I was wanting to know if I have any other option other than installing a cellular backup to my alarm in case my phone lines are cut? I had been told that a piece of equipment exists that would allow a neighbors phone line to call out if yours get cut. The way I was told that it works is with a wireless transmitter and receiver. Any help is appreciated.
Randy
yah buddy systems. I had a few online, but the problem is when the buddy moves away or you become not buddies anymore. Also, if his line goes down then your backup is down too.
cellumetry is the way to go...without your buddy.
That's quite straight-forward with the co-operation of your neighbour and a couple of transmitters and slave receivers. Ask the folks who put in your alarms, you'll need their help or documentation to make it work. If your dealer balks, I can help, drop me a line snipped-for-privacy@medi-call.ca
Any idea where I can buy a buddy system?
Randy
Sorry no...has to be compatible with both alarm systems. We used to make our own.
Ends up being cheaper and less confusing to use cellular.
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Verizon used to sell a service that sent them a message if your phone service went out-- presumably they could be told to notify your alarm company which could notify the police. That was one option when I got my alarm installed ten years ago.
My alarm company offers cellular back-up for around $20/month additional. They also offer radio backup for the same price. I think that radio makes more sense...
Cellular IS radio, but don't tell people from Belgium that
You're wrong, Belgian cellphones have long extension cords they plug in to various orifices...ahem.
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Cellular IS radio, until it get's to the cellular radio service provider, from there, most will Dial-In or IP-In to the Monitoring Center which can be considered a point-of-failure. Some Dealers may have a local, private, radio network like AES IntelliNet which is radio all-the-way. We, the Monitoring Center provide access to our AES IntelliNet Radio network to all of our dealers in the Phoenix area. Signals from an AlarmNet Radio travels to the Central Station all-the-way via Radio nationwide, provided the central station has an alarmnet-i receiver with the mobitex radio backup.
I know that cellular phones are radios. My provider uses a separate radio system so that in the event that cell lines are all clogged (which happens, although not all that often anymore around here) the company still gets the signal.
cellular doesn't transmit on the talking channel (usually) so they don't get clogged.
yah but isn't the side channel the billing data?? if so you'd think those packets would never get clogged :-)
but I'd have to defer to our resident rfi goober paulie for the real skinny on this.
Since the side channels have such limited bandwith I would think they would "clog" long before the talk channel
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