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1 hour ago, PeterJames said:

The age of your panel would suggest not, but replacing the panel with a panel with self monitoring facilities is possible. I would avoid any that offers free or very cheap annual cloud fee as they will be the least reliable 

 After sixwheeledbeast suggested to stick with veritas I’ve found another local installer that installs Texecom. He’s said I can upgrade to the premier elite which has an app, he didn’t mention any annual fee so I will research more on this 

[Upgrade existing Texecom]

36 minutes ago, sixwheeledbeast said:

Risco may have a bad rep here but if your getting an installer in you should be evaluating the company and there services and let them worry about what kit manufacturer.

That being said I'd keep the Veritas over a Lightsys...

do you know if it’s possible to upgrade the veritas to a smart alarm so I can control from my phone?

[Upgrade existing Texecom]

Hi guys new here! I’m not clued up on alarms so I started googling for companies near me to come out and quote to upgrade my existing 8+ year old wired alarm system to something that I can control on my phone and for notifications to be sent to me too. 
 

We currently have a texecom veritas wired alarm so I would only need a new panel, keypad, proximity fobs and I need to add 1 wireless door contact for the rear door. 

 

One of the installers showed me the app for Lightsys2 and that is something I want as I can control which doors/areas I want to arm or disarm but, after abit of reading Risco have a bad rep on here so should I avoid lightsys2? Any other brands I should look at?