Re: share account #

[Milhouse Van Houten <none@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim wrote:

>On Apr 12, 9:09?pm, "Mark Leuck" <m..le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> "Jim" <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> On Apr 12, 9:20?am, "Crash Gordon" <webmas...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>> > The issue wouldn't be so much the signals banging into each other at the
>> > reciever...reciever can deal with that.
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>> > First...I wouldn't do it with a fire system.
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>> > But, I have done it with large homes where it was impractical or
>> impossible
>> > to run the main house and the barn (1/4 mile away) on the same system, so
>> I
>> > put a monster system in the main house and a baby system in the barn. The
>> > house uses zones 5-40, and the barn uses zones 1-5...report in same format
>> > to same account# and make notes in CS zoning where sigs are coming from.
>> > Problem: which system fails to test?, which system is sending AC fail or
>> > low battery? Welp, if your CS has CID ability on signals you could tell if
>> > the barn and main house were on different phone lines.
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>> > Kinda funky way of doing things for owner that doesn't want to pay for two
>> > accounts.
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>> > The solution is simple.
>> > Use 4/2 format.
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>> Instead of making compromises like that just use 2 account numbers, I hate
>> it when 2 systems are set like this- Hide quoted text -
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>How would you know if no one told you? You'd have no idea if the
>signals were coming from one or five differnt panels.
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>I've got an account with three alarm panels in three seperate
>buildings, each calling out on different telephone lines, all
>reporting to one account number. It's all 4/2 format and the alarms
>are reported as ....3/1 front door building one. 5/1Motion detector
>building three. etc. Supervisory codes for low battery, 8D, 8E and 8F.
>AC loss is 9D, 9E and 9F and so on. Central doesn't have to be
>concerned about how many panels or phone lines or locations. It just
>reports the signals as what I've told them to report. If there were
>fire panels, I'd do the same thing with them except with two descrete
>telephone lines to each panel. It's ok to report both fire and burg on
>the same account number, last time I checked. It's public utility so
>there'd be no problem getting as many lines as needed.
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>This is a perfect use for 4/2 formating. The best thing about it is, I
>collect for three monitored accounts.

That is crap.. Shoddy all the way.

If you are collecting for 3 accts. then establish 3 accts. and have
them report CID or SIA.