Setting up with security system.
ThaDraGun:
Been trying for week to try to get OBI to work with my ADT security system. Can't figure out what is wrong tho. Im using voip.ms.
I have the OBI connected directly to the security box. then the security box goes to the demark point which sends it to all the jacks in the house.
All phone lines are ok. I have a Dialtone and can make and receive calls. I have an error light/beeping on my security control panel tho.
People have told me I need to make sure G711 codec is forced. How do I do that?
Rick:
Search the forums. You should NOT use VoIP with an alarm system.
Shale:
Do you have about 50 volts across the proper terminals at the box?
How do you know that you wired to the proper terminals?
What OBi do you use? The Phone 1 jack on an OBi202 will have special consideration in that both lines are on pairs on that one jack.
If you wiring is right, see http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=5409.0
ThaDraGun:
Quote from: Rick on September 04, 2013, 03:54:28 am
Search the forums. You should NOT use VoIP with an alarm system.
I know people say not to use VoIP for alarms because its not reliable..power can go out, internet can go out etc. Doesnt really matter to me. I have a battery backup and thats good enough for me.
We will probably get rid of it once the contract is done anyways.
Quote from: Shale on September 04, 2013, 06:09:26 am
Do you have about 50 volts across the proper terminals at the box?
How do you know that you wired to the proper terminals?
What OBi do you use? The Phone 1 jack on an OBi202 will have special consideration in that both lines are on pairs on that one jack.
If you wiring is right, see http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=5409.0
I think the wiring is right. In the security system box I basically unhooked where the Bell landline was connected and wired the OBi110 directly to that spot. Once I did that all the phone jacks worked. I didnt change any other wiring other then removing the outside live telephone line.
It doesnt give me an error code, but I think the error is that it just isnt seeing the phone line. Maybe its not enough power going through? I'll have to check with a volt meter later, or can it be checked through the OBi settings?
Changing that one setting to InBand didnt seem to work. I unplugged the OBi and the phone line and it still didnt work. When I changed the setting it put a red exclamation mark at DTMFMethod and DigitMap, Is that normal?
For DigitMap it changed to (1xxxxxxxxxx|<1>[2-9]xxxxxxxxx|011xx.|xx.|(Mipd)|[^*#]@@.)
When I clicked revert to OBi settings, it still has the exclamation marks.
Rick:
Quote from: ThaDraGun on September 04, 2013, 10:27:54 am
Quote from: Rick on September 04, 2013, 03:54:28 am
Search the forums. You should NOT use VoIP with an alarm system.
I know people say not to use VoIP for alarms because its not reliable..power can go out, internet can go out etc. Doesnt really matter to me. I have a battery backup and thats good enough for me.
We will probably get rid of it once the contract is done anyways.
Main issue is it won't reliably transmit to the alarm company's central station even with power.
Also, getting rid of your alarm monitoring is probably a bad idea - unless you're being ripped off on the monitoring cost. I MAKE A PROFIT each year on my alarm monitoring, I save more on my homeowner's insurance than I pay for monitoring. This year my company added discounts for leak and freeze monitoring (as well as CO but I already had that detector). I added detectors costing $20 or less each, and each saves around $50 EACH YEAR.
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