Re: Talking keypads

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

John R wrote:
> On Mar 17, 7:15 am, nick markowitz <nmarkow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Mar 17, 5:10 am, John R <Intelli...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> 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


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