rontalley
May 30, 2017, 1:19pm
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This post lays it out. Including monitoring fees and everything. Can’t see it getting any more cheaper than this and the contact sensors are dirt cheap as they are nothing but magnets. YMMV but this is the route I took.
Yep, ADT doesn’t really make alarms - they just install DSC’s and change the installer code to something else to make your life a living hell (LOL) but you can find the typical codes they use on the net so it’s not the end of the world…haha. Swapping one DSC board with another is also a pretty easy job so if the board is slightly older, you can upgrade it without too much hassle if you’re not afraid of re-programming the new board. It’s maybe an hour or two of work at most.
it’s not 100% guaranteed that you have a DSC though, i imagine what you get with ADT depends largely on the area and what they’re currently offering…
If you have a DSC or honeywell panel, there’s already existing integrations into smartthings, you just need to buy an EVL-3 or EVL-4, assuming you have the right panel t…
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