Hi. I got the recommendation from reddit.
In 2015, we bought a house that was 20 years old at the time and already had an alarm system:
- motion detectors in the basement and ground floor
- contacts / detectors on all windows and doors on the ground floor - when we moved in and renovation to move in, we laid everything flush-mounted. At the moment we have defined 6 zones as far as I recall.
- 2 Keypads (Texcom Premiere LCD) on the ground floor at the entrance and on the second floor to arm the system when going to bed or leaving the house and
switching off the system when entering or getting up in the morning - a telephone module in the cellar for calling a security service, which, due to the lack of a working telephone line, we only tested using a VoIP box
but do not use it permanently
Apart from the lack of telephone functionality, the system works very well. Everything is wired momentarily and offline. The last battery replacement (apparently the battery has to be replaced every 5 to 10 years) was very expensive.
Now we would like to upgrade the existing system, at least WiFi / 4G functionality, so that we or a service yet to be defined is informed when the system goes off. Home integration / Home Assistant would of course be excellent - then all WiFi cameras placed around the house could be activated - and I could use the motion trackers for other automations.
4G would be a plus in case a burglar gets the idea to cut the power, then WiFi would be off. But as I am now deep into Home Assistant, I guess this would be sufficient.
So my questions:
- would konnected an option to upgrade or replace the system?
- what would be the steps to install it - although I am quite interested, I am for sure an amateur regarding alarm systems?
- would it be possilbe to use both home automation and the existing panels - or only one or another?
I can upload some fotos tomorrow - the keypad looks like this:
Thank you for any advice, any recommendation is highly appreciated.
Best regards
Michael
