Hi all,
I'm new here but have read various posts regarding the yale 6400 alarm which I have just bought and will be installing hopefully this week, I just have a few questions to ask that will confirm my ideas for this installation.
If there are any other pointer to look out for, do’s and don’ts I would appreciate it.
I have a number of concerns with regards to door sensors/PIR locations which I will probably cover in up and coming posts but one of my initially concerns is the positioning of the control panel and the connections to it. I am very much under the impression that in life if a clever burglar really wants to get in somewhere they will but for the general petty criminal which are far more common I do believe these alarms could alert to these crimes or even put them off in the first place.
If a burglar is going to cut the phone line to your property to stop the telephone communication then he will and therefore any form of hiding the connection to the control panel or the incoming socket will not prevent this, now I believe that loss of phone line will not trigger an alarm am I right? I have read that it is a good idea to mount the main panel in a remote location (back of a cupboard or out of sight) other than immediately through the door and to use a wireless control pad for arm/disarm mounted on entrance for ease, which is all well and good. However I don’t completely understand this theory unless a few points are confirmed,
• Situation 1 - If a burglar has accessed the control panel without triggering a sensor (I understand that this shouldn’t be the case) but if he does and manages to cut the power and or phone line would this trigger an alarm, as mains power is lost?
• Situation 2 - If a burglar has triggered an alarm and is currently in the period of time (20 seconds) countdown to alarm sounding, if he was to cut the phone line and or power would the unit still alarm?
• Situation 3 - Now this is the only time that I could see remote mount of the control panel a benefit, as situation 2’s but the burglar just smashes the control unit? will the unit alarm? Is the answer yes due to the tamper sensor?
I’m trying to consider the various possibilities for my control unit mounting location as ideally I need arm/disarm ability just through the door at an easy location as otherwise the girlfriend probably wouldn’t use it. Also if I can get away without buying additional accessories, i.e. wireless pad, keyfob’s, etc I will. I just wanted to understand if there is a point to hiding the unit or not by the answers to my points above, as I’m sure my house like many others there is easy access to the fuse box and the incoming phone line junction as they are right by the front door so is there a point to hiding the controller?
Many thanks in advance
jon
I'm new here but have read various posts regarding the yale 6400 alarm which I have just bought and will be installing hopefully this week, I just have a few questions to ask that will confirm my ideas for this installation.
If there are any other pointer to look out for, do’s and don’ts I would appreciate it.
I have a number of concerns with regards to door sensors/PIR locations which I will probably cover in up and coming posts but one of my initially concerns is the positioning of the control panel and the connections to it. I am very much under the impression that in life if a clever burglar really wants to get in somewhere they will but for the general petty criminal which are far more common I do believe these alarms could alert to these crimes or even put them off in the first place.
If a burglar is going to cut the phone line to your property to stop the telephone communication then he will and therefore any form of hiding the connection to the control panel or the incoming socket will not prevent this, now I believe that loss of phone line will not trigger an alarm am I right? I have read that it is a good idea to mount the main panel in a remote location (back of a cupboard or out of sight) other than immediately through the door and to use a wireless control pad for arm/disarm mounted on entrance for ease, which is all well and good. However I don’t completely understand this theory unless a few points are confirmed,
• Situation 1 - If a burglar has accessed the control panel without triggering a sensor (I understand that this shouldn’t be the case) but if he does and manages to cut the power and or phone line would this trigger an alarm, as mains power is lost?
• Situation 2 - If a burglar has triggered an alarm and is currently in the period of time (20 seconds) countdown to alarm sounding, if he was to cut the phone line and or power would the unit still alarm?
• Situation 3 - Now this is the only time that I could see remote mount of the control panel a benefit, as situation 2’s but the burglar just smashes the control unit? will the unit alarm? Is the answer yes due to the tamper sensor?
I’m trying to consider the various possibilities for my control unit mounting location as ideally I need arm/disarm ability just through the door at an easy location as otherwise the girlfriend probably wouldn’t use it. Also if I can get away without buying additional accessories, i.e. wireless pad, keyfob’s, etc I will. I just wanted to understand if there is a point to hiding the unit or not by the answers to my points above, as I’m sure my house like many others there is easy access to the fuse box and the incoming phone line junction as they are right by the front door so is there a point to hiding the controller?
Many thanks in advance
jon
