Recent content by Purplesquare

Hi, Can't read the writing on your drawings as it's way too small! However ... your telephone line installation is a mess - probably entirely due to the age and structure of the building. You could spend time online finding out how to resolve this but the upshot is that your builder has...

Hi guys, I'm installing an alarm panel. It needs an unswitched fused spur. I've never used these before although I am an electrically competent DIY-er. In terms of neatness of finish would it be better to use a spur faceplate with cable exit from the bottom, or one with cable entry...

Ok, so your computer is cabled to a router presumably? If that is the case, is there a spare outlet on the router and if so can you plug the device into it? This will give you physical connectivity. We've then got to deal with logical connectivity. If the device is on 192.168.5.x and...

Ah cool. So I was vastly over-complicating things then!!! :lol: Cheers!

Right. That makes sense!! Why doesn't it say that in the manual?! So on that note then can you have it set to timed for a part-set and final door set for a full-set? Otherwise that'd necessitate opening and closing the front door for a part-set ... which seems kinda illogical!

Hi folks, I am in the midst of planning my alarm design/programming and will be using a Texecom Premier Elite 24 panel. The parts are on order and should be here soon! I have confused myself a bit by reading the manual and looking at Wintex. I wonder if any of you can offer any...

Ok, thanks. So accepting that no pet friendly PIR is perfect, which ones in people's opinions are the best/optimal/least likely to false detect? The house is pre-wired, I'm not sure I'd want to run extra cabling for beam sensors.

Ok, thanks guys. I was just trying to determine whether to believe the hype or not. 'Not!' seems to be the answer :-D This may require a bit of a re-think then as the layout of the house doesn't really lend itself to securing the cats out of the way.

Yeah, I had read that in several places. However! :shock: If you read Bosch's blurb (and I appreciate it is just blurb) it says: "When pet immunity is turned on, the detector can distinguish between signals caused by humans and signals caused by pets. It ignores signals caused by one or...

Hello all, First post here although I have been trawling the forums for information recently. I am hoping that I can ask a couple of questions of the security experts reading this, or indeed any knowledgeable DIY-ers! So basically a very common story - I have moved into a new build...