PeterJames

Hi and welcome

Hi Hannah What fire panel is it? What sort of size system are we talking about? If its only a small system then its not a big problem until you need parts for it, and there are still one or two suppliers that supply closed protocol detectors etc depending on the brand. Bigger systems are more of a problem, we had a leisure centre with a closed protocol system that was a real pain. We were glad to lose that one when it came around for tender.

It is my understanding that If its not monitored its not G3

I watched the videos of these fooking oxygen thieves getting knocked off their peds a few days ago and it gave me a warm feeling inside. Honestly more far entertaining than watching Harry Rednap with crabs on his nuts in I'm a celebratory. It makes a change to see the Police actually catching these fookers

The charging circuit gets knackered when you dont replace the battery when its due. I would not recommend trying to add another charger, not unless you have a good sprinkler system for when it all catch's fire. If you really really want to stick with an old panel they do sometimes come up on ebay for two or three times what theyre worth.

Mine is currently Netgear but its old, I have another so I could just swap it over. But again its old, Amazon have some Netgears @around £198.00 there is a Cisco 2960G WS-C2960G-48TC-L on ebay new for £120.00

I dont think it needs to be, the one Im using now is but apart from setting it up to begin withIve never done any other managing.My Sme server does all that

My phones seem to drop out every now and again, I have narrowed it down to my switch, I have used local poe and swapped phones around it apears the faults are port-related on the switch. I have been looking at switch's and they seem to range from £200 to £2k does anyone have a recomendation?

Have you ever looked at a map of the UK you re closer than Chris!

How do you know I dont already?

Snap I do that too, and in fact whenever I am waiting for something or someone to arrive

Pyronix used to use plastic that warps and moves when it gets warm or cold. I stopped using Pyronix bells because they were always tampering

They are deterrant LEDS the idea is so that burglars see that the bell box is real (If they look that is) different manufacturers have different ideas on what works best, you can even have a fully back lit box now (not to everybody's taste).

Some have flashing lights some dont it depends on the make, so long as there are no fault messages on your keypad nothing to worry about. I would recommend that you look into a service contract in any case though.

There is a battery in the bell to stop would be burglars from getting around your alarm system by switching the power off, or removing the bell, or cutting the wires to the bell. It used to happen, but not so much nowadays, I cant remember the last time we had anyone attempt to circumvent a system before breaking in.

Hi Igor and welcome !

Could have been a diyer on here, or it could have been sarcasm Talking of sarcasm...... The market is flooded with loads of products it is quite hard to decide what to buy, I have a mixture of the most expensive and cheaper kit. RF lightwave (expensive) only seem to do dimmer lights for some reason, which makes them even more expensive when you want LED lights everywhere. Broadlink one of the cheapest is very innovative, their lightswitch doesnt require a negative to work, the broadlink controller has ir as well as radio and WiFi which means you can control Tv Hifi and just about anything that has ir including my aircon at work, the sw has a 7 day timer so I can program the heating to start 10 mins before I arrive at work and I can switch it off from my phone or Alexa of course if I am not going to be in.

Hi and welcome, you dont need the engineers code to change co, any decent co will be able to change the code. Personally, we would always default and reprogram its the only way to know that its been commissioned correctly. I would be very surprised if the co tells you his engineer code, as it compromises all of his customers. You should also consider a NSI company as well as SSIAB, NSI used to be NACOSS which was the original inspectorate. NSI Silver is the equivalent to SSIAB, NSI gold are quality assured.

Three times my domestic CCTV has helped me out, neighbors hit my car on two occasions, kids breaking into cars down the road came onto my drive and were identified. Three times at my business premises, mirror knocked off my car, kids attempted break in, and fly tippers here. All caught and prosecuted apart from the mirror the company whos van it was paid for a new one.

I got a ring when it first came out, it wasnt very reliable, and the app drained my phone battery super fast. I sent it back and got my money back, I have a cheapo Chinese ring doorbell now, its no more reliable than the ring (on my smartphone) but it was £170.00 cheaper. Rings TV ad should be done under the trades description because they are no way that good, unless you happen to be on WiFi LOL. This sort of kit is okay as a gimmick but at the moment its not reliable enough. It will get there with 5g, but I wouldnt trust it to protect my house.

Tamper dining room, either the lid is off the detector or the cable is damaged,it wont clear until you have fixed the fault

EN50131 says there should be no visible indication to show that an alarm system is armed, so I would think it highly unlikely that it is in the programming of any system, even Pyronix

Me too nothing like being 100% sure that the phone line is present and working and that you can phone from it. Its part of the diagnosis, and I would not be happy about condemning anything without being sure that I have explored all avenues. IA if there is a ADSL filter fitted you would have seen it for sure. Mind you if it is the phone line and they change the panel, and it still doesn't work you have one a free panel, they wont put the old one back as it will take too long (Lab cost v Kit cost = cheaper to leave it there) and they cant charge you for a new one because there was nothing wrong with your old one.

Ive known companies like Banhams to write off the panel when something doesnt work, where as a small independent would try and fix it

Some wont work without a BB filter........ thats a point actually IA does the line have broadband?