Recent content by syzygy

  I'm still looking into it but in my area it looks like you don't get into commercial rated fire panels until you're 6 units and up...

  Thanks, I'll take a look at that panel...

    Yeah looks like you're probably right about the limitations of the IRIS service/hub.  Seems like many of these limitations could be overcome by using an alternative Z-Wave hub.    About the time drain -- any decision in this arena affects the balance of time and money, I totally get that...

  So, what do you use (both for a system and for monitoring?)  Your profile lists CaddX, DSC, Elk M1, and Custom under hardware -- I'm guessing from that and your username you're a commercial installer of said systems?  Is this a good place to ask for your thoughts on which system to get?  I'm...

  I'm really just looking for options.  Complexity is not an issue, functionality and of course price are the concern.  Searching the web for "RF smoke detector" yields a TON of options.  I see a miriad of commercial alarm systems that offer some sort of RF smoke detector option but some...

    Sorry, totally not trying to come off as 'want something for nothing' -- just trying to find out what other options there may be that aren't as heavily advertised and therefore maybe not as well-known.  For instance -- I just discovered that Lowe's is selling a smoke detector (ZSMOKE) and a...

I've seen that. Very very cool, they've fixed everything that's wrong with traditional detectors and even a few things that weren't wrong with them! (Only other thing to ask for is batteries that don't run out... ;) ). Only problem is the price: I'm looking to deploy this setup in two...

Hmmm interesting. I had actually seen that thread and somehow forgot about it already... Oh right I think it's because they haven't actually been released yet (only announced). I'll be keeping an eye on that.

Hey everyone, I'm looking to see if anyone can point me in the right direction -- I'm looking for wireless, addressable smoke detectors that integrate with some sort of home automation system.  I don't have any home automation yet so nothing is off limits.  What I'm looking for is a system that...