07-27-2011, 11:36 AM
Hello all!
happy to pick up an old thread, but this is a flaming issue!! When a prospective client comes to see Comfort, first question is: can I replace my old alarm panel with this?
My answer right now is : \"Yes but with some additional cabling...\" : wrong answer, in existing houses you dont want to rip out existing cabling and start cabling all over the place...
The reason is most alarm cablings are cost-centric: as little wire as possible, run the same loop all over the perimeter etc etc.
1-wire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Wire) would be an ideal candidate for bus sensors. Low powered sensors are its main focus. just a pair of wires (signal & ground) to talk to devices up to 1000m away. with power coming in from Comfort\'s battery it should be easy doing it
I\'m not sure about standards compliance though, I don\'t know what timing limitations or encryption/tampering prevention functions should be implemented.
happy to pick up an old thread, but this is a flaming issue!! When a prospective client comes to see Comfort, first question is: can I replace my old alarm panel with this?
My answer right now is : \"Yes but with some additional cabling...\" : wrong answer, in existing houses you dont want to rip out existing cabling and start cabling all over the place...
The reason is most alarm cablings are cost-centric: as little wire as possible, run the same loop all over the perimeter etc etc.
1-wire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Wire) would be an ideal candidate for bus sensors. Low powered sensors are its main focus. just a pair of wires (signal & ground) to talk to devices up to 1000m away. with power coming in from Comfort\'s battery it should be easy doing it
I\'m not sure about standards compliance though, I don\'t know what timing limitations or encryption/tampering prevention functions should be implemented.
