Comments on: Installing alarm sensors regarding ADT? http://seniorhomealarm.com/security-alarm/installing-alarm-sensors-regarding-adt An emergency medical alert system is a great way to keep yourself or someone you love safe. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:16:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: heavysarcasm http://seniorhomealarm.com/security-alarm/installing-alarm-sensors-regarding-adt/comment-page-1#comment-9011 heavysarcasm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:03:27 +0000 http://seniorhomealarm.com/1967/installing-alarm-sensors-regarding-adt/#comment-9011 If you are adding them to new un-used zones on your alarm panel, the zones will have to be programmed or they will probably do nothing since most installers don't activate unused zones. If you already have a motion detector, you can hook new devices in series on that existing zone and not have to program or even notify ADT of new alarm conditions. Let me know if you need technical advice on how to wire them in. EDIT; Wireless is a different story. The sensors need to be individually programmed into the system. Do you have the installer level programming code and a programming guide? Installers don't usually give them up. I don't work with ADT's central station much, but you should be able to test the sensor after it's installed, (put system on disregard with ADT first), and call them with your account #, ask them what signal they got and ask if they can add that signal as an interior alarm condition. They should be using Contact ID format which has a pre-defined definition for each type of signal transmitted, and maybe they will automatically respond to it as an alarm point, or maybe they will be difficult like ADT has a tendency to be, and insist on having a dealer do the work and possibly charge you extra for the additional conditions. Good luck. Edit; ADT doesn't care what you do with your system as long as you continue to pay them their monitoring fees, but their Central Station may be difficult to work with. If you are adding them to new un-used zones on your alarm panel, the zones will have to be programmed or they will probably do nothing since most installers don’t activate unused zones. If you already have a motion detector, you can hook new devices in series on that existing zone and not have to program or even notify ADT of new alarm conditions.
Let me know if you need technical advice on how to wire them in.

EDIT; Wireless is a different story. The sensors need to be individually programmed into the system. Do you have the installer level programming code and a programming guide? Installers don’t usually give them up. I don’t work with ADT’s central station much, but you should be able to test the sensor after it’s installed, (put system on disregard with ADT first), and call them with your account #, ask them what signal they got and ask if they can add that signal as an interior alarm condition. They should be using Contact ID format which has a pre-defined definition for each type of signal transmitted, and maybe they will automatically respond to it as an alarm point, or maybe they will be difficult like ADT has a tendency to be, and insist on having a dealer do the work and possibly charge you extra for the additional conditions.
Good luck.

Edit; ADT doesn’t care what you do with your system as long as you continue to pay them their monitoring fees, but their Central Station may be difficult to work with.

]]> By: ronnny http://seniorhomealarm.com/security-alarm/installing-alarm-sensors-regarding-adt/comment-page-1#comment-9012 ronnny Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:03:27 +0000 http://seniorhomealarm.com/1967/installing-alarm-sensors-regarding-adt/#comment-9012 Just wire them in if you know how and look to see if it needs programmed. You should have paperwork on how to do this. if there is not enough ports then you can always series sensors. rd Just wire them in if you know how and look to see if it needs programmed. You should have paperwork on how to do this. if there is not enough ports then you can always series sensors.

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