House Alarm Maintenance

[Oink]

Can anyone recommend a house alarm maintenance engineer. The company that installed ours is no more.

Panel is DSC brand.

Thanks

[Bangkok Barry]

My house alarm maintenance is feeding my six dogs ????

[Leaver]

 

What issues are you having? 

[GrandPapillon]

11 hours ago, Oink said:

Can anyone recommend a house alarm maintenance engineer. The company that installed ours is no more.

Panel is DSC brand.

pointless, buy the cheap Chinese ones on AliExpress, they are as effective and you can maintain them yourself

 

I used to have the GE thing, overly complex for your home, total cost about 1,000 EUR, 

 

might be great for a warehouse with complex traffic, but not your home

 

waste of time at the end,

 

AliExpress and full WIFI/4G solutions are there for 3,000 THB

Edited May 31, 2022 by GrandPapillon

[GrandPapillon]

6 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

My house alarm maintenance is feeding my six dogs ????

yeah, cheapest and most reliable solution at the end if you are there all year long

[GrandPapillon]

29 minutes ago, Leaver said:

 

What issues are you having? 

probably some annual maintenance reset that needs to be done, or new call numbers to be added

 

they are a complete waste of time, very expensive to maintain, I am selling my old one on Ebay for 300 EUR so some warehouse owners can take them

[Leaver]

23 minutes ago, GrandPapillon said:

probably some annual maintenance reset that needs to be done, or new call numbers to be added

 

they are a complete waste of time, very expensive to maintain, I am selling my old one on Ebay for 300 EUR so some warehouse owners can take them

 

Look up the manual for your alarm online.

 

You can do a service yourself.  Install a new back up battery, easy to buy, and lasts about 4 to 5 years.  Read the manual how to adjust the time settings and other customizable settings. 

 

Test everything by opening doors and triggering sensors. 

 

if you can change some settings on your phone, you can program an alarm panel. 

[GrandPapillon]

2 hours ago, Leaver said:

 

Look up the manual for your alarm online.

 

You can do a service yourself.  Install a new back up battery, easy to buy, and lasts about 4 to 5 years.  Read the manual how to adjust the time settings and other customizable settings. 

 

Test everything by opening doors and triggering sensors. 

 

if you can change some settings on your phone, you can program an alarm panel. 

I have the manuals, that's not the issue. The issue is that it is an old system based on old engineering and not adapted to the new home tech, it's worthless for home use.

[Leaver]

19 hours ago, GrandPapillon said:

I have the manuals, that's not the issue. The issue is that it is an old system based on old engineering and not adapted to the new home tech, it's worthless for home use.

 

If that's the case, you need to upgrade the board.  A service will not fix old hardware. 

[chickenslegs]

22 hours ago, Leaver said:

 

Look up the manual for your alarm online.

 

You can do a service yourself.  Install a new back up battery, easy to buy, and lasts about 4 to 5 years.  Read the manual how to adjust the time settings and other customizable settings. 

 

Test everything by opening doors and triggering sensors. 

 

if you can change some settings on your phone, you can program an alarm panel. 

Also, lots of helpful Youtube videos available.

Example ...

 

[GrandPapillon]

17 hours ago, Leaver said:

 

If that's the case, you need to upgrade the board.  A service will not fix old hardware. 

the hardware is old and the engineering logic is old, no upgrade possible with GE and those legacy systems. They work fine for banks and warehouses, overkill for a big home unless you have a mansion or a compound

 

trying now the cheap Chinese ones and they have everything you need

 

another example how over-engineering is failing and creating new opportunities for startups

[Leaver]

On 6/2/2022 at 7:24 AM, GrandPapillon said:

They work fine for banks and warehouses, overkill for a big home unless you have a mansion or a compound

 

No such thing as overkill when it comes to security.

 

On 6/2/2022 at 7:24 AM, GrandPapillon said:

trying now the cheap Chinese ones and they have everything you need

 

Everything except reliability.

 

On 6/2/2022 at 7:24 AM, GrandPapillon said:

another example how over-engineering is failing and creating new opportunities for startups

 

No one informed the Germans and Japanese about this.  ???? 

[Jai Dee]

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