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Honeywell 6280 Touchscreen Keypad with Voice
25 Jul 2012
The Honeywell 6280 color graphic voice touchscreen keypad (comes in 6280S which is silver or 6280W which is white around the screen). This is Honeywell's newest offering if you are looking to add a touchscreen keypad option to your Vista system. This keypad has a graphical interface that matches the icons from the Honeywell T...
DSC Alarm System Troubles
24 Jul 2012
Many people call and state that they have a trouble light or a triangle lit up on their keypad. If either of those are lit up, then your system is letting you know that something isn't right. Here is an easy way to tell what the trouble may be. On your DSC Keypad, hit " * 2 " Zone light will turn on showing trouble
Zone Light...
Ademco 5800MICRA Wireless Recessed Transmitter
23 Jul 2012
The Ademco 5800MICRA wireless recessed transmitter is for those people who would like a recessed wireless transmitter that is hidden from plain site. This device also helps save against voiding the warranty on your vinyl windows because you can shallow recess it without having to drill into anything. A lot of people like the ...
LT Security IR Illuminator Lamp
19 Jul 2012
The LT Security IR Illuminator Lamp is a powerful way to extend any IR surveillance camera's night vision range! A lot of people aren't happy with just 30' of night vision that you get with standard IR surveillance cameras. If you mount your surveillance cameras to your house and you want to see the road at night, the road ma...
We have had quite a few people calling in to ask whether the new Lynx Touch panels, the L5000 & L5100, will call out for self-monitoring purposes. Honeywell has been telling people that these panels will not do this. But we have tested this out here in the office and we do know for a fact that both of these panels will ca...
The new Z-Wave Control Communication Module for L5100 is a Z-Wave controller that was made especially for the Lynx Touch L5100 Wireless Alarm System. The L5100-ZWAVE will let you add home automation devices to your Lynx Touch L5100 so that you can schedule different events in the home when you are away such as turning lights ...
If you have already exhausted the power output of terminals 3 & 4 on your Vista control panel then you can use trigger output 17 on your Vista board to trigger 1 additional siren by doing the following. You will need the wiring harness used for this purpose. The part number is Honeywell 4120TR:
Hook the negative of the s...
Now you all may very familiar with GSM cellular communication for alarm system from your dealings with these systems in the past, but Honeywell is changing the game with their new GSMVLP5-4G GSM Cellular Communicator. This new cell communicator for the Lynx Touch L5100 is used to send signal to a central station monitoring se...
The DSC Power Series hardwire systems, like all systems have limits to their output used for sirens and strobes. You are limited to no more than 2 amps short-term draw with a good backup battery. Short term means during a reasonable alarm period. I’d recommend keeping your bell cutoff time to under 5 minutes to stay within th...
The DSC PC4020NK MAXSYS 16-128 zone control panel with cabinet is DSC's offering for commercial appliances. The system can handle access control, security, and automation. This control starts out with 16 on-board hardwire zones and can be expanded up to 128 with zone expansion cards. It can also accommodate 1,500 user codes/...
The new Honeywell Lynx Touch L5100 is the upgrade to Honeywell's Lynx Touch L5000 panel and it's what a lot of people having been waiting for! The newest upgrade in the Lynx family will let anyone use the absolute latest in security, home automation, and monitoring options. The display on the L5100 has been upgraded to resemb...
SIL-SK4 4 zone Fire Alarm Control Panel
17 May 2012
The Silent Knight SIL-SK4 4 zone Fire Alarm Control Panel is our newest offering for a total fire control system. The SIL-SK4 is great if you need a commercial grade fire alarm system. This features a 4-zone control board with a built-in annunciator built into the cabinet. You can attach any number of normally open fire detec...