannot dial out in an emergency/break in, etc.
>>
>> Jewellfish
>>
>> news.vif.com wrote:
>> > 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?
>> >
>> > ie:
>> >
>> > 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?
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks for the help.
>> >
>> > Eric
>>
>
>