Re: share account #

[Frank Olson <Use-the-email-links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert L Bass wrote:
>> Anyone see any reasons why I can't share
>> an account number at an installation where
>> there is an existing fire alarm reporting to a central station and I have recently added a
>> separate security system.
>
> One problem will be supervisory signals.  If
> there's a low battery or a/c failure, for example,
> which system is in trouble?

Most systems will allow you to program your own report codes.  Check the
programming manuals for Ademco/Honeywell, Napco, DSC, etc.


>
> You might try talking to the central station
> sales rep.  Perhaps they'll offer you a discount
> for multiple systems at the same address.  We
> did that when we monitored multiple partitions,
> each with its own account number, from a
> single location.  There's no standard way of
> handling the situation but it can't hurt to ask.

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