marvel Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 We've had some burglaries in the neighborhood and the police aren't doing a damn thing to investigate. They showed no interest in my surveillance videos of the suspects and their vehicle breaking in to two properties next door to mine. It's time for me to get a security system. My question is whether to buy something commercial or DIY my own with Insteon & my ISY994i. The features I'm looking for are: (1) Arm/disarm via password on a keypad; (2) If triggered, activate loud sirens, turn on all lights and text me. The latter is a simple matter with the hardware I've got, but I could use some help on finding a suitable keypad that can trigger arm/disarm functions on my ISY. Alternately, if there is a good commercial security system out there that can trigger Insteon scenes, that could work too. Thank you in advance for any advice you can provide!
lilyoyo1 Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 1 minute ago, marvel said: We've had some burglaries in the neighborhood and the police aren't doing a damn thing to investigate. They showed no interest in my surveillance videos of the suspects and their vehicle breaking in to two properties next door to mine. It's time for me to get a security system. My question is whether to buy something commercial or DIY my own with Insteon & my ISY994i. The features I'm looking for are: (1) Arm/disarm via password on a keypad; (2) If triggered, activate loud sirens, turn on all lights and text me. The latter is a simple matter with the hardware I've got, but I could use some help on finding a suitable keypad that can trigger arm/disarm functions on my ISY. Alternately, if there is a good commercial security system out there that can trigger Insteon scenes, that could work too. Thank you in advance for any advice you can provide! Surprised with multiple break-ins in the neighborhood they didn't do more... especially with it on video. The Elk alarm has native integration with the isy and its the one i would recommend. DSC can be added via nodeservers but I don't know much about that one. 1
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