ELK - without internet acces. Can you do email alerts over cellular data?

[personalt]

I am looking to put an ELK in my brothers house. I have a GE concord with alarm.com and I really like the alerts, I can get emails when every door is open if I like or I can set up rules like if garage is opened after 10pm email me etc...

I would like to duplicate something these email alerts wiith the ELK for my brother. It sounds like I could do this with the ELK-M1XEP module? Issue #1 - He lives outside of Fredricksburg in an area where DSL and cablemodems or not available. He uses a verizon mifi mobile broadband at his house. The connection seems stable but in its current configuration he has it hooked up via USB to a server and then the server acts a proxy for the rest of the network. In a perfect world I would not like to tie into this for email alerts.

Is email alerts something we could right through the monitoring company? My alarm.com system connects to alarm.com via a cellular data modem. It seems like nextalarm may be able to suport this but I wasn't sure if this was something that could be done without going over the in-house internet connection.

anyone have any advice for a good way to do this?

 

[pete_c]

You "should" be able to do this with most alarm monitoring companies.

Here's the features of my NextAlarm stuff - will try some out in the next few weeks.

Here are the features you'll enjoy as a NextAlarm.com customer.

•Fully UL-listed monitoring, including notifications by telephone, and dispatch of your local police, fire department, and paramedics
•Qualify for a discount on your homeowner's insurance
•Edit your account information online at any time, 24/7
•Place your account in test mode online at any time, 24/7
•Have VoIP or just use cell phones? Full compatibility with the Alarm Broadband Network, NextAlarm.com's unique low-cost solution for monitoring your alarm system over your broadband Internet connection.
•A complete online log of all events your alarm system has recorded
•Access all our features from any Internet-enabled computer, or even a mobile device like your Internet-enabled cell phone
•Integration with your My Yahoo! home page
•Online, web-based programming of your compatible alarm system.
•Always know if your alarm system is armed and your home or business is secure
•Instant notification via e-mail or SMS if your alarm is triggered, including information about the specific zone that was broken
•Notification of all other events your particular alarm system can send, including high and low temperatures, floods, and more

It would just be email to text messaging/email if you wanted it to go to a phone and email inbox.

 

[JimS]

If you want to stay with verizon you could check to see if you can get a verizon unit with ethernet instead of USB. That way you wouldn't be relying on the PC for the connection. DSL modems with USB were very popular a few years back and I made sure I got an ethernet unit. I think they have gotten away from USB for most DSL modems today. It may be similar for your equipment.

 

[personalt]

The verizon mifi claim to fame is that it is acts as a mini wifi unit for the house in a credit card size package. It doesnt have a ethernet port but I think could swap it out for a verizon compatabile router for about $200
http://3gstore.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=35

I would assume I would then need an ELK ethernet bridge (ELK-M1XEP) to get the signal out? That would put him in for about $400. That is why I was wondering if there was a way to go with a cellular data uplink.

If I did that the ELK ethernet bridge does nextalarm or alarmrelay or any of those guys support rules for email updates or would I put those rules right in the ELK? I would want to be able to set up rules like if basement door is opened before 7am or after 5pm send an email.

He runs a dog daycare out of his house. He really would have good use for email alerts tied to sensors.

If you want to stay with verizon you could check to see if you can get a verizon unit with ethernet instead of USB. That way you wouldn't be relying on the PC for the connection. DSL modems with USB were very popular a few years back and I made sure I got an ethernet unit. I think they have gotten away from USB for most DSL modems today. It may be similar for your equipment.