Re: Call setup... does it have to go to a monitoring company?

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What Doug says is correct.

But.. be aware; using a voice dialer in some municipalities to dial the
police or 911 IS illegal.



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**Crash Gordon**







"Dave" <dave.harper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm new to alarm systems, and was interested in setting up one in my
> home.  The main reason is to alert me if someone breaks in while my
> family and I are asleep (preventing theft while we're gone is
> secondary).  So I'm not really interested in monitoring, but would
> like to get a call on my cell if my wife and I are gone and the alarm
> goes off.
>
> I called one of the online alarm suppliers and asked about the call
> setup (specifically for the GE Concord 4), and I was told that most
> alarm systems can only call monitoring companies... but I'm
> questioning that.  They told me I could get a telephone module that
> would call additional numbers, but I'm wondering why I can't do that
> with the base system.  Surely the number is programmable, although
> maybe only monitoring companies have the capability of programming
> it...?
>
> So my question is this: are most alarm systems set up to only call
> monitoring systems?  If so, is there a way around it?  It doesn't
> violate any laws if I program it myself, does it?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Dave