Hey DIYers, Dylan here with Alarm Grid.
Today we're going to be going over how do you use a 2 gig
system without monitoring.
Now technically any system that you get
can be used without monitoring.
What monitoring is it's basically just
when you have the system sending out
a signal to a central station or to a remote application.
If it's not being monitored, the system
is basically just a local noise maker.
So it's still going to function, you
can still program it the same as you could if it was monitored.
It's going to do the same exact thing.
The only difference just to state
again is it's not going to send out a signal.
So there are some advantages and disadvantages to this.
So the disadvantages, obviously if there is an emergency,
you're not getting the signal sent out to anyone.
So no one's going to know that the alarm is going off,
no one is going to know that you would
need the authorities there unless of course you called.
So basically it's just making noise,
possibly scaring away a burglar, possibly
like if your house is close enough to neighbors
or if your sirens are loud enough,
neighbors could hear it, possibly
call the police for you.
But again, that's kind of chancy on if would
or if they could hear it.
So it's going to be basically the same when it is monitored,
be it either with remote location or central station,
difference is that a remote application will basically just
alert you on your smartphone.
They'll send you an email, a text alert, push notification,
basically saying, hey, this alarm is going off,
the sensor is tripped, in which case
you would have to call the authorities.
Or if it's monitored by a central station
that signal is going out to operators whose job it
is to basically take in the signal,
contact you or the authorities depending
on the type of situation, and then basically dispatch out
for you and make sure that you're OK.
So with monitoring, as well as non-monitoring,
there are positives and negatives.
So the positives, like I mentioned,
is obviously you're getting this sent out
to someone who can call the authorities for you if it
is an emergency situation and you're
unable to do so yourself.
Disadvantage is that if there is no emergency
your signal is still going out.
So if you accidentally come in the door, accidentally
trip off a panic, don't disarm the system in time where
the signal does go out, central station has gotten the signal,
they're reacting, they're contacting the authorities.
That's possibly a false alarm, basically meaning no emergency
but the alarm was still tripped, the authorities
were still dispatched.
Some areas do have permits for alarms that are monitored.
Basically they're for the exact mentioned situation
before, false alarms.
So if you have a false alarm, that's
the police using their time and resources to go out
to the location, to check on the system, to check on the alarm,
and make sure that there's no one on location,
you know secure the premises and all that.
For areas that have a high amount of those,
the police will issue permits, so either they
don't have to fine you or the fine is drastically reduced.
If you do have a system that is monitored
or if you're trying to get monitoring with the system,
we definitely recommend to check with your local police
department, be it either city or county, where your limits lie,
and then check with them, mention
that you're going to have a system that's
going to be monitored by a central station that can call
the authorities if needed, see if you need a permit
or if you need to register the system.
That way you can get all your things in order so when you do
get the system live, if there is a false alarm
you don't have to worry about being fined or being
fined a high amount.
Now that's essentially majority of what we can talk about.
I mean as mentioned just to go over it again,
the systems will operate the same.
So if I had my GC3 monitored and had my GC2 unmonitored,
functionality they're going to do the same thing.
Just as a reminder, the GC3, that's getting
sent out to somewhere that's going to respond to the alarm,
while the GC2 is just making noise.
If your neighbors are close enough and they hear the siren,
they can possibly call the authorities for you.
If you are on site and it's not you know such a dire emergency
where you can't reach a phone, you can contact the authorities
as well.
But if the system is monitored, you don't to worry about that.
It's getting sent out to someone so even if no one is hearing
the siren, or if there's no one around,
or if people just don't want to react,
you're still getting someone responding to that for you.
They're still going to dispatch the authorities
and then call out and make sure you're OK.
For more questions about monitoring,
or if you're just interested in more
about how the systems work, check out
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