CE3 Question

[tmbrown97]

Hey guys,

I'm actually an Elk user and happy mostly, but plan to move houses soon - when I do, I'll take the elk along, but I won't be getting POTS any longer. I'm tightening the belt across the board and I'm done paying $45/month for a POTS line that receives 3 phone calls/month and keeps the tivo/alarm happy.

So - I think I want to do the CE3 GSM dialer instead... maybe use a vonage line or something like that as a primary, and this as a secondary. (or may just go with this altogether, which would make this a moot point).

Someone on another thread brought up a really interesting point though that caught my curiosity... So - your alarm is programmed to dial out via your main POTS line - but during a burglary attempt, say someone has cut that line - so your system does as intended, and dials out via the GSM line, and reports the alarm condition... Here's where the interesting part comes in: So, the alarm company calls the house - the line is cut, so it rings 4 times and goes to the telco's voicemail - what does the CO do?

Can you give them the number to the GSM line - and have that ring the house regardless, or what are people doing to remedy this?

-Todd

 

[fabriziojoe]

Hey guys,

I'm actually an Elk user and happy mostly, but plan to move houses soon - when I do, I'll take the elk along, but I won't be getting POTS any longer. I'm tightening the belt across the board and I'm done paying $45/month for a POTS line that receives 3 phone calls/month and keeps the tivo/alarm happy.

So - I think I want to do the CE3 GSM dialer instead... maybe use a vonage line or something like that as a primary, and this as a secondary. (or may just go with this altogether, which would make this a moot point).

Someone on another thread brought up a really interesting point though that caught my curiosity... So - your alarm is programmed to dial out via your main POTS line - but during a burglary attempt, say someone has cut that line - so your system does as intended, and dials out via the GSM line, and reports the alarm condition... Here's where the interesting part comes in: So, the alarm company calls the house - the line is cut, so it rings 4 times and goes to the telco's voicemail - what does the CO do?

Can you give them the number to the GSM line - and have that ring the house regardless, or what are people doing to remedy this?

-Todd

According to the C3 documentation:
"When a call is made to the phone number assigned to the GSM SIM card that is installed in the C3, any phones that are connected to the C3 will ring as they normally would when a landline call is received".

 

[apostolakisl]

The alarm company will receive a call from your C3, the alarm data will be transmitted and then it will hang-up. Then the alarm company will do whatever you told them to do as far as confirming the alarm. If you told them to call the landline then, if no answer, call the police, then the police will arrive at your house shortly. If you gave them a list of phone numbers to go through before dispatching, then that is what will happen.