Internet-monitored house alarm
DMac
can set / monitor its status over the
internet.
Preferably something that one can plug straight into a cable modem
Maybe there is something from the home automation market that would do the
job that could be bolted on
- something that would accept (say) eight contact closures and output eight
relay
Dont want to have to leave a pc on all the time
Many thanks
ben
Dunno about Internet alarm panels, but have you thought about a wireless
camera with its own built in server? these can be attached to a
conventional alarm system whereby it triggers the alarm when movement is
within the boundries of its view and still be viewed over the internet
remotely.
These cameras are linked directly or wirelessly to the Modem without the
need for the computer being on. They are a little expensive though but in
my opinion so would a internet alarm panel.
Lurch
>Can anyone recommend a home (or industrial) intruder alarm panel that you
>can set / monitor its status over the internet.
Depends how much you want to spend. I get a feeling this will be some
laughably small amount.
>Preferably something that one can plug straight into a cable modem
>Maybe there is something from the home automation market that would do the
>job that could be bolted on
>- something that would accept (say) eight contact closures and output eight
>relay
>Dont want to have to leave a pc on all the time
>
Definitely modules and alarms available. Not something that are DIY
though and aren't cheap either.
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Andrew Gabriel
I (and a few others here) have installed Cytech Comfort alarm
systems (I've done two in different houses). At the time when
I did mine, their computer interfacing capability was limited
to an RS232 connection, and I have written my own software to
interface these to the internet. Comfort do provide Windows
software to do it, but I don't allow access to any Windows
systems from the Internet, so I haven't investigated that.
However, I notice they now do an interface board which runs
embedded Linux and provides ethernet access, and I imagine
this would do what you want.
Note that a Comfort system isn't going to come anywhere near
the cheap end of the spectrum. The systems also include very
comprehensive home automation facilities, a fully integrated
phone line interface (not just an autodialler), and are
extremely programmable/configurable/expandable, and the price
reflects this. They are intended to be DIY installable if you
are sufficiently compitent, but they have a network of
installers too. They provide the low level technical
interfacing details if you want to develop your own add-ons
to the system, as I (and some others) have done. The minimum
spec Comfort system has 8 inputs (can be used as alarm zones
or to trigger home automation functions) and 8 outputs. When
I bought mine, this was expandable to 64 of each (the bigger
of my two systems currently has 40 of each), but I believe
it now goes higher than 64 on their current systems. You can
increase the size of the system as requirements and funds
allow.
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Andrew Gabriel
Lurch
>"DMac" <a7...@yahoo.co.uk> writes:
>>Can anyone recommend a home (or industrial) intruder alarm panel that you
>>can set / monitor its status over the
>>internet.
>
>This is what Red Care is for.
Half way there.
DMac
thanks Andrew, this is starting to look good. I'll investigate some more
Andrew Gabriel
"DMac" <a7...@yahoo.co.uk> writes:
>> I (and a few others here) have installed Cytech Comfort alarm
>
>thanks Andrew, this is starting to look good. I'll investigate some more
The UK supplier is http://www.comfort.org.uk
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Andrew Gabriel