@OP
Do bear in mind the Swann person you spoke to on the phone was part of there "sales team" so his initial interest is pushing his cheap DIY gear, not the Data Protection Act.
Montex, I never thought of that. More like setting up your own ARC, I wouldn't call that private reporting personally.
Interesting to hear about the push notifications, will this become the new IP speech dialler; time will tell.
Do you know if it will require new hardware yet?
Generally wired will have "comfort" LED's and wireless will not (to extend battery life).
So if you see a wired bellbox with no LED's that would probably mean the system is dead.
No part of the system can indicate if the system is armed or not.
There can be a system has armed indication but this must only be shown briefly (90 seconds IIRC).
So flashing strobe three times on armed for example is ok.
Same here for our preferred product, I don't see why I am being "mental".
Just like you don't do Scantronic we don't do Risk-o, the Rokonet detector was the nail in the coffin years ago.
Most good quality quads have background temperature compensation, without having to switch to microwave only.
Like http://www.optex-europe.com/products/optex/44-oml-dam/
My opinion is if they have got into the premises to use an umbrella or cloak then the protection isn't correct.
Masking could be done days before a break in so AM is important here.
Been "red spotting again"
Yes, I know the pictures pants but it was the other side of a dual carriageway.
Chester Road (A556)
Rostherne
Cheshire
http://goo.gl/maps/gYEmL