Recent content by seanadams

I totally agree about the failure detection. It would be much nicer to have proper notification/failover if there's a signal issue. I will probably get a cheap buzzer to attach to the alarm output of the 4530, just so I know preemptively if there's a communication problem.   However, I think a...

DELInstallations, are you sure the 4500 has RS232? And moreover, that is is compatible with the M1XSP?  That would be great to confirm - it doesn't even say in their spec sheet that it has rs232. What are the downsides to dial capture? I realize it's a little rube-golbergy but it certainly...

Thanks very much for the ideas on this.    I got the 4530 and I'm pleased to report that everything is working great!  Unlike the 2500 it has multiple LEDs to indicate finer levels of signal strength, so it is much easier to locate the unit effectively. I was only able to get up to 2 LEDs...

My Uplink 2500 has always been problematic here. Nextalarm would often call to tell me that they were getting a huge number of events from my alarm panel. I suspect that my Uplink is trying to transmit but there is a reception problem and it doesn't get the acknowledgement, so it keeps...