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RE: [ECS] DSC Power832 Alarm System Kevin Keast Sat, 19 Feb 2000 09:39:47 -0500

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Hi Jerry,

I too would be interested in that, especially if it could tell me when a
particular zone tripped offline.  I would think that you might be able to
send the information coming in on the com port to a text file that can be
parsed/read for the information you want.  I would definitely program the
DSC to only report a few things so you are not overwhelmed with data coming
in over this.

Let us all know how this goes.  Sounds great.

Hey, would anyone be interested in maybe a DSC 832 Application Notes
document or web site?  I just might get ambitious enough to do something
like that.

Good Luck

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From:	nitewind@bellsouth.net [mailto:nitewind@bellsouth.net]
Sent:	Tuesday, February 15, 2000 7:17 PM
To:	ECS
Subject:	[ECS] DSC Power832 Alarm System

Hi all,

I have the DSC Power 832 alarm, and have a PC5400 serial printer
interface hooked up to it.  Apparently it will report who has attempted
to arm/disarm the system.  I would like to use this information to
provide access control to my home.  Since I have never used ECS to
monitor activity on a serial port, how do I go about getting ECS to use
that information.  I have set a serial-byte item to the COM port used by
the DSC, but don't really know where to go from there.  Anyone who has
tried this?? Tips would be appreciated.

Hopefully this will allow me to control who/when enters the house (like
cleaning lady and/or her "representative" on Fridays only!!), but will
also provide a little more reliability when it comes to reporting alarm
system status, versus the X10 outputs I'm currently using.

Thanks for your help!

Jerry

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