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Re: [mh] Alarm system recommendations?
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From: storemike <sto...@ya...> - 2007-03-21 17:25:03
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boy, I'd seen plenty of folks complaining about the quality of the X10 webcams. For the purposes, though, the quality seems fine to me. Looks like I'll be adding some to my setup when I rebuild it. (Ran Windows and IBM updates and now have a driver conflict which crashes the system) Mike --- In mis...@ya..., Stu Wells <stu@...> wrote: > > I use the X-10 package security system for a couple of reasons, it fit > in my budget at the time(when I was married), met my needs fairly well > (low crime area, mostly to make the wife feel safe) and I hate running > wires in an existing house. I added on the wireless Xcams later (when > she left and threated to kill me) and tossed the junk console that came > with the bundled unit when I put a W800 on the MH box. I coded most of > my own events for the cameras, motion and door events and monitor the > cams on a web page I cobbled together which MH writes the current status > of the system to on http://faith.blackskull.us/cam/master.html if you'd > like to take a peek. > > Stu > > Gianni Veloce wrote: > > I use the CADDX system (NX-8 with the serial card NX584 addon- pls note NX-8E does not need as serial port is on board only the special cable) intergrated with MH by using the std MH caddx modules. > > PERL code is developed by me based on some scripts provided by a Canadian MH user (dont remember the name but thanx again!!) > > Works reliably since 3+ years and I am able to control lights by X10 getting signals from CADDX motion sensors plus getting CADDX Events (arm disarm alarms by SMS using the SMSGV.pl code). > > Pity that th CADDX modules were not further developed as more functionality could be achieved. > > > > That was my 0.2Euros! > > Gianni Veloce > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Noah Swint <nswint@...> > > To: The main list for the MisterHouse home automation program <misterhouse-users@...> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 2:03:08 AM > > Subject: Re: [mh] Alarm system recommendations? > > > > > > anyone use mh_proxy with a dsc5401? > > > > On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 12:39 -0400, Gregg Liming wrote: > > > >> Quoting Yangmin Shen (8/31/06 11:54 AM): > >> > >>> I am considering putting in an alarm system and pondering the > >>> integration with MH. I've seen that MH has some support for DSC and > >>> Caddx, but it is unclear to me how MH can trigger actions based > >>> on monitored non-alarm events. For example, if I have Zone 1 setup as > >>> my front door, and assuming that the alarm RS232 interface will report > >>> the door opening, how can I have my lights turn on? Do I have to look > >>> for a particular regular expression in the RS-232 stream, or has "Zone 1 > >>> activity" already been accounted for in the MH interface? > >>> > >> Something else that I should probably mention that does exist for caddx > >> and would assume DSC supports (but would need one of the DSC users to > >> speak up) is the ability to allocate zones to alarm partitions. So, if > >> I add an expansion board and assign it to a partition that is not used > >> for alarm monitoring / arming / etc., then I can use it for general > >> purpose digital input that is monitorable by mh just like any other set > >> of zones. In many cases, the expansion board cost on a per digital > >> input is far less than any of the other traditional, more widely known > >> boards. This ability also extends to wireless expansion > >> boards--although the wireless devices are by no means cheap. Just > >> something to consider and perhaps impact your initial assessment of > >> number of desired zones (beyond your security needs) as it's always hard > >> to have too many sources of general purpose digital inputs. > >> > >> Gregg > >> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- -------- > >> Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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