If you are itching to get an answer that badly just call them:WayneW said:Where is David (spanky) when we need him? Does Elk know of anybody that supports or is thinking of supporting central station monitoring via the Elk ethernet module?
According to a chat with David from Elk, but not direct quotes:We do not have definite plans to support the Elk Internet module at this
time, but we may in the future. At present, each alarm system that has
an Internet communicator needs its own specialized equipment at the
central station. Ademco's Internet communicator needs a special
receiver, Elk's needs a special receiver, DSC's needs a special
receiver, etc. So far, none of these communicators have a very large
install base, so most central stations do not support them. If Internet
alarm communications are standardized in the future, so that one
Internet receiver could handle several types of alarm system, then more
companies will start supporting them.
This is a good place for a soapbox rant, so as an industry professional please enlighten us. It seems obvious to me that a reliable broadband connection has many feature advantages over phone lines. But, I think that a phone line (in general, not from a security aspect) is more reliable than residential broadband. Phone monitoring has been around for many years, what is bad about it, other than the prices some charge?Spanky said:I could get up on my soap box concerning alarm monitoring via telephone, but I will hold that though for later.