DAS NX4 Alarm - Dial mobile phone (Australian)

[flynno]

Hi all, I have moved into a house with an NX4 alarm system, I want it
to dial my mobile phone
however I have followed the insturctions in the user manual without
success. Is anyone able to point me in the right direction? Is there
something I need to change in the Networx box? thanks

 

[Crash Gordon]

What do you expect it to do when it calls you on your cellphone?


| Hi all, I have moved into a house with an NX4 alarm system, I want it
| to dial my mobile phone
| however I have followed the insturctions in the user manual without
| success. Is anyone able to point me in the right direction? Is there
| something I need to change in the Networx box? thanks
|

 

[flynno]

Nothing other than call me, so I know the alarm has been activated.
thanks

 

[Paul Ekins]

I haven't used one of these for about 5 years but I seem to remember it has
to be enabled in the installer section of the programming.
You might need to contact the installing company.

 

[Jon Aichberger]

do you have the installer code ?

 

[flynno]

do you have the installer code ?

No I don't have the installer code, I may have to ring the company that
installed it
originally as it was installed by the previous home owners. It works
fine as a local
alarm but would like to have it dial a mobile phone for extra security.
thanks

 

[Crash Gordon]

I may be mistaken, but I don't believe the NX-4 speaks english, so you'd h
ave to learn to speak an alarm language to be able to understand what it's
saying.


|
| Jon Aichberger wrote:
| > do you have the installer code ?
|
| No I don't have the installer code, I may have to ring the company that
| installed it
| originally as it was installed by the previous home owners. It works
| fine as a local
| alarm but would like to have it dial a mobile phone for extra security.
| thanks
|
|

 

[Bob Worthy]

I may be mistaken, but I don't believe the NX-4 speaks english, so you'd h
ave to learn to speak an alarm language to be able to understand what it's
saying.

det...det det...det...detdet..det...detdet...det..dets all folks!

 

[flynno]

Geez thanks for that side splitting reply! If I get a call on my
mobile phone from my home and there is no one home..........I am then
alerted to a possible problem am I not?

 

[Crash Gordon]

dah dit dah dah dah dit dah...Car 54 where are you
Back in the olden days I could understand 4x2 but could not speak it well
enough to be understood...now with the new dialects CID, SIA etc...forget it

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| | > I may be mistaken, but I don't believe the NX-4 speaks english, so you'd
h
| > ave to learn to speak an alarm language to be able to understand what
it's
| > saying.
|
| det...det det...det...detdet..det...detdet...det..dets all folks!
| >
| >
| > | > |
| > | Jon Aichberger wrote:
| > | > do you have the installer code ?
| > |
| > | No I don't have the installer code, I may have to ring the company
that
| > | installed it
| > | originally as it was installed by the previous home owners. It works
| > | fine as a local
| > | alarm but would like to have it dial a mobile phone for extra
security.
| > | thanks
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|
|

 

[Doug L]

Yes, but you would probably be better off buying a voice dialer such as the
USP AD2000, the AD2001 or something similar from another manufacturer

http://www.unitedsecurity.com/autodialers.htm

Doug L

 

[Jon Aichberger]

email direct [email protected] i live in WA. could give you some codes to
try.

 

[Jim]

Geez thanks for that side splitting reply! If I get a call on my
mobile phone from my home and there is no one home..........I am then
alerted to a possible problem am I not?

You have to understand that we get this question and scenario presented
here VERY often. It is the unanimous opinion here, that being called on
your cell phone that your house is on fire, or that someone is beating
your wife to a pulp while you're in a "dead cellular area" or in a
business meeting with your phone turned off, is not at all a secure way
to do it. And what would you do if you DID get a call? Rush home? And
then find that if the fire department had been called 20 minutes
earler, you might have saved your home? Or ......... Call the police or
fire department and tell them ....... what? That you got a call on your
cell phone from your alarm system but you don't know what's exactly
happening?

If you feel that the security of your family, home and posessions is
not worth a reliable connection to the authorities, of course
............ that's your decision, but not one that anyone here would
agree with.

If you have a security system, you have concerns...... why wouldn't you
carry through and pay .75 cents a day to make sure a proper response is
available, 24/7?

 

[Bob Worthy]

You have to understand that we get this question and scenario presented
here VERY often. It is the unanimous opinion here, that being called on
your cell phone that your house is on fire, or that someone is beating
your wife to a pulp while you're in a "dead cellular area" or in a
business meeting with your phone turned off, is not at all a secure way
to do it. And what would you do if you DID get a call? Rush home? And
then find that if the fire department had been called 20 minutes
earler, you might have saved your home? Or ......... Call the police or
fire department and tell them ....... what? That you got a call on your
cell phone from your alarm system but you don't know what's exactly
happening?

If you feel that the security of your family, home and posessions is
not worth a reliable connection to the authorities, of course
........... that's your decision, but not one that anyone here would
agree with.

If you have a security system, you have concerns...... why wouldn't you
carry through and pay .75 cents a day to make sure a proper response is
available, 24/7?

Because the manufactures are STUPID enough to make such a ridiculous feature
available. If they want to make a local panel only..OK. If they want to make
one that reports to CS...OK. But don't put the consumer in harms way or give
them such a false sense of security by having a panel report to a cell phone
or pager. STUPID...STUPID... STUPID!!! That is strictly a marketing feature
with no thought given to the possible outcome. I wonder how these marketeers
would look at it if they were held responsible for the possible results?

 

[Chub]

this panel will call a pager and give the acct # and alarm code so he will
know what the problem is. What he does after that is the question.

 

[Norm Mugford]

If he even gets the call to his cell phone......

Norm Mugford

this panel will call a pager and give the acct # and alarm code so he will
know what the problem is. What he does after that is the question.

I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you?
http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html

 

[Norm Mugford]

Because the manufactures are STUPID enough to make such a ridiculous
feature
available. If they want to make a local panel only..OK. If they want to
make
one that reports to CS...OK. But don't put the consumer in harms way or
give
them such a false sense of security by having a panel report to a cell
phone
or pager. STUPID...STUPID... STUPID!!! That is strictly a marketing
feature
with no thought given to the possible outcome. I wonder how these
marketeers
would look at it if they were held responsible for the possible results?

Where's the old keyswitch that turned the system on and off?
The designers and engineers couldn't figure them out, so they
replaced it with a ............Keypad.........
Now knowbody knows how to use the systems.

Norm Mugford



I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you?
http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html

 

[Robert L Bass]

If I get a call on my mobile phone from my home

and there is no one home..........I am then alerted
to a possible problem am I not?

Correct. That's basically what you can expect. There are some small
problems to consider. If the panel believes it is dialing a central station
receiver it will dial your cell several times until it gives up and then
goes into a "trouble" mode. That's no big deal. You'd just have to reset
it upon returning home. Also, until the system stops trying it will tie up
the phone line making repeated attempts. That can be an issue if there's a
problem when you're at home, especially if you only have one phone line.

The advantages of central monitoring have already been mentioned but they
bear repeating. The system can report the specific nature of the problem
and the location in the home from whence it arises. Reporting is a bit more
secure because someone is there 24/7. The down side is central monitoring
costs more than doing it yourself. Only you can decide what levels of
service, security and financial commitment on your part are appropriate,
given the level of risk in your neighborhood, etc. No one else can make
that judgment for you. If you feel that central monitoring is unnecessary
or that the price is not merited by the risk, then don't have it monitored.
No flame here. It's your home, after all.

Another alternative might also be of interest to you. There are digital
voice/pager dialers available that can call from one to eight phone numbers,
pagers, etc., and play one of several prerecorded (by you) messages,
depending on the alarm condition. These are simple to install, relatively
inexpensive and a tad more reliable (they keep trying until someone
acknowledges hearing the report by pressing a touch-tone button on their
phone after listening to the broadcast message. I sell several of these
dialers in my online store (URL in sig line below in case you're
interested).

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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[Robert L Bass]

Car 54 where are you?...

Toody, your age is showing. Ooh-ooh... :^)

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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Bass Home Electronics
4883 Fallcrest Circle
Sarasota · Florida · 34233
941-866-1100 Sales & Tech Support
http://www.bassburglaralarms.com
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[Chub]

the nx4 sold in US has pager format so it will dump alarm code to pager.
Phone # 3 I think.