Homeowner Forum / Security Alarms / March 2007

Well, EHX was fun.  The usual suspects were all there showing their wares.  We picked up a new distributor and along with them some
fifty or sixty product lines.

I have a system that has been very occasionally falsing while not
armed (the chime went off, but no zone was open). Had it been armed,
the info on the open zone would have been sent to the dispatch center.
Since the system was not armed, by the time I get to the keypad, a

This is a security issue since motion-triggered outside lighting is a
first-line deterrent.
Why don't the darned things work reliably?  My home is on its fourth unit
(in 4 years).  I am about to give up.  They work for a while and then get

I know this topic has been cover to some extent in the past.  But something
happened today that has started to fry my shorts.
A potential customer needs an upgrade and I am going to spec a Vista 20P.
So I call my contact at ADI and ask for a price.  Ok, got it and wrote it

This home alarm keypad seems to need a new battery. We had a "low
battery" alert today. It looks like we lost the manuals.
I don't want to break the thing trying to figure out how to open it.
If you know how to replace the battery in this device, please let me

I am doing research on the problems that organziations encounter with
the use of panic buttons (malfunctioning, not used, hitting it
accidently) and the barriers to installing them (cost, installation
issues).

This is a FYI to all dealers please be aware.
Today I received a phone call that was set up thru a Relay Service as in a
TTY from Hearing Impaired.  The best I could figure out was that the
individual "Angela" was looking for a price for a particular model of smoke

A hypathetical question . If a DVR picked up what appeared to be drug type
deals going on around a property and was reported to local narcotics unit -
and within 30 minutes people started to scramble like chickens without heads
going in and out of a property as if they got some ...

I ran across a good deal on some GPX wireless cameras.  They are
great interior cameras for 5 bucks a piece.  Does anyone know where I
can get additional receivers?

Hello i bought a house with this alarm system and i dont know the pin
number. can anyone tell me how to set it back to default and what the
default is so i can set it up. Thanks Carl

I tried my car alarm today and it would not open the locks.  I tried
to open the doors with the key and that set off the alarm.  I replaced
the battery and that did not do the trick.  What should I do now?
Thanks,

I installed Vonage for my home and want to keep my landline for my
alarm.
If I use only  call forwarding to forward my landline number to my new
Vonage number, will this caese any disruption on my alarm should the

I have a 2.4G WiFi receiver for my palm, Is there Software for me to pick up
wireless cameras so I cam set them and focus them?
Richard

I set up a network DVR that can be viewed over the internet using the DVR
software. Is their any security image capture software I can set up to
monitor motion in specific  areas of the screen on the computer? Video loss
? Thank you  in advance

I am looking for a Pyrotronics FPI 32 Programmer.
Please contact me directly.
Thank you
Jim Rojas