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Bought house with Vista-10SE: want system to page my cell phone

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Bruce Lester

Jan 1, 1970
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I recently bought a house with a Vista-10SE security system. The former
owner used ADT for monitoring at something like $ 30/ month. I don't want
to pay a monthly fee for monitoring - at least not until we have kids or the
neighborhood changes.

Since I assume that the system dials a phone number for fire or break in, I
am wondering if it can be programmed to either just call my cell phone or
send a page with some basic information.

I have a PC running Windows XP with a modem if that is required for
programming the system.

I found a product brochure on Ademco's web site but know little else about
it.

Does anyone know where I could find more information on the Vista-10SE and
if paging is possible?

Thanks!
 
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Jakes452

Jan 1, 1970
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My God ..are you nuts!...... might as well post your credit card number, you
pin and
whetever else you want protected if you use someone from this group! If your
familys saftey is a concern...DO NOT USE THIS GROUP FOR
ADVISE OR GIVE OUT ANY INFORMATION. If you deal with someone from this
newsgroup you better keep one eye
open while your sleep at night! this is the worse place to look for info
for your home security. This group is a hive of activity to get your
confidence then rip your off. Get "help" from here and next think your
house is
cleaned out and inexplicably your alarm didnt work......or worse.....
Be very very careful using this group.
Be sure to closely investigate (primarily if you
buy online) any of the online alarm seller, especially if they claim a ASA
certification, a totally false and misleading certification (see that
later). You wouldn't want to buy from someone whose sideline is
understanding your alarm system for the purpose of exploiting it later
byknowing your codes or maintenance access numbers. Be wary of those who do
not have a brick and mortar store.

When I was shopping and using this newsgroup some online dealers advertised
a ASA certification with a picture of a ASA emblem shown on their website.
It gives a good first impression but when you look into it you find out that
it was nothing more then some....guy.... creating a website to supposedly
post complaints, with no entries of complaints or follow-through. It was
analogous to someone flashing a police badge that turns out to be fake. The
ASA moniker is a badge without any accreditation and surely this is
misleading and a scam.

Some of the free advice you get is not because of someone's unselfish need
to make the world a better place to live. Most are giving you advice on the
hope of getting a sale or...."other" information. Listen but don't act on
the advice until you can confirm or gain some trust in the source by
researching them.

Sometimes you can learn a lot about sellers by plugging in email address or
screenname into a Google search of past news postings. You will be
surprised, .....no..MAKE THAT SHOCKED....AND I MEAN SHOCKED!!!!..... at what
you find out about those offering to outfit your alarm. How can our legal
system let these type of people sell home security!!!!!

This is a very unregulated online business, and especially risky for
something as important as YOUR HOME security.

good luck....and go talk to someone reputible.
 
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Rob Houston

Jan 1, 1970
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Bruce:

You can "sort of" have the Vista-10SE send you a page. I say "sort of"
because the Vista 10SE doesn't support paging. When I had the Vista10SE in
my previous house, I had it connected to my second phone line, and I
programmed the panel to page me when it went into alarm (it was monitored,
so it paged me after calling the monitoring service). When my cell phone
was paged, it would ring and I had my second number identified on the cell
phone as "alarm", so when a call from "alarm" came in, I knew the alarm had
gone off. I also had the optional telephone access system on my Vista 10SE,
so it was then a simple matter to use my cell phone to call into the panel,
see what was going on, and reset it, if necessary. It was a terrific
convenience.

Good luck,

Rob
 
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Mark Leuck

Jan 1, 1970
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The Vista-10SE does indeed support paging, the original Vista-10 did not
 
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