I am discouraged by the fines and fees that I am charged for what the city says are unnecessary police responses. I think about self monitoring but worry about my fire alarm and potential panic alarms, that require rapid professional response. Is there a product or service that lets me select either path by either specific signal or class of signals?
Self Monitoring vs Professional Monitoring
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tmbrown97
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Check into NextAlarm - they're talked about a bit around here - it's worth a call to them. Another one is Alarm Relay.
With self monitoring, you are the weakest link - meaning there's no distress, no fire, and if you're on a plane or out of reach and there's a burglary, there's nothing you can do about it.
You should be able to minimize false alarms entirely though if your system is set up correctly - what types of falses are you getting?
With self monitoring, you are the weakest link - meaning there's no distress, no fire, and if you're on a plane or out of reach and there's a burglary, there's nothing you can do about it.
You should be able to minimize false alarms entirely though if your system is set up correctly - what types of falses are you getting?
If you have the ability to program your panel and depending on the panel you have you may be able to specify certain zones not to report if they are prone to false alarms. This way you can still have a CS monitor your system until you can address what is causing the false alarms.
tmbrown97
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That appears to be likely; OP is affiliated with a monitoring company. Shutting down this thread.
There are plenty of existing threads that discuss the drawbacks of self-monitoring, including you becoming the weakest link in your own system; losing the ability to have a response upon duress or many other things. Anyone should be able to work with their monitoring company to decide what response is taken and when, and of course what verification is performed before dispatch. For more information, use the search above.
There are plenty of existing threads that discuss the drawbacks of self-monitoring, including you becoming the weakest link in your own system; losing the ability to have a response upon duress or many other things. Anyone should be able to work with their monitoring company to decide what response is taken and when, and of course what verification is performed before dispatch. For more information, use the search above.
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