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

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yah that's what they said when the baby bells were gonna do alarms...that
lasted what? a year or two. Same thing when utility companies tried their
hand in security...oh damn we have to service these things too?...that
lasted a year or two as well.

It'll be interesting to be sure...Microsoft Security maybe...yah that's it.


"J. @netscape.net>" <jsloud2001<removeme> wrote in message
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| A burglar alarm does not guarantee a family's safety.  That's a
| terrible perception that depends on the public's misinformed ideas
| about how residential burglar alarm systems work and the effectiveness
| of police agencies that usually despise the alarm companies who waste
| police resources with a 90% false alarm rate.  Your not protecting
| your family with a $30 a month burglar alarm system.  All you're doing
| is giving yourself a false sense of security.  Almost all residential
| alarm signals are false alarms.  The vast majority of alarm company
| generated police dispatches are for false alarms.  Alarm calls receive
| the lowest police dispatch priority.  Some jurisdictions have stopped
| responding to alarm signals at all.  Others charge a permitting fee
| and a steep false alarm penalty.   You can debate the reasons for this
| and who's fault it is, but the fact remains, this industry depends on
| a misguided public perception of mysterious, circling 1's and 0's that
| protect families with magical powers and instantaneous response from
| concerned law enforcement.  This is what is shown on television
| commercials and what the alarm salesmen tell the unsuspecting public.
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| The good news is that there is pressure on the industry to fix this.
| There are emerging technologies such as video analytics that could
| replace traditional security systems with much more reliable
| technology.  The false alarm penalties and third party alarm response
| laws will force the trunkslammers and zero down marketers to rethink
| their strategies.  My guess is that we'll see the most radical shift
| that we've ever experiences in this industry within the next 5 to 10
| years.  With IT companies like IBM and Cisco wanted part of the
| security integration market, it's just a matter of time before someone
| comes alaong and does it better that what we have right now.  It's
| already started in the high end goverment/ industrial markets.
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| J.
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| On 3 Nov 2006 15:06:36 -0800, "Everywhere Man" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx>
| wrote:
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| >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.
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| >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
| >> |
| >> | Hello,
| >> |
| >> | 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!
| >> |
| >> | 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.
| >> |
| >> | 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
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