Re: Can an alarm with PGM outputs, and/or other outputs, be wired to an X10 sensor?

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Your Paradox panel is good stuff from what I've heard why not use their
wireless devices?


"anonymous" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:12ubdvr267qcbd6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Hi Tommy,
|
| I think I answered this earlier. I can't purchase a wireless sensor for
| the hardwired alarm at all. I could spend lots of dollars to upgrade to
| a wireless alarm, and then spend a a few more dollars at Ebay on the
| extra sensors, or I could use an X10 system, which is a cheaper and more
| fully featured solution but which might involve some troubleshooting
| headaches.
|
| I appreciate your time and best wishes. Thanks.
|
| Tommy wrote:
| > I am assuming that this is a DIY...
| > Why would you spend the money for an x-10 sensor when few a few more
dollars
| > you can purchase the wireless sensor designed for your system and get
the
| > reliability you should have? there are plenty of online outlets to
purchase
| > these from, and there is always E-bay.
| >
| > Don't give yourself a false sense of security.
| >
| >
| > "anonymous" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:12u9nou6isbbke0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >
| >>Thanks, Jim and Eric, for letting me know about the PowerFlash. The
alarm
| >>controller that's coming is the Paradox 1738. The outputs and amp
ratings
| >>that I mentioned I got off of a couple of websites.
| >>
| >>As for using X10 as an alarm system, my basic rationale is this: for
those
| >>who cannot afford more than a very minimal professionally installed
| >>system, the X10 package could be a useful supplement, and those who
cannot
| >>spend more than $100 on any alarm at all would probably find that having
| >>an X10 alarm that works 90% of the time is still a lot better than
nothing
| >>(as long as the powerline environment does not create a lot of false
| >>alarms).
| >>
| >>In my case, the cheapest professional alarm that I can afford (this
| >>Paradox system) comes with 2 door sensors, 2 motion detectors, the
| >>controller and a keypad. That secures only half my house: the bedrooms
get
| >>nothing; six openable windows get nothing. Then I read,
|
 >>http://providentsecurity.typepad.com/community_security_the_pr/2006/11/2nd_floor_burgl.html
.
| >>Every little upgrade for the professionally installed alarm costs a lot,
| >>so it seemed to me that I had to turn to a cheaper package, like what
X10
| >>offers, which in addition to complete sensor coverage creates a bigger
| >>alarm effect(flashing the lights, sounding more sirens), gives me a
little
| >>computer control, phones me and my nearby family, e-mails me, activates
a
| >>security multi-webcam program (BlueIris) which in turn starts sending
| >>time/date/watermarked photos to my website, etc. If once in while one of
| >>the sensors can't communicate with the controller because an electrical
| >>noise producing device was turned on, I can live with that. I may have
to
| >>do a lot of technical reading and spend an extra $30 on a dryer-plug-in
| >>phase coupler and a noise blocker to get full house coverage and
near-100%
| >>reliability; I can live with that. I think I'm doing the right thing
here
| >>for my situation (here's hoping!).
| >>
| >>Thanks again for your time. I'll have to start watching for sales on the
| >>PowerFlash.
| >>
| >>
| >>
| >>Jim wrote:
| >>
| >>>On Feb 27, 3:42?pm, anonymous <nos...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| >>>
| >>>
| >>>>Hello, and thanks for reading. Can an alarm controller that has "2 PGM
| >>>>outputs [2.5A] and 1 alarm relay [5A]" and "1 supervised bell output
and
| >>>>1 supervised auxiliary output" be attached to a wireless X10
door/window
| >>>>sensor (ftp://ftp.x10.com/pub/manuals/ds10a-is.pdf), so that when the
| >>>>alarm system goes off for any reason, an X10 signal is sent? Any
advice
| >>>>on this? Thanks.
| >>>
| >>>
| >>>What make (mfg) alarm control panel do you have?  Many mfgs have X10
| >>>modules that will send signals upon an alarm condition. But, simply,
| >>>you can use the set of alarm relay contacts to activate a power flash
| >>>module that will send an X10 signal. If you want to use the PGM
| >>>outputs, you'll have to use them to power a relay whose contacts will
| >>>activate a power flash module.
| >>>
| >>>One point of advice however. DO NOT use the X10 to provide any life or
| >>>property safety detection or notification. It's not reliable nor
| >>>dependable enough to be used for anything above turning on/off lights
| >>>or something that isn't safety related.
| >>>
| >
| >
| >