Brinks security system - armed to the gills

[C G]

Be warned, though: The system will have nothing to do with Brinks.

Is that a bad thing?

 

[fly in the ointment]

Mark wrote

Sensor on one sash and mag switch on the other - in the middle where the 2
sashes meet? Am I missing something?

So, wireless then.
js

 

[C G]

I tend to find that people who are described as "open minded people" are
usually less successful than those that are focused on the prize.

Maybe you should get out more. Being "focused on the prize" does not
require having a closed mind. In fact, most really successful people
are open to new ideas, it's part of their success.

My perspective is the only one that counts for me.

That is obvious.

I truly hope so.


Good, then the feeling is mutual.

If you feel insulted then you must be a very sensitive person.

I did not feel insulted, you were talking about someone else.

I have no way to control what you are and are not sensitive about.

You have no way to control anything other than yourself.

I don't think so .......... otherwise we wouldn't be having this dialog.

It's a discussion. Doesn't mean I care what you think.

 

[Frank Olson]

When I die, the world will
end. That's just the way it is.

Do us all a favour and give us at least 48 hours notice before your
passing... I'd like the opportunity to fly down to Florida and personally
administer some well filtered beer to Robert's pool before it all ends!

;-))

 

[Frank Olson]

It would not make any difference. An pool he would have could only be of the
"cess" variety.

It would make a huge difference to me... After a five hour flight and all
that beer?? You just gotta go!!

 

[John Stone]

Sounds like a nice system setup. The only other thing I would add would be a CO
detector in the bedroom hall.


Amherst is pretty reputable. The others are National dealers, what are their
company names? Another good company you could try would be DFT Security up in
that area.
Marc Mazzarese
ABC Alarm Holdings
Aquisitions

Thanks for the opinion Marc. I do have the sense that Amherst Alarm
is well respected here.

FYI, the dealer was "Direct Security" which is based in Buffalo. They
have a current total customer base of 5K (as per their rep) - does
anyone have any knowledge as to their operations?

The only reason I'm continuing to weigh my options is because Direct
Security offers a line-cut monitor at no charge. That seems to be a
valuable service, in my opinion.

The system Direct Security would install is an "Ademco Vista 15" - is
this a decent system?

Thanks!
John

 

[dep_blueman]

Ok, doing some more looking I now believe that the BHS-3000 series
panels that Brinks uses are custom made for Brinks by Honeywell/Ademco
and not the same as their Vista line. I found a PDF document on the
Web that made reference to this as a different product sold only to
Brinks.

FYI, now that the install is done I do have to say that the installer
put in some tight cable. Overall it looks like a good job. Now, if I
could just get those english language keypads

-D

 

[John Stone]

Amherst is pretty reputable. The others are National dealers, what are their
company names? Another good company you could try would be DFT Security up in
that area.

I just called the Brinks rep and found out that the "cut line monitor"
does nothing more than trigger the in-house alarm. This was not was I
was led to believe, so it looks like I'll be going with Amherst Alarm
after all. They were straightforward through the entire process.
I'll give myself another 2 days to decide - I hate jumping into $
commitments (although I did get married ...)

 

[Frank Olson]

[email protected] (Marc Mazzarese) wrote in message

I just called the Brinks rep and found out that the "cut line monitor"
does nothing more than trigger the in-house alarm. This was not was I
was led to believe, so it looks like I'll be going with Amherst Alarm
after all. They were straightforward through the entire process.
I'll give myself another 2 days to decide - I hate jumping into $
commitments (although I did get married ...)

Good for you! I really liked the last comment!! LOL!!