Re: Internet Communicators

[Joe Lucia <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've looked into http://www.lobenninc.com/ who has a decent setup.
Their equipment actually uses a form of VOIP to communicate via the
internet directly to an alarm receiver.  They say it will do SIA without
a problem.  Has anyone used this with success?

Joe Lucia wrote:

> I am getting hit with more requests for Internet Communicators that
> are not specific to an Alarm Panel.  All of the Internet Communicators
> I've seen are specific to a manufacturers panels (and receiver
> hardware/software) which makes it difficult to support all of the
> different internet communicators out there.
>
> What I think we want is a "plug-n-play" internet communicator.  I.e.
> Unplug the Alarm Panels RJ31X connector from the phone jack, plug it
> into an Internet Communicator box, plug the Internet Communicator box
> into an Ethernet hub, walk away (no reprogramming of alarm panel
> should be necessary assuming it is already doing a standard Contact ID
> or Pulse format).  The Internet Communicator should have a unique
> identifier so the C/S can attach it to an internal Account Number
> (regardless of the account number and phone number programmed into the
> alarm panel).  The panel will pickup the phone line, hear dialtone
> (from the Internet Communicator), dial, get a handshake, communicate,
> and get kissed-off.  The Internet Communicator would then send the
> kissed-off signals to the Central Station via TCP on the Internet
> connection.  If a connection to the C/S cannot be established via TCP
> then it should not kiss-off the panel causing a COMM
> FAIL message (just like a phone line failure would).  The Internet
> connection to the C/S should be supervised periodically (like at least
> once every four hours).  Any other features I'm forgetting?  Maybe the
> ability to control a few Outputs on the module to be controllable via
> the C/S Dealer Web Access?
> Has anyone run into an Internet Communicator with this capability.  We
> do this exact scenario with the AES Radio and IntelliTap module
> (replace phoneline with radio without having to re-program account
> numbers or phone numbers in the alarm panel), but I haven't seen a
> solution for an Internet Communicator.  I'm almost done with an output
> module that can be used on any AES IntelliNet radio to control a few
> outputs via the C/S Web Interface (for remotely resetting a fire panel
> or even as a keyswitch arm/disarm for any panel).
>
> I've already ordered parts to make an Internet Communicator bases on
> these specifications since I haven't found anything like it already
> available.  If anyone is out there that can build or knows of an
> existing one I'd like to hear.  I'm not in the hardware business but
> it looks like I may be if I can't find someone else who will do or has
> done it already.