Ok so I will leave my dsc system as is and add a few glass break sensors. I know the systems aren’t free because they will change us/finance using there 3 years monitor service. If I don’t buy the monitor service, just the system. You know what the average price range would be?
The alarm is for commercial. So I think having monitored would be better. Even if the police come late. At least the thief will be scared off if the alarm goes off.
There is.
Self monitoring? Not the same thing.aquariaguy wrote: ↑ There is.
OP check out Eyezon. Absolutely free monthly. Many people I know have been using it for years. It's pretty sweet.
Ya but monitoring centres are useless. I had it for many years and all they would do is call me to let me know. Ok. Don't even have a "securty guard" to check otu the house. So whats the point of calling me to let me know when the only other option they would do is send a police over, who will take 5 hrs to get there, and I'll get a bill in the mail for $200.
I actually own the Envisalink 4 and have it connected with my home automation. I agree with you. I pay $15 a month for monitoring and they do absolutely nothing.aquariaguy wrote: ↑ Ya but monitoring centres are useless. I had it for many years and all they would do is call me to let me know. Ok. Don't even have a "securty guard" to check otu the house. So whats the point of calling me to let me know when the only other option they would do is send a police over, who will take 5 hrs to get there, and I'll get a bill in the mail for $200.
Eyezon is better. I get a text, and my relatives who are close by who I chose to ad to the list will get a text/email too. I just phone someone to see whos close by and I get them to check on my house. I also turn on a webcam that I have in my house so I can see if there truly is anyone in my house. If there is, than I would just call the police ASAP.
99% of people never call the police to their house when the alarm goes off since its 99% false alarm.
That's the nice part of envisalink you can have a discounted ip based monitoring by a UL listed monitoring company and do self monitoring.engineered wrote: ↑ Self monitoring is better, as you can actually do something about it, vs the alarm going off and no cops showing up for a while. That is if you don't mind being on call.
I wouldn't bother with that serivce, since it's out-sourced anyways next to useless.rngun wrote: ↑ Envisalink also provides an optional monitoring service for $5/month, but paid annually.
http://www.eyezon.com/?page_id=436
That's pretty much my experience as well but using OpenHABascguy wrote: ↑ I have an older DSC system and added the Envisalink board. I have everything integrated into smartthings and can even use google home to get status etc. I can trigger actions based on sensor status just like any of the newer systems. We subscribe to their service and have to say, any time the alarm has been triggered, the response from the monitoring service has been instantaneous.
I purchased mine last year from Aartech. https://www.aartech.ca/
