cybergibbons Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Just noticed this Internet connected alarm posted over on DIYnot. Looks better than Piper and Canary, but still sorely lacking in serious features. https://www.ismartalarm.com It's got FCC docs online, so I did a quick virtual teardown of it: http://cybergibbons.com/alarms-2/ismartalarm-quick-teardown/ Quote I have a blog, some of which is about alarm security and reverse engineering:http://cybergibbons.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 This is the way all home security is heading imo. Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Agreed Quote securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybergibbons Posted June 7, 2014 Author Share Posted June 7, 2014 It seems to meet a need. People want to take paid-for traditional monitoring out of the equation. I don't understand why that has to mean the alarm is missing a load of functionality though. It's no better than a Friedland Response in these terms. Quote I have a blog, some of which is about alarm security and reverse engineering:http://cybergibbons.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 (edited) It's no better than a Friedland Response in these terms. It's a lot about branding, it looks nice, it costs nothing so it's a no brainer for those who can't/won't look to deep. Edited June 7, 2014 by RFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 This is the way all home security is heading imo. Amazed that a lot of these don't yet offer 'a £5 a month Concierge service where we'll respond to your alarm if you don't answer'... Matt?? Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew.brough Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Amazed that a lot of these don't yet offer 'a £5 a month Concierge service where we'll respond to your alarm if you don't answer'... Matt?? We are actively working with a vendor that supports this idea for videofied. Self mon, no answer in 60 seconds comes to us. Quote www.securitywarehouse.co.uk/catalog/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMealing Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 We are actively working with a vendor that supports this idea for videofied. Self mon, no answer in 60 seconds comes to us. And you won't be the only one Quote amealing@texe.com Head of Industry Affairs Visit Our Website Texecom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalaxyGuy Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I've toyed with the idea of this as a queue option for my SelfMon service, but not sure customers would pay additional monthly fees for it. If it were an on demand pay X amount per request, then that may work. Something like a web service at the manned arc that accepts a dump of last X events, customer contact list and other info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew.brough Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 And you won't be the only one I'm sure not we are looking at backing it up with a guard response to site as there is little point a human in an arc trying to call the same numbers that the self monitoring failed as its clear the people can't take the call. Like this afternoon I've been to the cinema so robo dial or human, I couldn't deal with an alarm hence the idea of a guard. Quote www.securitywarehouse.co.uk/catalog/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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