This web site is aimed at providing information to Consumers, Dealers and Centrals where there is no facility to receive signals into the Monitoring Center via IP.
If you would like to look into providing native IP Solutions to your subscribers, the please visit the main IP Alarms web site for further information related to Dealers & Centrals.
Dealer Considerations when Evaluating IP Solutions
A quick read of any universal IP dialler capture device manual should be all that's required to make the majority of Dealers think twice about upgrading their panels to IP. It really doesn't have to be that complicated!
IP Alarms operate a Dealer-friendly device setup web site as part of our Linksys Alarm Monitoring Solution where entering two settings, the MAC address & IP address of the device, is usually all that is required to get you going. All that remains is to connect a phone cable to the Linksys device, plug it into the modem/router, power it up and start testing. If your Monitoring Center carry out the above steps for you - you really do have yourself a "plug & play" IP Monitoring Solution.
Calculate the cost savings you will make on hardware, technician training and installation time and you will realise that you would be making a sound commercial decision by choosing the Linksys IP Monitoring Solution.
Monitoring Center Considerations when Evaluating IP Solutions
Providing an IP receiver from manufacturer X to receive signals from panels made by manufacturer X is fine, however, you have to give careful consideration as to how you will receive signals from every other make of alarm panel using a diverse range of protocols. This will usually involve the use of a universal IP dialler capture device which can work out to be quite expensive for your Dealers and Subscribers. If they consider the upgrade to be too expensive, they may decide to cease monitoring or look for cheaper solutions elsewhere. Neither option is good for business.