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

[Security Guy <Security@xxxxxxx>]

Veloman wrote:

> You can do what you are asking for here for free with Asterisk.

You have got to be kidding.

All that rigamarole just to recognize some bizzare
out-dated/proprietary DTMF com protocal?

I'd rather slide down the sharp side of a razor blade than configure
an old PC for Linux.

And oh - I've ripped out that friggen 4010 panel and replaced it with
a 1550.  It will dial my home phone number if there's trouble.  I
really don't need a monitoring station setup for that - I thought it
might be "cute", but not if it's that complicated.

Would be nice if there was an RS-232 port (or even some TTL signals)
on the 1550 that could talk to a PC so that I could have the PC do
stuff based on what the panel is detecting from the various sensors
(like start a video capture, play a recorded message over speakers,
send an e-mail, etc).