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Hi All!  This should be a good one.  We don't have internet at our vacation home.  But we want to be able to flip one particular switch in the house remotely a few times a year.  I'm looking for a cost effective way to do so, considering initial set-up cost and costs over the next 10 years.  ...

Ok.  Let's say that I'm out of town for a month.  During that time, I get a failure that causes an alarm.  My monitoring company/app only allow me to arm and disarm the entire system.  I cannot bypass a zone remotely.     With a faulted zone, I don't think I will be able to rearm the system...

Hi All!   I bought a temperature sensor to monitor my refrigerator when I am out of town for extended periods.  I selected zone type 8 for this zone.     Assign to a zone containing an emergency button, or to a zone containing monitoring devices such as water or temperature sensors. • Sends...

I'm off to a really slow start on my diy Vista 15P upgrade project.  I can't find the answers to any of my questions on the net anywhere.  I hope someone here can help.   I bought an FG-730 wired glass break sensor to add to my existing Vista 15P.  The house is pre-wired for the sensor (4 wire)...

Hi All!   What is the zone 4 drawing on this diagram supposed to represent?  There is nothing on the 20p in our house that appears to be wired like this.  http://www.myalarmguy.net/h3.html   It shows 2 closed switches and 1 open  switch.  They are all in series.  The open switch has a resistor...

Hi All!  I have a Vista 15P with a 4219 zone expander.  I found a device called Ademco TS300.  It looks like it is exactly what I was looking for to give me an indication that either my heater or ac has failed while I am out of town.  I can find the installation manual, but it doesn't have any...

Hey All! We're getting ready to set up things at a vacation home. We're looking at using a mobile hotspot for internet, and we wouldn't have a land line. That would mean we would have to use a cellular service for security. Can folks point me in the right direction for where I should look...

I am considering installing a very basic INSTEON system because of the amount of time I spend away from home. I would like to find an inexpensive way to figure out if my a/c and heat are working correctly. I know what my hi and lo temperature setpoints are on my thermostat, so if I can...