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It worked OK on the bench because the tamper switch simply wasn't part of the circuit.

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My best advice to you would be to put it all on the table, program it as one zone, and have a play. Whilst you're right that there is a lot of advice out there, the one benefit from almost ANY other panel on the market (including Texecom Premier) has more 'normal' EOL values and most door contacts can be purchased with a selection of these resistors built in. It makes life SO much easier!

Yup, I was going to post 'get some EOL contacts' but you can't get them for this oddball panel!

Didn't know that. You learn something new every day!

Here is a quite good page - http://www.structuredhomewiring.com/TamperProofWiring.aspx Easier than explaining it. On the texecom the resistor values will differ, but the principle is the same. Always use EOL, its great.

Hi Mark, Welcome to the forum.

You're saying that, but £kitchen socket + £reconnection + £carrying on with existing monitoring = £? Vs. takeover and digiair = £? Could be drastically different over the long run. If ADT had offered a GPRS solution, I wouldn't have taken any issue with that, at all. I am NOT anti ADT (or any national) OP, the reasons the wireless extender is no good (and this may differ to how you understood it / how it was explained) is.. 1. It may not support the kinds of data the alarm transmits due to very tight bandwidth / clipping 2. It may or may not provide 50V when the 'telephone' (alarm modem) is perceived to be 'on hook'. 3. If the above is wrong, in that case it would almost certainly still provide 50V even when there is no outside line, so the alarm would not know the line had been cut / failed. 4. If the power were to fail (or, more importantly, be turned off deliberately) your alarm would not communicate, at all.

No, it sounded to me as if ADT had already given their options / reasons to the OP and he didn't like either of them. They also stated that to wire a socket would be very difficult if not impossible. So GPRS would have been a good solution.

Ditch ADT and get a contract with someone offering gprs digiair or better yet dual path monitoring. Telephone lines are yesterdays technology for monitoring. It all depends on the system you have, of course. Is it entirely wireless?

You could well be right - last time I actually put my meter on it was about 2004 I think!

That would be my reason for replacing it tbh

No you didn't!

C is not strictly 'no connection'. It is actually a 'normally open' circuit off the relay that for some reason isn't marked as such. Or at least it always was when I last checked years ago. Hence this could cause problems if being used as a resistor common etc...

For true integration and almost any ip camera supported, Siemens SPC has an app that integrates intruder and Cctv. But Mr Happy is on the money...

That would never happen on the rival site...

Surely time for an upgrade to a 9800?

I think he said there was no local power (seems odd that it coiuldn't be arranged for a basement) so the above looks like the best bet.

seems we have a fanny

I assume net2 entry would work over wireless gridge?

Not sure about defaulting but its an all-keypad programmable system AFAIK. Must be a large house? Not worth paying someone?

The reverse telemetry is a sorely missed opportunity / feature from current generation SDI

With only a 24 hour check it suffers from all the same problems as a dialler or TAP gateway, lots of homes don't have landlines, calls can cost money which p***ses off customers, etc etc.

I wouldn't fit a digi if my life depended on it these days, tbh. CSL digiair is a good product though. If connected on SIA so much the better. Still not tried a UDL one.

Hi there. We're in the UK, but you're very welcome!