How about a product for those of us with an existing system?

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CA-Steve
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How about a product for those of us with an existing system?

Post by CA-Steve » Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:53 am

I have an existing alarm system -- every door and window, motion detector, the works. It would be great to provide a product for people like me who want remote alerts, etc.

thomasm
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Re: How about a product for those of us with an existing system?

Post by thomasm » Sat Aug 05, 2017 6:14 am

I also have an existing alarm system (an ADT) but stopped their monitoring service when I got Ooma since it dials out to report an alarm and Ooma isn't compatible with it's modem. Instead I disabled the dial out feature on the ADT and connected it to a VOICE DIALER which is connected to Ooma. I used the voltage that sounds the siren to notify the voice dialer to dial several of my cellphones with an announcement (the alarm has been activated). The only downside is that I cannot determine if it has been activated due to burglary or fire. However, if it's a burglary situation the Home Security app will advise me. The nice thing about keeping the ADT system online is that it has a LOUD siren that goes off when any sensor is activated.

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