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I am user FrankGrimes on that thread and am considering purchasing Comfort (based on excellent advice from wexfordman).
Alarm installers on that thread are highlighting a potential deficiency in Comfort vs standard alarm panels (in Ireland HKC is most prevalent player): HKC alarms allow both Gross and Pulse settings to be configured:
If a single large blow is detected above the acceptable Gross level, the alarm will sound (e.g. set it high enough to ignore wind, but low enough to detect a hammer strike).
If a single blow is below the acceptable Gross level, but is followed by further soft blows (below Gross level) within a certain timeframe, then the alarm will sound. This is controlled by the Pulse setting and being able to configure it is important for avoiding false alarms caused by recurring gusts of wind etc.
Assuming we are talking about shock sensors without inbuilt processors (as one imagines it’s more time consuming to trial-and-error test these by having to walk to each one and adjust settings on it directly e.g. by dip switches):
1. Can Comfort detect and differentiate between Gross and Pulse attacks?
2. Can the thresholds for both these type of attacks be configured in the Comfigurator software?
3. Is any additional hardware (e.g. a separate shock sensor analyzer board) required to provide this functionality (and if so, what hardware is recommended)?
Rather than try interpret whether your previous response addresses the above, it would be great to avoid any possible ambiguity: I hope the answers confirm this functionality is provided by Comfort as this will help ensure it is regarded as on par with the main alarm panels in Ireland (and is then strongly differentiated by its fantastic automation capabilities). Since becoming aware of it, both my electrician/alarm installer brother-in-law and close friend builder are very interested in learning more and possibly adopting it in their jobs - I reckon the more people find out about how powerful it is, the more adoption there will start to be in Ireland. And I’m very much looking forward to getting to grips with it myself! Thanks
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