Re: DIY Wireless System Recommendations?

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's your time and money...but I can tell you we've tried it and it
doesn't/won't work.



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**Crash Gordon**







<yp@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 21 May 2009 12:27:09 -0700 (PDT), mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>On May 21, 12:42 pm, y...@xxxxxx wrote:
>>> On Thu, 21 May 2009 10:07:25 -0700 (PDT), tourman
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >On May 21, 12:38 pm, y...@xxxxxx wrote:
>>> >> On Thu, 21 May 2009 08:17:34 -0700, "Crash Gordon"
>>>
>>> >> <webmas...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >> >You can 86 the cellphone idea, it won't work.
>>>
>>> >> >It will dial,  you will answer and hear nothing or maybe a few
>>> >> >bleeps and
>>> >> >buzzes, it will hang up, and dial again and again and again, until
>>> >> >it fails
>>> >> >out and puts up an FC on the keypad. The FC will remain there until
>>> >> >you go
>>> >> >into programming and exit programming...every time. BTW...all this
>>> >> >time it's
>>> >> >trying to dial your wife at home will not be able to use the phone.
>>>
>>> >> >It will provide you with NO useful information when it calls your
>>> >> >cellphone,
>>> >> >NO you won't know if it's an alarm condition or a low battery or
>>> >> >your wife
>>> >> >bypassed something after you left home.
>>>
>>> >> >It may be easy to cut the phone line, but believe it or not they
>>> >> >usually don' - besides with your logic you're already beginning with
>>> >> >a cut phone line
>>> >> >:-)
>>>
>>> >> I am speaking of using a voice dialer to call my cellphone.
>>>
>>> >RHC: Cripes ! ...spend $9 or $10 bucks monthly to have the thing
>>> >monitored properly. That way it works as it should and you get an
>>> >insurance discount on your property insurance, plus REAL protection,
>>> >not some totally unreliable cell phone bullsh*t. There are all sorts
>>> >of stations out there that will do your monitoring for next to nothing
>>> >leaving you to do the service and warranty work yourself..
>>>
>>> Until your phone line gets cut.  I would never get landline
>>> monitoring.  Why pay a monthly fee when a pair of cutters can do the
>>> trick.  Thats false security.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >What the hell is it about DIY'ers ? Why put in a professional system
>>> >and then cut it off at the knees....sheesh !!!!!
>>>
>>> You think a landline can't be cut at the knee's? Hah!  Its so simple
>>> even you can do it(I think).
>>
>>If you only knew how many people tried a setup like you mention then
>>later onl whine when it doesn't work
>
> I know what you mean but that don't mean everybody is like that.  You
> read reviews of products and some say they don't work and some say
> they work perfect.  Most times its because the people who are whining
> shouldn't attempt or lack any understanding of what they're doing and
> the fault is on them.
>
> I don't expect it to be a breeze but as with anything new there will
> be trial and error but I am certain I'll have favorable end results.