Re: HAI Omni LT

["Brett Griffin" <bret.griffin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Brett Griffin" <brett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>
>> I really enjoy my MPX-220, it works nicely to interact with my
>> home, it is not too big, and syncs with outlook, a great time saver
>> with a new phone.  I bought mine unlocked on eBay for $300,
>> works on T-Mobile, Cingular, and Sprint I think...
>
> Good, I'll look for one.
>
> "51 items found for MPX-220 in Phones Only"
>
> That's a good selection for Ebay!  They're about $320 unlocked for Buy It
> Now so if I wait for auction, I can get it for less.   I want to be able
> to
> check up on the status of the house when travelling, and doing that
> through
> a smartphone seems to be the best option these days.
>
>> > is there any way to use a larger battery?
>
>> I think they recommend a 4A/Hr, I usually use an 8Amp/HR.  You can go
>> bigger, that is the size the got the UL approval done with.  If you go
>> too
>> big, than you have to get external charger setup, and you need to discuss
>> this with Tech Support.
>
> If you made sure a larger battery was fully charged externally and then
> hooked it in, I would expect that the trickle charge circuit would keep it
> topped off.  I would,  however, expect trouble just hooking one in, though
> or after the main battery discharged.  I've got a number of deep discharge
> electric wheelchair batteries that were rated at 40AH new, but have lost a
> little bit of their pep.  This would be a good use for them.  If 4 AH will
> run the panel for a day, 40AH should run it for at least a week.   I guess
> I
> had better figure out where HAI tech support lives and how to access it.
>
>> > On a similar topic, can you tell me why UL regs insist that sounders
> draw
>> > approximately 2/3 less current than the LT can support?
>> UL requires them to operate the system for 24 hours and than operate in
>> an
>> alarm state for 4 mins.  They probably chose a amp draw they could
>> satisfy
>> the UL requirements with.
>
> Sounds logical to me.  Worthington recommends Elk sounders because of
> their
> very low current draw per decibel of whoop.
>
>> > I still haven't drawn up the diagrams of how the DoorFon will be
>> > interconnected with the LT.  If I understood Bruce Robin, it will look
>> like
>> > this:
>>
>> This diagram was a little confusing (it is 2am though)  However, ensure
> the
>> telco is Demarc to DSL Splitter/Filter (if needed) RJ-31x, and then
>> Doorphone.  If the door phone is between the HAI and the demarc, than
>> conceivably the system could be trying to call central monitoring while
>> someone rings the door bell and that would be bad.  The DSL
> splitter/filter
>> allows one connection for a DSL modem and filters the rest of the house,
> if
>> you do not filter, most security systems get screwy with the DSL noise...
>
> No DSL - already a RJ31X for the ADT panel in place.  Just nervous there's
> going to be an unintended interaction between the LT and DP since I didn't
> install the RJ31X and worse, still, the phone line they will be installed
> on
> is not grounded as specified in the HAI manual.
>
> I may have to rethink location of the panel based on which phone line I
> choose to connect it to.  When my area switched from 7 to 10 digit dialing
> the alarm techs reprogrammed the central number but not the maintenance
> number and while I was away, it kept seizing the line to report low
> battery
> but never connecting because it was dialing only 7 digits.  SWMBO was NOT
> happy. The people they sent to reprogram it in the first place were
> probably
> flipping burgers the month before.
>
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> Bobby G.
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