diggory Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 Why not just fit a dialler then-some can send texts as well, prog your outputs up for set etc and Bobs your Aunty-easier than messing with relays and the like-as already said though not as good as using the onboard digi to send reliable signals. I suppose because I'm primarily a desktop/internet software developer I'm used to the internet being my primary channel for communication. I intend to get the alarm to talk to my home server - which can then act on a set of rules and notify me via as many channels as I want at the same time - it could email me, SMS me, send iOS notifications, or even post to twitter (not that you'd want your alarm tweeting.) The point is that once the information is in a general-purpose computer it gives me a great deal of flexibility to set-up rules as to how that information is dealt with. If I want to change the rules then I don't need to change the hardware, I just change some code - whereas a dialler is rather a rigid solution which just does one thing. I could even get the server to trigger other events - such as recording video from web cams, or start playing audio of dogs barking / distant police sirens etc...
fozzies Posted October 8, 2011 Posted October 8, 2011 I seem to remember that panel has "zone follow" for outputs. that would prolly be the easiest op for switching on a webcam
MrHappy Posted October 8, 2011 Posted October 8, 2011 I suppose because I'm primarily a desktop/internet software developer I'm used to the internet being my primary channel for communication. I intend to get the alarm to talk to my home server - which can then act on a set of rules and notify me via as many channels as I want at the same time - it could email me, SMS me, send iOS notifications, or even post to twitter (not that you'd want your alarm tweeting.) The point is that once the information is in a general-purpose computer it gives me a great deal of flexibility to set-up rules as to how that information is dealt with. If I want to change the rules then I don't need to change the hardware, I just change some code - whereas a dialler is rather a rigid solution which just does one thing. I could even get the server to trigger other events - such as recording video from web cams, or start playing audio of dogs barking / distant police sirens etc... Sounds good in thoery... SMS is hit & miss assuming you get one or more means notifcation what do you expect to do ? Oh might be prudent to ensure all parts of you network are able to match the 8hr standby of your alarm Mr Veritas God
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