str1der Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Being that I've never heard of them before now, you can guess what the answer is... RyanEThat's a shame. I was considering it. I like the idea of the FAST technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tumult Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 it should be noted that the ge concord integration with control4 is not seamless for an END USER. It appears that the fault lies with the ge serial interface and not control4. some of the issues i've noticed in relation to having a mts is: 1) no bypass button; 2) no specific disarm button (but you can still disarm by pressing a number and then your code); 3) cannot disarm if you've set the alarm to silently alarm (5+3); 4) it takes a few steps to get to the alarm menu when the alarm is counting down... 5) no dedicated buttons for calling police, fire, etc.I only have 1 mts in place of a dedicated alarm keypad. If I had to do it over again, I would have kept the alarm keypad by the door and put the mts somewhere else.tum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Wireless sensors are typically proprietary per security manufacturer.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitzgibbon Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 It seems like alot of people here use the GE concord. We are new to control 4 and has anyone used the VISTA 128 FBP with the seiral interface module?I would like to know how this works with Control 4. The reason is this panel we use with AMX. Our company does not install security, but we have a security partner that we work with and we pass leads to one another. So if they go into a clients house and are a client who wants automation they will spec in the proper haedware before i ever talk to the client. features I am looking to support areARMDISARMBYPASS ZONESZONE STATUS FEEDBACKSUPPORTS MULTIPLY PARTITIONS WITH SAME CONTROL FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS AS MAIN PARTITIONPOLICE PANIC BUTTONFIRE PANIC BUTTONMEDICAL PANIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c44me Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I see there were no plans to integrate napco. Unfortunately my other house has a local monitoring company that is a napco dealer, and the current panel is a gemini. They have recently released a new panel called the x255:http://www.napcosecurity.com/gemx255.htmlIt looks pretty nice with RS232 and secondary paging. Has anyone integrated one of these and/or does a driver exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 No driver exists for any Napco panels at the moment.There are also no plans on the current roadmap for Control4 to develop in the near future drivers for additional panels.Sophisticated dealers could create their own two-way security drivers using DriverWorks, but not all dealers are going to have that experience.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c44me Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 thanks Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charchar Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Even with the control 4 security, do you still need an outside monitoring company like and ADT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 ? Control4 becomes an interface for security. Control4 is and should not be considered in and by itself a security system.If you so desire you can have your system notify you, or family and friends etc, if there is a problem. However Control4 (the company) or their dealers do NOT in any way MONITOR your security, do not dispatch police, fire departments and so on. Now, you NEVER have to get your security panel monitored, but if that added protection is something you want - having your security system on Control4 does not in any way replace that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I have a DSC alarm. I am not sure which model. I can bypass zones from my C4 Touchscreen and my dealer has programmed events that change when the Trouble status ends. I have never checked how the programming works (although my dealer is anti while loops, so I suspect he uses a timer that keeps resetting if the alarm is still in Trouble when the timer expires. I do know that I had to buy an extra driver to get decent functionality with my DSC. I also know that I have an IT-100. If need be I can check the DSC model number for you and how the programming has been set up in C4 over the weekend. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 What I really like about integrating your alarm with C4 is that you can add a one touch arming button to any keypad (I have this beside my bed), a panic button on any keypad (I use programming so that you have to hold the panic button for 2 seconds before the alarm goes off - keeps from accidental pressing), automaticly arm the alarm at, say 11 pm and disarm at 6 am (this means even if I forget to arm the system when I go to bed it is on every night!), have the TVs and TSs display all the CCTV for 10 minutes after the system goes in Trouble status, have the speakers (all around the house) say 'intruder alert' and turn all lights on except the bedroom lights for a few minutes after a Trouble event. C4 is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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