Homeowner Forum / Security Alarms / April 2005

I've been using a United Security Products AD-2000 dialer tied directly
to my DSC controller. I'd like to add a cell phone backup such that
when the main system went off, I'd get the calls (to my cell fone) from
the hard-wired unit as well as the cellular backup.

I got a call yesterday from a customer because his fire system kept going
off.  The city has a contractor working on water mains in the area, and the
sprinkler flow switches keep going off as it drains and refills and as air
int he system shifts causing water flow.  I don't do fire ...

"So called pro's" in that alarm business obviously don't possess the
meager intellectual capacity required to understand the simplistic
concepts of what I write, so please don't overestimate theyre talent
to judge others.

Had a fire in an apartment building, under-building parking. Car caught on
fire, lots of smoke but the building did not catch on fire and was
undamaged. There is a heat detector about 20' away that did not detect (AHS
addressable Silent Knight). The managers want to know about ...

Any one looking for additional work may want to contact there local radio
and Tv stations there has been a series of break in's at various transmitter
sites along West coast etc. and terrorism is one posibilty FBI is
investigating.

Folks, your help would be appreciated.  As many before me have said... this
Caddx equipment is good stuff, but not programmer-friendly.  I program
industrial control and safety systems for a living and yet I'm here seeking
help because of lousy documentation.