Re: another newbie, what to do with this Brinks alarm system?

["Everywhere Man" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx>]

Brinks only uses EOL's for fire and heat sensors. The keypad and panel
are worthless to the OP.
FWIW, Brinks charges $26.99 per month on system takeovers ($31.99 with
warranty) and offers a 1 year contract so don't get all warm and fuzzy
feeling this guy is spending a dime to protect his home.
All of the Brinks negatives aside look at what this guy is saying. He
lives in a nice neighborhood, so the house wasn't cheap, he's having a
hard time justifying $27 a month for family safety, and he's making the
world aware of this on his $1000.00 computer which accesses the
internet for probably $25 a month.
Talk about having fucked up priorities.


Crash Gordon wrote:
> Basically you throw out the alarm panel and the keypads and buy something
> else you can install your self. Everything else should be reusable although
> you might have to look for buried resistors if they put them at the end of
> the line and remove them.
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> <todd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:843b90jvbk.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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> | Hello,
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> | I'm new here as well, and have looked for a FAQ for the group and came
> | up empty, and I hope my question isn't too basic!
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> | I've recently moved into a home that has a Brinks alarm system
> | installed, looks to have been installed in 2004.  We opted not to
> | continue the rather pricey monthly monitoring service given the
> | neighborhood, and the proportion of time we spend at home.  (The prior
> | owners I'm told were working out of the country and had it installed
> | due to their absence).
> |
> | Anyway, we have all this hardware, wired door and window sensors,
> | other sensors labeled as "PIR" devices (passive infrared if my
> | research is to believed?) inside the control box that I assume are the
> | motion detectors I see up on the walls of various locations in the
> | house.  I'm thinking there's got to be a way to put all these goodies
> | to use with a do it yourself sort of setup that maybe could leverage
> | an internet or phone connection to call my cell phone in case of
> | trouble.
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> | The main box of the alarm has a circuit board that's about 8x4" with
> | no real identifying marks on it.  I would have to assume I'd have to
> | get a new controller board for the DIY system and then just re-use all
> | the existing sensors?
> |
> | Anyone with experience doing the same?
> |
> | Thanks for any insight or advice, or a pointer to some good jumpstart
> | resources for reading/research.
> |
> | Best Regards,
> | Todd