Old ADT System

[juskom95]

If there are DIPs in the old ADT stuff ya might beable to use em with the simplysafe... all that crap has its own band. Some of the Leviton and Dx stuff has its own protocol but the cheap stuff just changes freqs... like the old Garage Doors.

I could hard wire them together, but the ADT system is old and unreliable, why I'm getting rid of it.

I did purchase the separate panel & box, so I have access to the 'brain,' to reprogram it.

Or I might just give it away or sell it, as my biggest problem was the ADT monitoring service, not the hardware (except the motion sensor, stupid lying salesman!!!!)

[Walter Tyler]

https://www.fortresssecuritystore.com/

I use this... easily modded.
Blue Iris and VeraEdge.
It is CHEAP and with the right antennas I have motion sensors in bird houses 300yds LOS away.
Camera takes a pic and texts it to me... NO MONTHLY CHARGES.

But alas, it sounds like you already have the Simplysafe.

https://threatpost.com/hack-disarms-...ystems/116334/

Not that ANY of them are any more solid.

[dudeman]

I bought one of those ADT signs you stick in your yard at a garage sale for $2. Its probably almost as effective as having a security system.

[juskom95]

https://www.fortresssecuritystore.com/

I use this... easily modded.
Blue Iris and VeraEdge.
It is CHEAP and with the right antennas I have motion sensors in bird houses 300yds LOS away.
Camera takes a pic and texts it to me... NO MONTHLY CHARGES.

But alas, it sounds like you already have the Simplysafe.

https://threatpost.com/hack-disarms-...ystems/116334/

Not that ANY of them are any more solid.

That is an old method and works on any wireless FOB control. Cars, garage doors, security systems, computer logins etc. Give me the right tools, and I could/can get into your home or car easily.

This is why security is about layers. (Did I make a thread about it once?)

-Motion lights/signs/other deterrents (thorn bushes/poison ivy)
-CCTV (with alarms)
-Security System
-Reinforced Doors
-Dogs
-Firearms

[Walter Tyler]

That is an old method and works on any wireless FOB control. Cars, garage doors, security systems, computer logins etc. Give me the right tools, and I could/can get into your home or car easily.

This is why security is about layers. (Did I make a thread about it once?)

-Motion lights/signs/other deterrents (thorn bushes/poison ivy)
-CCTV (with alarms)
-Security System
-Reinforced Doors
-Dogs
-Firearms

I Have a MOAT

Yep Layers... I know that you know what you are doin.

[juskom95]

I Have a MOAT

Last time someone tried to break in (set off the alarm) I got there before the police did anyway. They managed to get the door open far enough to set off the alarm, but that was it.

Yep Layers... I know that you know what you are doin.

Or just fake it well.


EDIT: Oh, and for the moat.

[juskom95]

Walter Tyler,

You gave me a good idea. I'm going to leave all of my ADT signs up when I swap out the system. A little bit of 'social engineering,' there. If they don't know what type of system I have . . . hard to manipulate it!

[Walter Tyler]

Walter Tyler,

You gave me a good idea. I'm going to leave all of my ADT signs up when I swap out the system. A little bit of 'social engineering,' there. If they don't know what type of system I have . . . hard to manipulate it!

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