Tom Booth Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Fellow 6 users of trials forum, I need assistance. I'm fitting an alarm at my business unit that has the capability to call a few numbers of the alarm goes off. My unit doesn't have a landline and I'm not interested in having one as it will only be used for the alarm. I need something to connect via a standard phone cable that will send the signal for me as a landline would. I've found a few options but they're all stateside and I'm not 100% sure that's what I'll need. If anyone can give me some guidance on this it would be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Question.... If I bought a standard household phone that accepts a SIM card, then plugged the alarm into that, would that be any different? The alarm is programmed with the number to call so as long as the phone acts as a transmitter it should work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 7 now. So the alarm unit has a cable with a phone jack on it, and it wants to be plugged into a BT phone socket? But you don't have a phone line so you want a pretend phone socket that actually has a sim card in it? I have never come across one of those... Does the unit itself not take a sim card? Sounds like it might be easier to return what you have and order one with a built in sim card reader. I have no idea why but I was looking at them on aliexpress the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Least productive morning but somehow satisfying.. http://www.adventcontrols.co.uk/gsm-auto-dialer.html Advantage is that's even the Yale alarm I'm fitting! I did look at GSM alarms, but for something branded such as Yale it gets pretty pricey. There is other alarms around the £200 that start with a single PIR and door sensor but they're unbranded which puts me off a little. In reality my unit is 15 minutes from my house, about 2 miles from anything else so the alarm will hardly be a deterrent and the 15 minute drive gives them long enough to grab and get out but every little helps I suppose. Glad I just fitted a metal door and frame though, if it's ever needed that should slow them down quite a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 That thing looks pretty cool. I like that you configure it by sending it text messages, neato. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 I think BT provide these. We've had two at work that I know of (search BT redline/redcare). One was/is attached to the fire and intruder alarm so it calls when the alarm is triggered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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