Homeowner Forum / Security Alarms / December 2005

So what do you guys think of this unit?

Its 2:00 AM and the alarm is going off.
The person on the other end of the phone wants you to tell them over the
phone how to turn off or disable the alarm that is going off.  They are not
the person for whom the alarm was installed.  They claim to have purchased

Another year completed.
http://load.pquinn.com/binaries/fries/

Why would an online dealer who is supposedly committed to customer
service offer multiple web sites from which to shop?  Could it be that
the Better Business Bureau has a couple of his companies "on radar"?  I
mean, really!!

Recently upgraded to version 11.  Amazing program.  You can save
drawings in standard AutoCad format as well as open and edit ones
engineers send you that were made on the vastly more expensive (and
overpriced IMO) AutoCad.  I paid a grand total of $111.15 Cdn (including

What is the maximum allowable voltage drop for an audible
device?5,10,15 or 20%
What is the maximum distance 18 AWG wire is suitable for a self
contained siren?

I found him! He's overseas now. Paste this in the address bar and see
what he's been up to.
http://www.travel.discovery.com/fansites/mosthaunted/destinations/destinations.html

After being within a contract for 3 years, I just cancelled my Brinks
home monitoring service.
My door chime feature no longer works?  This is annoying to say the
least, as my door chime feature worked *prior to* getting the

Alarm question - I'm just curious, does anybody do anything like this?
A few months ago some friends of mine had their house burglarized while
they were at work (no alarm, now they have one).  Basically the thieves
came in and tossed the place upside down looking for things.

Just wondering if there's a risk of false alarms on a motion (DSC's BV300,
not pet immune) which faces a computer about 12-15 feet away (blinking
led's, screensavers, etc.)
It's been good so far... just don't want to have any problems over Christmas

Any one use the combo smoke / CO detectors?  Any pros or cons?  Got a new
construction that is inquiring about them.  Saw some at the distributor but
have not tried them.  Don't suppose they come in 2 wire config? Huh? TIA

I have a Caddx NX8 panel, and am finally adding an additional two wire
smoke that I had originally planned while installing the system.
I bought a Sentrol (521BXT) to add and already have installed a System
Sensor (2WT-B).

I am debating beetween getting a GE Simon 3 system or an ADT Safewatch 3000
pro RF. I tried to weight the pro and cons of each system (see below) and it
looks like the Simon 3 is a winner.
Am I right?

I have a NAPCO 1008 ontrol box with rp1045e keypads.
I don't have the installer code, which is Ok for now, but i wanted to
be sure, it had been changed from the default, so i held down 8, tried
456789, and nothing happened, so i got out of programming mode by

Have a customer w/ a Simon 2.  He wants a remote keypad.  I was looking at
the remote touchpad w/voice, but it looks like it only works with the Simon
3.  What is apropro for the Simon 2.