Re: Merlin system from Microtec

[tourman <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sir, the Merlin system is a proprietary version of the Paradox 728
Esprit alarm panel. It can ONLY be monitored by the Microtec
monitoring station. This is a neat little trick some of the larger
mass marketers use to make sure they don't lose you to someone else
(at least not until you pay someone to change out their unusable
panel)...... scummy practice, but at least not as common as it used to
be !!

To my knowledge, there is no way to make this panel send you emails
(at least not without jury rigging it in some exterior fashion that is
totally beyond me).

When we come upon these panels, we junk them plain and simple.

R.H.Campbell
Home Security Metal Products
www.homemetal.com

On Aug 24, 11:36 am, funkd...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I bought a house that came with a Merlin Microtec alarm system.  I'm
> not planning getting the service but I was wondering if any use could
> be made of the actual hardware.  I currently have the phone unplugged
> as I really don't know if it's program to call somewhere if it goes
> on.   I still use it as an alarm but I wonder If I could have it
> hooked to my computer to have it send emails if it triggers an alarm
> or other things like that.
>
> Anyone else played with this hardware?
>
> Thhx
>
> funk