Re: Talking keypads

[John R <IntelliSig@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 17, 7:15=A0am, nick markowitz <nmarkow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mar 17, 5:10=A0am, John R <Intelli...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Hi,
>
> > I have a Gemini P9600 that I installed about 10 years ago. I have the
> > RS-232 interface and wrote some Java code to log alarm events in a
> > MySQL database and send email when alarms occur. It's pretty cool.
>
> > It's time to sell my house (and my cool alarm system) and buy a new
> > house. The new house has an unfinished basement and I'm looking
> > forward to installing an even cooler alarm system.
>
> > The P9600 keypads beep when a zone is opened. I want my next system to
> > say/enunciate the name of the zone that is opened.
>
> > What systems do this?
>
> > Thanks,
> > John
>
> Honeywell makes a talking keypad that works with there entire line of
> ademco panels

Is the Honeywell Vista-20 the best panel I should get for a house?

Is there anything else I should consider?

I want to be able to communicate with the panel via Ethernet or RS232
(prefer Ethernet). I want to log all events (zone open/close) in a
MySQL database.


Thanks,
John