A growing number of monitoring subscribers are refusing to rely a hundred percent on a single communication path and are insisting on a wireless backup path for their Alarm Monitoring service.
IP Alarms have developed a range of wireless Cellular backup devices for Cell-Only and Dual-Path monitoring solutions.
Encrypted GPRS
Sometimes a DSL or cable internet connection is simply not possible and this is where our GPRS products come into their own.
804G
The onboard Wavecom GPRS modem transports AES encrypted alarm signals to the server in 2-5 seconds. A five minute supervision interval is possible on a 1 mByte per Month data plan.
Full End-Unit status report on each Supervision signal, including I/O status, Power & Battery status, and GSM Received Signal Strength (RSSI) at the End-Unit.
Full Upload/Download of all Parameters and Status Request Report - over the GPRS channel.
8 individually programmable Inputs
Remote Control of End-Unit outputs via the GPRS channel.
Contact ID Dialer Capture with 804GP.
CellAlarm SMS - Cellular Alarm Communicator
The CellAlarm SMS is an alarm communication device that transmits messages to the Monitoring Center over the Cellular GSM Network using SMS. It is generally used as a secondary backup device for alarm monitoring, however, it can just as easily be used as the primary device for cell-only monitoring applications. It interfaces with ANY alarm control panel that has programmable outputs or relays. There is no recurring fee for this device and the only ongoing cost is that charged by the GSM network provider of your choice for their SIM card.
CellAlarm GPRS - Cellular Internet Alarm Communicator
The CellAlarm GPRS is an alarm communication device that connects wirelessly to the Internet via any GSM cellular network and transmits messages to the Monitoring Center using Internet protocols. It can be used for cell-only applications or as the secondary method of communication as part of a dual-path solution. The GSM modem is a TC63i (http://www.cinterion.com/tc63i.html) from Cinterion.
The Diginet v1 IP board has been in production since January 2006 so the tried and tested firmware will be transferred to the new device. The excitement at IP Alarms is based around having the new found ability to seamlessly change paths to a cellular GPRS network in the event that the IP network fails - all from a single device.
Prototypes are scheduled for September 2009 and hopefully we will be in production by the 4th quarter 2009. Please feel free to contact us if you are a manufacturing company and would like to investigate embedding our signalling technology into your products.