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I install alarms and have been using Next alarm with mixed results.  Any how I attended a show and All American Monitoring was there and there rates are so much lower but I have to do all the billing.  Is any one using them and if not who are you reselling?

I was looking at picking up another home automation line I am currently a HAI 5 star dealer here in NJ but it does not fit the needs of all my clients as well as someon the other lines. Control 4 is saturated in my area and the last 2 install I did with control 4 has been a constent headake of...

I am getting totally frustrated here. I have been doing alarms for about 15 years and have had 12 people working for me down to three now, but that is by choice. For about the past two years I have been trying to install HAI systems and others but every time I do someone under bids me on 90%...

I was just pondering we have been using upb phase couplers with limited issues the Upb repeates seems to cost about 250 at least where I get them but I would perfer to use a repeater. Is there something good and cheaper out there? Also what is the most reliable repeater. We have a coule...

I have a house we are wireing and the runs will be quite long up to maybe 500' the customer will pay for 18/4 wire but is there a need or should we just stick to the standard 22/4 for all the common sensors like occupancy/smoke/co2/motion/door etc? Anyone ever have a need to go thicker on the...

We are doing a HAI system in a house and it is a requirement in Hoboken NJ that they have a 120v Fire system. Ahhhh, PIA. So I need a 120v fire system that is zoned that can trip zones on the HAI. Any sugestions.

I found a gas valve for a master cut off but it is 1/2" all the lines into the house are 3/4. I have 2 furneses in the houwe a hot water heater and stove that all use gas. Will this cause a bottle neck? Normally I would get the bigger valve but it is about a $300 price difference. I know in...

Ok now that I installed a gas sensor the person wants a gas cut off valve (of course) like the elk water valve I need something 3/4" has anyone used one or know where to get one?

Agenst my better advice I have a customer that wants to intragrate his homelink in the car to his HAI system. He has the HAI wireless receiver but I don't think that is useful, not sure. Has anyone done this what is the most reliable way to do it?

Anyone know a cheaper option to the elk shut off valve? I have used them they are grate but seem overkill a 1" valve? Every time I plumb these in I am reducing to 3/4 or 1/2" Makes me wonder if that big of a valve is needed.

I have a customer that would like a day light sensor on his HAI pannel instead of using the clock. This way when there is a thunderstorm it would light up the house. I feel it would be simple enought 12v and a close a set of contacts but I can't find anything. Has anyone done this? Why cna't...

Some where I saw a thread on this. I want to install 2 drivway car sensors next to the drivway, which ones are good? I remember seeing some that where not to expensive that where simple tubes you burried next to the driveway. There was a thread somewhere but can't find it now.

Anyone know any options for a 12V doorbell. I routed my doorbell to my hai and am using the audio out but it is to slow by the time the speakers react. Sometimes it is 30 seconds after the door bell is pressed the annoucnment actually plays. I think this is a combo of thisgs causingthis but...

I had a trigger added to one of my pre amps so I could use it to power on other equipnemtn through a relay. The troubel is the relay I bought 70ma draw is to much for the trigger. I guess the manafacture tapped of a display circut or something. I want to sense this unit is on and since it is...

We wired the door bells in to a HAI system and found it didn't work until I added a elk 960 delay timer because a quick push of the door bell would not register. This worked now every push get acknoldged, however t takes about 2-3 seconds for the annoucment to play in the house. I think the...

I am going to have to tie in a watering system to a home automation system. Specifically a HAI system is in the house and I will have someone ditch witch the tubing but the valves and the controls are up to me. I can also use a PC to control this the important thing is that they can program it...

Silly question I am trying to talk someone through programming a hai switch and I can't remember! Anyhow if I recall you hit the switch 5 times fast to put it in set up mode. After that you should just be able to sent it a on command to program it correct? This is not working what am I doing...

We created custom door bells for a client and wired them into a zone on the HAI. Works great except you need to press the button for more than a second to trip the zone. If you do a quick press like most people would on a door bell it will not trip the zone and set off the frount door bell...

It's time to put in a camera to see who is at the frount door, is a peep hole camera the best way? If so what is a good one? It needs to be a ip camera or needs a converter. POE would be best but of course I do have 12v there if I have to. I also want the most power efficient one I can get.

I have gone down this HAI road with several installs and now with the ipad, iphone nad all these cheaper touch options comming out I have a number of requests to put some sort of real web interface on it. WL3 is just not cutting it especally on the larger installs where we have a bunch of...