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mdf290
so why use wireless ?But these are NOT mobile
You have admitted that there are some aspects of the system that you do not fully understand. ( as mdf290 and yaleguy ).and my 4 years working with these EXACT systems probably trumps your experience of them specifically.
No matter how much experience you have of this system or any other system the facts are that the regulations for licence exempt short range radio devices and the need for long battery life DO compromise the functionality of ALL wireless linked systems compared to hard wired systems.
if you were more publically open to the dis-advantages of the one way wireless systems you advocate there would be no need to point out the dis-advantages you ignore to people who have or are contemplating installing such a system.So shall we pass on your repetative trolling?
Bernard if anyone of my installations over the last 4 years had proved to be problematical due to inteference then I would agree with you. As it is with careful installation you can work round any problems.
The reason people like wireless is because its fitted without disrupting the home or decor. Very few people I visit actually have a carpet to hide wires under.
If this thread was about a system with obvious wireless related problems then fine join in but no instead you join every Yale thread even if the problems are not related to the system being wireless just to suggest that the systems could fail and yet without any proof other than one story which could have been foreseen if the owners had any common sense or asked the right questions.
In reality the only wireless issues I have come accross are just local ones like proximity to a router or wireless phone base station or metalwork within PVC doors.
You admit you had to solve problems with MOBILE systems but you don't then acknowledge that if you set up a static system and it works correctly then it is likely to do so for the forseable future unless either the system is not maintained or there is a change of physical circumstances.
in short - you are trolling.
edited to add - you don't actually suggest any remedies for people like moving the sensor to a different location etc instead you just harp on in the usual 'should have gone to specsavers' mode making a generalisation about the systems POTENTIAL weakness even if there has been no suggestion of an occurance in the post (as in this one).
Do you habit a load of other forums too?
Perhaps you troll the Mini Forums telling people they should have bought a real BMW or the Blackberry forums telling people they should have bought an Iphone.
These systems ARE NOT CRITICAL!! worse case scenario is that someone ends up claiming on their insurance for a new iphone or laptop and perhaps a replacement door lock. They are systems to give some protection and peace of mind to homeowners.
NO alarm no matter how sophisticated will prevent a break in.
All alarms can do is notify neigbours in the hope that someone sees something that may be useful in catching a thief. The criminals in most cases are gone long before even the police turn up.
In short any alarm Yale ADT or otherwise tells would be burglars that the property has an alarm.
After that it is then the decision of the burglar to decide whether to try somewhere else or not.
In 84% of cases they do.
Thankyou.