d Security System' plastered across the bottom, and neither did I like the logic hierarchy/arrangement of the programming, though I only remember taki ng over only a small amount of those systems in the early to mid 2000s.
ather quirky overall to me.
long while. From the beginnings of Simple Simon says, 'FRONT DOOR O PEN', and on & on, with the high pitch beeps at the end, I always thought i t was junk- a self-contained system that a small 2 lb. hammer could disable in one second. Yes, I know about the new option that those type of systems came up with, to prevent that from happening; send the alarm out right awa y & then send an acknowledgement stand-down later.
encies for communication, rather than wired systems, makes them more highly vulnerable in my estimation. I consider an old-fashioned wired mainboard s eparated from keypad(s) much better security. I can hide a mainboard, and y ou can smash all the keypads you want, it won't matter. But, any frequency can be jammed, and the system is totally rendered useless.
the future of internet and alarm communications, is unnerving. Wifi is the easiest communication system to crack. Wifi communications in businesses an d homes, is like having hundreds of ethernet cables dangling all over the n eighborhood, easily accessed by persons familiar on how that is accomplishe d. Perhaps it is purposeful ...in the long run. Whereas, you do need very close proximity for wiring to be picked up electronically, even if you acce ss the surrounding
ings. I do not need to worry about anyone accessing sensitive information a t all.
ular backup, and some systems are actually triple redundant.
ncy-only dependent, then let it die completely. What?s the point, t heir programming was only a copy of DSC anyway.
company, is not all going to rely only on the way of vulnerable comms, as that would be a travesty.
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All/some of what you say is true, but we don't governs the way technology p rogresses. The opposite is true. You may not like it but if you don't adapt to the way it goes ---- you get left behind.
I still think that window foil is the best way to protect glass. Basswood d owel alarm screens with mercury tilt switches. Lacing a door etc.
Tell me ----- what is the source of the majority of false alarms in todays alarm systems? Probably the most misused and mis-applied sensor ---- the Pa ssive Infrared motion detector wins the medal. Yet ==== no one "doe sn't" use them ----- right? What's the most popular way to detect glass bre akage today? ---- would it be the shock sensor or the audio glass break det ector? Everyone uses them --- Right? How often do they get tested? When you do a service call do you go around and tap on every window with a shock se nsor? Do you get out the audio glass break tester and check each unit on th e installation? And who's to say if the little "squeak" that the tester put s out is really a true representation of a piece of glass breaking. Well, === we really don't know do we? We all hang our reputations on the fa ct that we are installing these audio glass break detectors and testing the m "in accordance with the manufacturers recommendations". Did anyone here ever break a piece of glass in a window to see if the detector would really trip? Will a shock sensor attached to a 7 foot piece of glass really be ab le to detect someone popping a hole in a door way down at the bottom?
It's all kind of a leap of faith that anything that we protect is going to stop an intrusion. How about a humongous magnet held up against a door or w indow switch. Did you ever walk in front of a PIR when the temperature was up around 90 degrees?
So you may have misgivings about the "new" technologies that are being pres ented now but------
Well, enough said.