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Posted by Frank Olson on April 13, 2007, 3:34 am
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Robert L Bass wrote:
>> Anyone see any reasons why I can't share
>> an account number at an installation where
>> there is an existing fire alarm reporting to a central station and I have
recently added a
>> separate security system.
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> One problem will be supervisory signals. If
> there's a low battery or a/c failure, for example,
> which system is in trouble?
Most systems will allow you to program your own report codes. Check the
programming manuals for Ademco/Honeywell, Napco, DSC, etc.
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> You might try talking to the central station
> sales rep. Perhaps they'll offer you a discount
> for multiple systems at the same address. We
> did that when we monitored multiple partitions,
> each with its own account number, from a
> single location. There's no standard way of
> handling the situation but it can't hurt to ask.
<snerk!>
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