datadiffusion Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Odd though wasn't it? "Hello, welcome to Gardiner Technology , we've got Gardtec panels, Novagard bells, Gardtec PIRs, Gardiner Technology 1.5" screws... oh and, I know this won't interest you, we also sell DSC" 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...
MrHappy Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 2 hours ago, datadiffusion said: "Hello, welcome to Gardiner Technology , we've got Gardtec panels, Novagard bells, Gardtec PIRs, Gardiner Technology 1.5" screws... oh and, I know this won't interest you, we also sell DSC" 1/2 dozen Napco DT's & one of those nice internal SAB in the speaker case 1 Quote Mr Veritas God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg86sg Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 19 hours ago, sixwheeledbeast said: Why not run your own cables and get a small decent approved company to fit some decent kit? Not saying all companies would all be up for that or that they may want some disclaimer about existing cabling faults, but worth asking. Fitted a few DSC in the past for an integration job, specced by a HA company.... Uses an interface with a serial bus so the HA can see all the devices live, the rest was all done on the HA side. It was just weird foreign tat IMO nothing special. All these North American panels are just not designed for the UK market, they may work as an alarm but not conform and support will be limited from manufacturers and installers. JW listed most of the usual UK market panels, Galaxy Texecom Eaton etc. Have you actually decided if your DIYing or not because that's the first step really. Talking manufacturers is useless if your still thinking your getting someone in. Everything is already run, I've run all the sensors many months ago when we had a lot of work done, alone with probably 50 Cat6 I'm going with the Dimension or Flex, just deciding atm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 I loved those sleepy Napcos Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg86sg Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 14 hours ago, MrHappy said: Domestic property of a certain risk - proper alarm with proper signalling, jewellery / watches Faberge eggs or whatever kept in safe of certain type. AMCO, you appear to want something cheap, they appear to have no approval for any of their scope of works. ADT ect..., if going to take days to fit , I assume over a grand just for the man hrs Konnected, again looks cheap & cheerful, Envisalink - looks cheap & cheerful... DSC - I believe they've fully withdrawn for the UK for a number of years, I thought they where pants... The out the box solution is texecom ect & control4 ect... Wired alarm in a bigish house couple of grand, control4 much much dearer I be happy to instruct any of my cleint's to do the wiring, however depend on who & what I may want paying to do so I've already run all the cables, no issue there. No I don't want something cheap, I talked with AMCO because they offered the ability to add their equipment alongside one of these boards that I may add on. ADT, no thanks, the rep who came out was a complete *****, excuse my french. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg86sg Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) Again I think the discussion around monitoring company went off topic too, I did some research but AMCO were the only ones who seemed interested in helping, and another firm in Knightsbridge I can't remember their name. If my insurance company is happy with them as a monitoring station I don't see the problem if their services work. Happy to hear feedback but everything online seems positive, more so than ADT. Also happy to hear other suggestions for South East monitoring. Edited April 16, 2020 by sg86sg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg86sg Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Gone for this kit: C005-M-E2 - Flex 20 Panel v3.1 Firmwar CP050-00-01 - MK8 Keypad CP037-XX - MK7 Keypad A083-00-01 - Ethernet Module v3 firmware A073-00-01 - RF Portal v3 firmware A081-00-01 - GSM module Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al-yeti Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 28 minutes ago, sg86sg said: Gone for this kit: C005-M-E2 - Flex 20 Panel v3.1 Firmwar CP050-00-01 - MK8 Keypad CP037-XX - MK7 Keypad A083-00-01 - Ethernet Module v3 firmware A073-00-01 - RF Portal v3 firmware A081-00-01 - GSM module What will you use the GSM module for? Cheaper to run the selfmon I reckon through the network card , get more for your money Flex 20 will be to small for you judging by how you talk flex 50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg86sg Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 2 hours ago, al-yeti said: What will you use the GSM module for? Cheaper to run the selfmon I reckon through the network card , get more for your money Flex 20 will be to small for you judging by how you talk flex 50 I thought the GSM module was for backup for dual path signalling is that not right? Can you expand on what is too small about the flex20? Im not using the door control and only have a 5 bed house so tbought it would be ok as it says for medium size businesses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al-yeti Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Logan said: Can't you use a touchcenter with the flex 20 Stick to the sterling dude 39 minutes ago, sg86sg said: I thought the GSM module was for backup for dual path signalling is that not right? Can you expand on what is too small about the flex20? Im not using the door control and only have a 5 bed house so tbought it would be ok as it says for medium size businesses! Ok I understand I forget your going with an arc Just now, al-yeti said: Stick to the sterling dude Ok I understand I forget your going with an arc For price difference flex 20 for someone who wants to make it do more you will have less hassle having a bigger panel later I would definitely putting contacts on all the windows in your house aslong as you pay up Easiest way is wireless in this case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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