Hey guys, Im looking to get an alarm for our home. Its a 2 Story home with a dog. Im looking for something internet based. Or that works on Wifi. We only have cell phones in the home. no land line for the phone. I want all 19 windows on a switch.
Im looking to spend 300-600$
thanks in advance
SP
I have installed three of these for friends and family and they love them:
http://www.homesecuritystore.com/p-...-dsc-power-1832-ultimate-security-bundle.aspx
I would not recommend using window sensors. PIR motion detectors (
http://www.homesecuritystore.com/p-1467-ws4904p-dsc-wireless-pet-immune-pir-motion-sensor.aspx) placed at strategic locations defeat the need for window sensors.
Secondly, if you don't have a land line, you will be paying big bucks for either a cellular phone communicator (
http://www.homesecuritystore.com/p-503-gs3060-gsm-universal-wireless-alarm-communicator.aspx) or a intenet based communicator (
http://www.homesecuritystore.com/p-1475-t-linktl250-dsc-tl250-internet-alarm-communicator.aspx). Also, the alarm monitoring service you decide to use (I use
www.alarmrelay.com) will charge you extra per month if you want cellphone/internet monitoring instead of the normal land line monitoring.
This DSC kit is a hybrid hardwire/wireless. The door contacts and Infrared motion detectors are wireless. So these just get installed in the areas you want them and you don't have to mess with running wires back to the panels. Also, this unit comes with Keyless FOB's (like the remote door lock/unlock units that come with cars) so you can just push a button on your FOB and your alarm will turn on/off. Very usefull when coming home and your hands are full of groceries and you need to disarm.
However, the Keypad (which also houses the antennas for the wireless detectors), bell (siren), telephone, alarm panel all are wired and are all attached together.
But I have to tell ya, if you don't plan (at least) spending two weeks reading up on the alarm web forums and pouring over the manual for this thing you will be hopelessly lost... They aren't user friendly at all to program. And you will be spending on the high side of that $600 as well if you need multiple wiresless PIR/door contacts.
You will learn more than you ever need to know here:
http://www.diysecurityforum.com/ This is where I started.
I'd recommend you hire an installer to do the work for you. You can go with one of the nationwide chains (Devcon, ADT, etc...) and they typically won't charge you for the equipment in lieu of signing a two year monitoring agreement. Or you can look for an independent low-voltage installer. Lot of smaller mom and pop Home Audio video dealers install alarm system.
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