Automation of the S&B's - Update
Been looking at ways to monitor the S&B's while on the road. I'm pretty happy with what I've been seeing for security camera's, but am having a harder time finding things like cold temp and water leak...
Forum Discussion
John&Joey wrote:
I don't think I'm thinking free, I'm thinking more of the hassles of false alarms and the police or fire department being notified.
I know there is always a call to the owner and a safe word, but when you're on the road with a cell phone there is no guarantee the call will always get to you in a timely manner. I have gotten voice messages hours after the call was made even though I had the cell phone on me and active. Everything seems to change when you leave your home area sometimes.
My Simplisafe is set up so that I get a phone call, email and text all at the same time. Hopefully I'll notice one of those.
With the texts I can try to decide if I want the alarm company to dispatch police while I'm on the phone with the alarm company.
For example the first text may say the front door was opened. If someone actually enters the house, then the next text says the living room motion alarm was triggered. Then if someone continues through the house I would get another text for whatever room they entered. So I can get an idea if someone is actually moving through the house.
There are other sensors that I do not have such as smoke, freeze, water etc.
BTW, I have not had a false alarm since we got the system first of the year.
