Re: Remote bell

["Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx>]

"motley me" <tommy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Bob La Londe" <none@xxxxxxx> wrote in
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>> Depends on the panel.  Napco Gemini panels with expanded bus
>> communications have a programmable relay board available.  The relays
>> can be programmed to follow a zone if needed.  Use that to trigger a
>> chime, or anything you want.
>
> I have done that before. I was only trying to use the speaker that was
> alrady in place.
>
> I ended up using a cheap LED keypad since there were 4 wires coming from
> the panel to the speaker location. Overkill, but i had it and it was
> cheaper than i could get the Visionic board that Abel1 mentioned. Though i
> will keep it in mind for the future.

Nice simple solution.  The only other thing I could think of was an Elk low
current trigger relay and an ATW chime.  Costs about the same as that
keypad, and not as simple to install.