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Monitored House Alarm - Eircom Phonewatch V Others

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    #32
    KoolKid
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    Yep... I wouldn't touch them either.
    PM me your details & I'll see what we can do for you.


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    #33
    Columba Rad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 825 ✭✭✭Columba Rad


    koolkid wrote: »
    Yep... I wouldn't touch them either.
    PM me your details & I'll see what we can do for you.
    Thanks PM on the way.


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    #34
    altor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,713 ✭✭✭✭altor


    Columba Rad wrote: »
    It's wireless, looks the same as this one. Been talking to a few security companies today, and got the impression I'll have to get a new alarm installed, as they said there would be a lock on the Eircom one.

    I've sent off an email today to 4/5 security companies in the Tallaght area for quotes.

    the simon panel can be defaulted back to factory settings, they are not engineer locked by phonewatch.. it is possible to get it to ring one phone number or a monitoring station.

    www.altor.ie



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    #35
    KoolKid
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    I still wouldn't touch them


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    #36
    altor
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    Why not ?

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    #37
    KoolKid
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    Simple.. I don't like them & they are a bit dated now.


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    #38
    altor
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    dont agree with you there but that is your opinion. i find them to be a good system once installed properly. they are only a basic alarm which for all intended purposes they are good. as for them being dated, the software was only updated last year.

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    #39
    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    As I have argued re HKC software updates are irrelevant when the hardware & the technology is over 10 years old.


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    #40
    altor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,713 ✭✭✭✭altor


    that may be but at lease it is a tried and tested technology. updates are needed to make it more secure and to fix any bugs that may arise in any system.

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    #41
    KoolKid
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    The Vista 5 & Horizon systems were tried & tested technology.
    Why are we not still installing them !????


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    #42
    altor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,713 ✭✭✭✭altor


    i have never installed these panels so cant answer that..

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    #43
    KoolKid
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    The answer is because they are old technology.
    Just because something is tried & tested is no excuse not to move with the times.


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    #44
    altor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,713 ✭✭✭✭altor


    so if signet use the visonic wirefree sensors with there system they are not moving with the times because its old technology ?

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    #45
    KoolKid
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    All Along I have been talking about the technology in the hardware .
    What have the sensors got to do with that?


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    #46
    altor
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    All the panels work on the same technology, be that new or old. they use the same sensors, report to monitoring stations and customers phones. signet can use ip so thats the only difference with them.

    www.altor.ie



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    #47
    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    so by your logic ,apart from IP , the technology employed by the Signet would be the same as Itec,Horizon,Vista5 Etc???
    I would suggest you take a look at thhe workings of these systems before making these claims.


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    #48
    altor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,713 ✭✭✭✭altor


    i am not claiming that and if you look back and have a read you will see i have not used these old panels, i am only pointing out that they are all based on the same principle be that old or new technology. i have looked at the signet system. they dont even make there own sensors. they use visonic for there wirefree which are dirt sensors

    www.altor.ie



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    #49
    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    I am simply pointing out that HKC is now old technology compared to whats available,
    As fred Funk pointed out earlier you expect to get 10 years from an alarm system so putting in something with 10 year old technology whic you plan to use for a further 10 years is crazy.
    Re Signets wireless I have not had one problem to date. More that what I can say for GE


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