Home Security Monitoring – Protecting the Life Blood Your Alarm System
Home Security Monitoring
Protecting the life blood of your security system The Phone Line
Security systems use the home telephone line to transmit alarm signals to the central monitoring station. This is accomplished by connecting a 4-conductor wire between the security panel and the main phone company’s box.
It is very important that the connection is made the right way to achieve what is called line seizure. It ensures that a dial tone is available for the security system to call out on . Without line seizure a burglar could cause a busy signal by calling the home or by taking the phone of the hook. This would keep the company providing your home security service from receiving any signals.
The alarm technician is supposed to connect the incoming telephone line to the security panel first and then feed the home phone line from the security panel. You should double check to see if this has been done
Have you recently changed to phone service to VOIP?
A call to the alarm company is needed to check the phone connection to the security panel. Many...