Buddyboy.....If I were to stop the monitoring service from Eircom, do you know if it's possible to set the system up to call a variety of numbers (including Gardai?) like you just described?
Buddyboy – how much did your Yale system come to and what was install and setup like?
A must for my parents’ setup is wireless key fobs and a GSM dialer – this will allow them to get rid of their landline and go with VOIP. A GSM dialer is also not vulnerable to the line being cut. Would be interested to see if anyone has good experience with wireless alarms that can do the above.
Buddyboy, maybe I'm mis-understanding you but are you saying that I can choose not to have my Eircom Phonewatch Alarm monitored but can still use it as an alarm system?
Apologies if that sounds like a stupid question
Buddyboy - thanks, will look into that Yale option, though of course it was laughed down on thesecurityinstaller, so much so that it does make me wonder if there's no smoke without fire.
Yeah - I have been on that forum myself in the past trying to get a simple question answered (my TS690 alarm was only triggering once, and then not triggering for subsequent activations - all down to one simple configuration item) and was getting fobbed off with "get a pro in". In the end, I sent an email to the Menvier supportdesk and within 5 minutes of a reply, had my alarm set up. And... once I tuned the sensors properly, the thing has never false-alarmed, unlike every other alarm it seems in the newish estate I'm living in !
I have a Menvier SD1+ dialler on my alarm, and it's VERY easy to set up - you just hook it to the +12v, -ve and a trigger wire in the main alarm box, then set up the phone numbers (sending it to the Gardai is a no-no). Works a treat. Some alarms have a speech dialler built-in rather than separate (like te SD1+) but the external ones are all generic enough, and will work with any alarm (one reason why all alarm panels have wired "outputs")
You should look at the Menvier SD2, a great speech-dialler running off a SIM card (pay-as-you-go).
I think I'm going to go for the Homelink 75, unless Europlex can give me a price for their ultracool Signet system (which I have been unsuccessful with finding so far).
Europlex as a manufacturer will not give prices to the end user. You will need to find a distributor that stocks it.
Thanks jnealon - Lucan is handy enough for me, so I'll give IGT and the others a ring anyway. Will also try Greenhills in Belfast, that's where I usually buy stuff.
The more I read about the Europlex kit, the more I like it. I hope it can match the Homelink gear for price, now.
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