I am very new to Z-wave. I will be building a new home and in addition to wiring it for Internet and cable, I want to begin installing Z-wave products for home automation and security. I currently live in a home where we have a FrontPoint security system. It is great, but requires a monthly fee. If I am rafting a river and out of cell coverage, I know that if there is a breaking and FrontPoint can’t reach me, they will call local law enforcement for a check.
From what I can tell from reading and Youtube videos, the Z-wave security systems using the Vera controllers will notify me if there is an intrusion. The problem is that there are times that I am not within cell coverage. Does anyone know if there is a way to have a Z-wave system notify law enforcement, or someone else besides me, if there is a breakin?
[quote=“browntdb, post:1, topic:192625”]I am very new to Z-wave. I will be building a new home and in addition to wiring it for Internet and cable, I want to begin installing Z-wave products for home automation and security. I currently live in a home where we have a FrontPoint security system. It is great, but requires a monthly fee. If I am rafting a river and out of cell coverage, I know that if there is a breaking and FrontPoint can’t reach me, they will call local law enforcement for a check.
From what I can tell from reading and Youtube videos, the Z-wave security systems using the Vera controllers will notify me if there is an intrusion. The problem is that there are times that I am not within cell coverage. Does anyone know if there is a way to have a Z-wave system notify law enforcement, or someone else besides me, if there is a breakin?
Thanks,
Terry Brown[/quote]
Hi Terry, congratulations on your new house!
He will be offering a Central Monitoring Service to go along with your Vera system very soon. There will be a monthly service charge for this but it will do all that you asked for. Look for an annoucement in our official announcement are here in the forum and on Facebook.