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Text service being removed from Eircom Landlines

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  • #122
    altor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,637 ✭✭✭✭altor


    Sequence 365 wrote: »
    Talking to Rep also
    Also told it the same

    Where does this guy get his incorrect information from

    Trolling again.
    Ask your rep the work around next time you are talking to him :)

    www.altor.ie



  • #123
    altor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,637 ✭✭✭✭altor


    hatchman wrote: »
    So you propose anyone who wants the app unit should replace a working 8/12 panel just because its old. Being old doesn't mean it wouldn't co
    ntinue to work for years past it sell by date look at Gay Byrne !

    In the long run replacing the system is advisable as they are obsolete now.
    HKC have come up with different options to work with these older system and newer systems. Cant fault them on that.

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  • #124
    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    Is it true that HKC consider anything over 5 years old not repairable and recommend replacement?


  • #125
    altor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,637 ✭✭✭✭altor


    KoolKid wrote: »
    Is it true that HKC consider anything over 5 years old not repairable and recommend replacement?

    This is the place to ask that question.

    www.altor.ie



  • #126
    Stoner
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 10,952 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    Lads keep this on track please, leave that type of question for the wholesalers counter.

    Such questions can derail the threads and that can earn a user a ban.

    Please report a post if you have an issue with it.

    There are a number of posts here that are off the subject of the OP.

    This is not a thread about hardware. It's being cluttered up with irrelevant posts and point scoring. Please stop.


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  • #127
    kenobee
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭kenobee


    I have a Europlex Signet 100 alarm installed 5 years ago. It has a text alert using my Eircom landline for texting me when the alarm goes off. The text alert has stopped working in the past month. I called a few intruder alarm companies and they have suggested installing a GSM text board but they tell me the cost of a board for the Signet is very high. I have come across this on Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/GSM-AUTO-DIALER-2X-INPUTS-OUTPUT/dp/B00B9ABD6U It is an external GSM autodialler for £90. Is there any reason why this would not work with the Signet 100?
    Also can anyone let me know where I can get an engineers manual for the Signet 100?
    Thanks.


  • #128
    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,088 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    The next big issue will be possibly be voice band modems.

    As the networks move from TDM digital circuit switching to VoIP based exchanges or over the top VoIP running through broadband networks like UPC or Efibre, you're possibly going to see certain old modems disliking the way the audio is handled.

    The traditional PSTN is in its twilight years.


  • #129
    kenobee
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭kenobee


    The unit I am thinking of using uses the mobile phone network not the landline so it should not become obsolete as long as texting does not become obsolete.


  • #130
    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    Any unit triggered by outputs will work.
    You could also upgrade the panel pcb board to give you IP. You would then have free alerts via email and a free app with free usage for the lifetime of the system.
    I will PM you the manual for your alarm.


  • #131
    kenobee
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭kenobee


    Thanks very much for the info and especially for the manual. I thought going IP you would have to pay a monthly subscription to a service provider. Could you give me more info on the panel upgrade to IP?
    Thanks


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  • #132
    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    kenobee wrote: »
    I thought going IP you would have to pay a monthly subscription to a service provider.

    Not at all.Thats just HKC who charge subscriptions & charge for every app. Providers like GSD Siemens Risco and now UTC all provide free apps & free remote access without the need to pay annual subscriptions.
    There's some good info in the sticky here.


  • #133
    Stoner
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 10,952 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    Lads if people want to compare aps point them to the sticky.


    We are trying to avoid flare ups between the installers here.
    I know a fact was stated and a question answered. However it's a contentious issue here regular posters know that is a fact.

    If you'd like to highlight a difference between aps please direct the posters to the sticky that we've contributed to. Raise it there please .

    You can address the question satisfactorily in that way.

    Once again isolated facts will only hang there until someone counters them and before we know it the thread will be off the rails again.

    Thanks again. I hope I've explained the situation satisfactorily. This stands for all users. Please keep the application based discussion to the sticky. That is why we made it.


  • #134
    kenobee
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭kenobee


    OK Thanks KoolKid for the very useful info. I will think about it a bit more before deciding which way to go.


  • #135
    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    You are welcome. I hope the information helps. If you need any more help give us a shout.


  • #136
    notahappycamper
    Registered Users Posts: 2,091 ✭✭✭notahappycamper


    Interestingly, I got my phone bill the other day and normally I'd be charged 10 cent per text but there was no charge and the alarm went off and texts were sent within the billing period.


  • #137
    altor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,637 ✭✭✭✭altor


    notahappycamper wrote: »
    Interestingly, I got my phone bill the other day and normally I'd be charged 10 cent per text but there was no charge and the alarm went off and texts were sent within the billing period.

    Count yourself lucky, have a lot of people on to me the last couple of weeks looking for options as they received no text once the alarm has activated.

    www.altor.ie



  • #138
    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    Looks like is being phased in rather than a simple switch off.


  • #139
    altor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,637 ✭✭✭✭altor


    Agreed.

    www.altor.ie



  • #140
    notahappycamper
    Registered Users Posts: 2,091 ✭✭✭notahappycamper


    altor wrote: »
    Count yourself lucky, have a lot of people on to me the last couple of weeks looking for options as they received no text once the alarm has activated.

    Interesting, I tested it yesterday to make sure it was working and it still is. Hadn't planned on getting the HKC GSM-SC until the end of June. Has it been released yet or is it still meant to be next month and just to confirm it is compatible with the HKC Securewatch 8 zone?

    Thanks...


  • #141
    altor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,637 ✭✭✭✭altor


    notahappycamper wrote: »
    Interesting, I tested it yesterday to make sure it was working and it still is. Hadn't planned on getting the HKC GSM-SC until the end of June. Has it been released yet or is it still meant to be next month and just to confirm it is compatible with the HKC Securewatch 8 zone?

    Thanks...

    Its still working for some people so it does look like its being phased out.
    It's to be in the suppliers in the next week, before June I have being told.
    Yes, there is one for the 8/12.

    www.altor.ie



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  • #142
    notahappycamper
    Registered Users Posts: 2,091 ✭✭✭notahappycamper


    altor wrote: »
    Its still working for some people so it does look like its being phased out.
    It's to be in the suppliers in the next week, before June I have being told.
    Yes, there is one for the 8/12.

    Thanks, can you let me know when you have one as I'd like to get it installed soon given that Eircom appear to be phasing out the removal of the SMS land line service before 30th June.


  • #143
    altor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,637 ✭✭✭✭altor


    notahappycamper wrote: »
    Thanks, can you let me know when you have one as I'd like to get it installed soon given that Eircom appear to be phasing out the removal of the SMS land line service before 30th June.

    Will do, I was talking to one of my suppliers today and he said that they are expecting them in the first 2 weeks of June.

    www.altor.ie



  • #144
    notahappycamper
    Registered Users Posts: 2,091 ✭✭✭notahappycamper


    altor wrote: »
    Will do, I was talking to one of my suppliers today and he said that they are expecting them in the first 2 weeks of June.

    Great, thanks for that.


  • #145
    hatchman
    Registered Users Posts: 317 ✭✭hatchman


    altor wrote:
    Will do, I was talking to one of my suppliers today and he said that they are expecting them in the first 2 weeks of June.


    Any idea of price yet ?


  • #146
    altor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,637 ✭✭✭✭altor


    hatchman wrote: »
    Any idea of price yet ?

    You would need to contact suppliers to get a price when it is released.

    www.altor.ie



  • #147
    altor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,637 ✭✭✭✭altor


    notahappycamper wrote: »
    Thanks, can you let me know when you have one as I'd like to get it installed soon given that Eircom appear to be phasing out the removal of the SMS land line service before 30th June.

    They are to be in the suppliers next week.

    www.altor.ie



  • #148
    notahappycamper
    Registered Users Posts: 2,091 ✭✭✭notahappycamper


    altor wrote: »
    They are to be in the suppliers next week.

    Cheers, will give you a shout then. Got an email off Vodafone confirming removal of the service on June 30th.


  • #149
    ozmo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,840 ✭✭✭ozmo


    notahappycamper wrote: »
    Interesting, I tested it yesterday to make sure it was working and it still is. Hadn't planned on getting the HKC GSM-SC until the end of June. Has it been released yet or is it still meant to be next month and just to confirm it is compatible with the HKC Securewatch 8 zone?

    Thanks...

    Or.. You could always go the diy route and make your own Internet dialler (gives you remote access to the HKC panel over Internet rather than GSM)- see my other thread here :)
    Its still a work in progress, still to finish the sending an email when alarm goes off - but it works :)

    23uaiv5.png

    “Roll it back”



  • #150
    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    If you are considering the HKC services route the recent price changes may be of interest to you.
    http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057374882/5/#post95808349


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  • #151
    Evolution1
    Registered Users Posts: 855 ✭✭✭Evolution1


    Yep. no increases. They've actually decreased the premium plan.


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