My recently-failed alarm system was armed and disarmed using a small
toggle swich near the entry, and reset (siren stopped and returned to
armed or unarmed, depending on the toggle switch position) using a well
hidden but conveniently located momentary contact switch. Also next to
the toggle switch were two LEDs - one lighting when the alarm was armed
and the other lighting when an alarm was or had been triggered. The
console was hidden in another part of the house. I did the custom
wiring for this system by modifying an alarm system that originally had
the alarm, reset button and switches in one box. I prefer my
arrangement to a keypad because it looks good and is unintrusive, it
is convenient, it is simpler than a keypad and the switches and LEDs
are already wired into the wall.
Do any of the current alarm systems allow this kind of setup; most
importantly, can the alarm be reset (return to armed or off mode after
an alarm has been triggered) by hard wiring a remote momentary contact
switch to two terminals on the panel? I have read installation manuals
for a few ADCs and others and they don't appear to have terminals to
support a simple reset button. The instruction manual for a wired Safe
House 450 suggests it might, but it is unclear and that's an old
system.
I know I will miss out on a lot of bells and whistles if I don't have a
keypad, but I don't need them. I don't need multiple zones either, but
wouldn't mind having them. A hard wired system or a wireless system
would be okay but my first choice would be a hybrid.
Can anybody suggest an alarm system that will permit me to do this? I
want something reasonablly simple but I will buy something more
sophisticated if that's what it takes to get a system that will permit
me to set it up the way I described.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
toggle swich near the entry, and reset (siren stopped and returned to
armed or unarmed, depending on the toggle switch position) using a well
hidden but conveniently located momentary contact switch. Also next to
the toggle switch were two LEDs - one lighting when the alarm was armed
and the other lighting when an alarm was or had been triggered. The
console was hidden in another part of the house. I did the custom
wiring for this system by modifying an alarm system that originally had
the alarm, reset button and switches in one box. I prefer my
arrangement to a keypad because it looks good and is unintrusive, it
is convenient, it is simpler than a keypad and the switches and LEDs
are already wired into the wall.
Do any of the current alarm systems allow this kind of setup; most
importantly, can the alarm be reset (return to armed or off mode after
an alarm has been triggered) by hard wiring a remote momentary contact
switch to two terminals on the panel? I have read installation manuals
for a few ADCs and others and they don't appear to have terminals to
support a simple reset button. The instruction manual for a wired Safe
House 450 suggests it might, but it is unclear and that's an old
system.
I know I will miss out on a lot of bells and whistles if I don't have a
keypad, but I don't need them. I don't need multiple zones either, but
wouldn't mind having them. A hard wired system or a wireless system
would be okay but my first choice would be a hybrid.
Can anybody suggest an alarm system that will permit me to do this? I
want something reasonablly simple but I will buy something more
sophisticated if that's what it takes to get a system that will permit
me to set it up the way I described.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
