greetings all,
I just bought a house last month (that was a foreclosure) and has a lynxr-en security system. I would like to use it but I am not sure that I want to pay $33 a month for ADT or someone to do the monitoring. We also don't use a home phone and use cell phones, so the only reason to get a home phone hooked up would be to enable the security system. I called ADT today and they said to call them back once I had home phone service connected. I am new to this all because I have never has a home security system and anyone I talk to like ADT will have a vested interest in me activating through them or something and not giving me the strait unbiased story. It seems to me I should be able to use this system without having to have it monitored. I can use the family message feature, the feature that turns on appliances or A/C electrical on a timer (very handy for christmas lights in a couple months) and local alarm alerts if there is a breakin or someone leaves the door open, etc. The rub is, from what I have read, that there is an installer code and a master code, so it looks like I can't just reset it and start from scratch like I was able to do with the garage door opener and its access panel outside. So am I kinda stuck? does the company that installed the system and previously monitored it have the install code and master code and the system is pretty much worthless unless I sign up with them and have them unlock it all and give me a master code? I can live without it and I an not sure I want to spend $33 a month for ADT and another $30 a month for Sprint local phone just to have the system working. But it would be cool if I could use some of the features. Any advice or input is appreciated.
Jason