Re: How to get DSC alarm system to communicate with my PC? (hacks/mods ?)

["Veloman" <velomanhere@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can do what you are asking for here for free with Asterisk.
Asterisk is a free open source PBX which runs on Linux.    However, one
of the applications that was written for Asterisk is an alarm receiver
which is compatable with Contact-ID.

All that you need to get this to work is an old pc and a Digum analog
card which you can pick up on ebay for approx $25.

To download Asterisk see:

http://www.asterisk.org

For more information on the alarm receiver see:

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+cmd+AlarmReceiver


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Alarm Guy wrote:
> I've got a DSC 4010 panel installed in a place and it's a real bear of
> a unit and I'm thinking of replacing it with a 1550 spare I have.
> I've set these units up in the past to call a cell phone or some other
> number when they get triggered, but in this case I'd like to do
> something more sophisticated.
>
> In any case, I'm sure it's come up before (sorry) but is there any
> easy way I can use a spare computer and modem to answer an alarm call
> made by these panels?
>
> I notice that their communications protocal seems to be propriatary,
> therefore requiring specialized hardware on the monitoring end.  Are
> there any web sites with plans on how to modify DSC panels so that I
> can use an ordinary modem connected to a PC to be able to act as a
> monitoring station?
>
> (please post any responses because my e-mail is bogus)
>
> Thanks