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House alarm DIY

  • 21-04-2014 7:25pm
    #1
    nippy
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭


    Hi,
    I'm looking on some advice on what my options in fitting an alarm system are. My house is already wired for an alarm and the zones are marked as follows;

    Kitchen Window - (2 contacts)
    Down Stairs Toilet Window - (1 contact)
    Bell Attic
    Living room window (2 contacts)
    Patio Door (1 contact)
    Back dining room window ( 2 contacts)
    Front Door ( 1 contact)
    Front Door Keypad
    Front Windows Upstairs (4 contacts)
    Back Window Upstairs (4 contacts)
    Phone Prop (Don't know what this is?)
    Back Door Keypad (No need)
    Panic Button (No need)
    Garage Door (No need)

    Is there such a thing as a hybrid system that I can add wireless motion detectors too. Also control panel will be wired beside the wifi router, can it be connected to the router to send txt or phone alerts?

    Thanks for any advice,

    Cheers,
    Tim
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Comments

  • #2
    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    Most systems are hybrid now. They could incorporate your wired zones & give you the flexibility of wireless as well.

    Take a look at Risco LightSYS or GSD i70 or Siemens SPC Range

    All Hybrid systems with Apps to go with them.


  • #3
    kub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,555 ✭✭✭kub


    OP please fit shock sensors as well as the contacts that you have mentioned.


  • #4
    nippy
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭nippy


    Hi KoolKid,
    Can you recommend any suppliers of these systems, be they online or store.
    Cheers
    Tim


  • #5
    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    Hi Tim, take a look at the sticky for contact details.
    For Siemens
    REW
    RWL
    Northwood Technology

    For Risco
    REW
    IDAS

    For GSD
    IDAS


  • #6
    nippy
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭nippy


    As I've said, the house was pre wired and the zones are all marked for the control panel, but I don't seem to be able to locate the 'Bell Attic' wire in the attic. Is there a standard or normal place for this wire to be placed in the attic?


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  • #7
    kub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,555 ✭✭✭kub


    Welcome to our world, there is no standard place for it. Root around firstly by the attic entrance and good luck from there. Are you definite that there is not a cable exposed on the front wall, even a very short one?


  • #8
    nippy
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭nippy


    Thanks Kub, so it's just down to the whim of the spark on the day :-). Definitely nothing exposed on the wall. I'll have another root around. Cheers.


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