The "ultimate" Diy Project?

[Guest]

That's probably a good question to ask actually. What is a rough figure for a high end (galaxy or similar) system with PC software, say 5 PIR's, Carbon Monoxide & Smoke detectors and a couple of cameras? (including or excluding installation but specify which please)

install firm would not normally sell you software or give access to programming, a decent endstation & rkp should cost no more than couple of hundred quid, software anything upto 700 quid has been paid by some people

decent house alarm really needs fitting by a decent firm it will be less hassle & less money but more secure in the long run trust me

you want to diy it plaese ypurself but less abusive post regard what & how we do it would be nice....

[Guest sprog]

install firm would not normally sell you software or give access to programming, a decent endstation & rkp should cost no more than couple of hundred quid, software anything upto 700 quid has been paid by some people

decent house alarm really needs fitting by a decent firm it will be less hassle & less money but more secure in the long run trust me

you want to diy it plaese ypurself but less abusive post regard what & how we do it would be nice....

I appologise if this post is seen as abusive. Please tell me where and I'll edit accordingly.

[bellman]

Several high end panels offer the features you need, most modern ones are modular in design and can be expanded as and when required.

I've been at the alarm here in the house for the last 10 years and it's STILL not finished.

So far I've managed to add remote lock/unlock to the shed, control of most of the house lights (the light switches on the walls are zones on the alarm), central heating control, external security light control, fully integrated cctv system and smoke screen. all this can be accessed remotely over the net via my pocket pc or my laptop or my mobile phone from anywhere in the world.

As long as the device you want to control has a switch you can remote control it.

There are several additional modules that can be interfaced to your project to give additional functionality,

Netiom by phaedrus is a good example, It's a 16 channel I/O controller that is accessed via a web browser.

That forms the heart of my remote control system.

Good luck and keep us informed of your progress.

Regards

Bellman

[james.wilson]

Bellman i assume your useing a texecom panel for all that?

lol

joke premier guys im sorry

[bellman]

Bellman i assume your useing a texecom panel for all that?

lol

joke premier guys im sorry

Good gracious no, sterling 10 by pyronix

Theres a pic of my system floating about the site somewhere.

Regards

Bellman

[Guest sprog]

Several high end panels offer the features you need, most modern ones are modular in design and can be expanded as and when required.

I've been at the alarm here in the house for the last 10 years and it's STILL not finished.

So far I've managed to add remote lock/unlock to the shed, control of most of the house lights (the light switches on the walls are zones on the alarm), central heating control, external security light control, fully integrated cctv system and smoke screen. all this can be accessed remotely over the net via my pocket pc or my laptop or my mobile phone from anywhere in the world.

As long as the device you want to control has a switch you can remote control it.

There are several additional modules that can be interfaced to your project to give additional functionality,

Netiom by phaedrus is a good example, It's a 16 channel I/O controller that is accessed via a web browser.

That forms the heart of my remote control system.

Good luck and keep us informed of your progress.

Regards

Bellman

Very informative - Thanks! Looking at the Netiom, it looks like it's based of a PIC Microcontroller in the 16FXXX/18FXXX series, these all have 16 AD (Analogue to Digital) and a series of digital output lines lines which are great for reading basic sensor inputs and triggering relay outputs.

Done a few projects based on these chips, they're quite nice due to the SPI (Serial Peripheral Inteconnect) input being able to hook up to high sampling AD converters. I had one polling 32 sensors acting as a PWM motor control unit for a met balloon once. They can also be programmed to use signalling down a line instead of purely an on off state meaning cable length etc can be calculated by latency times. (Great for tamper protection)

[arfur mo]

Good gracious no, sterling 10 by pyronix

Theres a pic of my system floating about the site somewhere.

Regards

Bellman

would that be the waterproof one then?

regs

alan

[bellman]

LOL, nice play on words alan, I missed that one

Regards

Bellman

[Guest]

Several high end panels offer the features you need, most modern ones are modular in design and can be expanded as and when required.

I've been at the alarm here in the house for the last 10 years and it's STILL not finished.

So far I've managed to add remote lock/unlock to the shed, control of most of the house lights (the light switches on the walls are zones on the alarm), central heating control, external security light control, fully integrated cctv system and smoke screen. all this can be accessed remotely over the net via my pocket pc or my laptop or my mobile phone from anywhere in the world.

As long as the device you want to control has a switch you can remote control it.

There are several additional modules that can be interfaced to your project to give additional functionality,

Netiom by phaedrus is a good example, It's a 16 channel I/O controller that is accessed via a web browser.

That forms the heart of my remote control system.

Good luck and keep us informed of your progress.

Regards

Bellman

You seriously, and I mean seriously need to get out more often

Dave

[Guest]

Bellman i assume your useing a texecom panel for all that?

lol

joke premier guys im sorry

I agree James, it would be easier to do it with a Premier, after all the Premier does have a 16 output expander and is freely available for sprogg to purchase.

As for Galaxy, it's overpriced as it is exclusive to alarm companies. Oh is that the time? There is a C144 just finsihing on ebay I need to check on.

Bye for now

Dave