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10 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Buy a DIY Home Alarm System

Everyone wants to save a few dollars these days and retailers are catering to the post-economic crash consumer with various deals, incentives, and product solutions to save them money. Every industry has been influenced by this shift in buying mentality. While not paying too much for a product is very important, getting a product that is solidly built and offers you a true solution to your problem rather than a temporary Band-Aid is equally imperative. The security alarm industry has seen an increase in the number of Do-it-yourself alarm installation products. It might be tempting to skimp on the real thing and try your hand at being a security installer, but here are 10 reasons why you shouldn't buy a DIY home alarm system.

1. Honestly, how handy are you? What was the last thing you worked on around your home and how did that go? If you're a handy guy or girl maybe installing a security product will work out okay for you, but for most people placing and installing home alarm equipment even when its wireless is a daunting task. Components need to be placed properly, devices need to talk to each other to work in harmony, and if you are going to have it monitored then signals need to be sent to the central station. That sounds frustrating. Most alarm companies offer installation for free up to $99 and give you the alarm for free.

2. What will you do when a part breaks on your alarm system now or in the future? Will you be able to contact the company that sold you the system? Do they offer technical support that you can understand since you will be the on-site technician fixing the problem? What if they are out of business? In the end you might end up calling a local company and paying a service fee.

3. DIY systems are online purchases. This is your home security. Some products should be bought in person from a local company who has a local interest in your wellbeing, their company's local reputation, and fall under your local jurisdictions if you need to file a lawsuit against them for faulty workmanship.

4. Did that alarm system come with alarm monitoring? Probably not, so what good is it? Do you really think that an alarm siren will keep today's burglars at bay? Trust me it won't. Burglars are crafty. They will test your siren for a monitoring response and work through the sirens loud bells to steal from you anyhow.

5. If there is no monitoring when will the police be responding to your break-in? Without any monitoring or notification of a burglary, you won't be able to report or take any action on your robbery until you come home. By then the bad is long gone.

6. Once installed and without monitoring are you even going to set the alarm system when you leave your home or at night while you're sleeping? Statics say no. Research has shown that homeowners who have active monitoring on their alarm systems are 40% more likely to actually set and use their alarm systems compared to homeowners without working alarm monitoring.

7. Did your DIY alarm system come with window decals and yard signs from a recognizable company? Career burglars are more daring to test alarm systems, but opportunist burglars will look yard signs and decals to know if they should skip a home and move onto an easier target. We live in a branded world. It's easy to tell the difference between a large national yard sign like Monitronics or ADT's and one that you bought at Wal-Mart.

8. How much did the DIY alarm system cost? Your initial out of pocket expenses will end up running around $100-$400 dollars depending on the product type and amount of products you purchase for DIY installation. Did you know there are several large national alarm companies that will provide you with a free alarm system and install it for you in exchange for paying a monitoring service fee monthly and paying this fee for a few years like you would with your cell phone? It might seem scary but if you own your home and plan on staying for a few years it's well worth the cost. Plus, you can move your system with you or sell it to the next home buyer.

9. What did your insurance company say when you told them you installed your own alarm system and wanted an insurance discount? They probably told you to send them an insurance certificate from your alarm company. These certificates are signed and verified by security alarm dealers to ensure that consumers don't take advantage of their insurance company. That is a 15-20% home insurance deduction you are missing out on.

10. What about all the advanced security options available to consumers today? DIY systems offer little in the way of monitoring or real security protection, let alone great modern features such as alarm text and email notifications, remote arm/ disarm features, keypads with weather alerts, and the ability to control your homes energy and lighting controls from anywhere in the world. Today's alarm system does a lot more than keep the bad guys out.

Smart shoppers know that getting a deal comes with some research and conviction to ask for a deal with the company you've decided on. Instead of taking the DIY route, research several local alarm companies than decide on 1 or 2 that you would like to ask for a deal from. Most dealers will work with you on the money aspect to earn your business. So instead of spending your Sunday fighting to get an alarm system installed then being disappointed when you've paid money for a system that is useless without monitoring, how about you let the pros do it for you then take a trip with the family where you can practice arming and disarming your system on your smart phone.

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How To Start Your Car With Your Cell Phone

How to start your car from your phone?

Introduction:

In this article I will show you how to start your car from your cell phone. I already had a car starter installed in my truck years ago but the range was terrible and you had to press the button for a precise amount of time, otherwise it would just ignore it. So instead of pressing a button all day long from 10 feet away I decided I wanted to start my truck from anywhere in the world! I built this a few years ago, and some newer products have come out that integrate cell phones with vehicles, but this still works for older vehicles, and can also be adapted to many other kinds of appliances as well.

This isn't just limited to vehicles. Many DIY types have attached these to their cabin's furnace, aircraft pre-heaters, irrigation pumps on farms, servers, routers, and all sorts of other appliances and electronics.

Parts required:

Parts:

-GSM activated relay. This device will contain a SIM chip that can connect to the GSM cell phone network. It's relays must be able to be activated by phone call or text message. In my first build I used a GSM-AUTO, but found a cheaper alternative on eBay for the Quad Band version (North America) or the Dual Band (Europe, Asia, etc.). it costs around $150 which has 7 relays. Another alternative is to purchase from the online store called Relay Supply. One relay is controlled by phone call and the rest are activated by text message. The relays can be set as either momentary or latched.

-Car Starter Key Fob (the remote control thing on your keychain).

-12V DC cigarette power cord

-Small plastic bag or ESD bag.

-A few wires.

Tools:

-A few screw drivers -Soldering Iron

Step 1:

Begin with canabalizing the key fob. Instead of consuming one of my existing remotes, I turned to eBay. I found the model number of mine on the back. Its an Auto Start 05-A433. I entered this in on eBay and up popped a bunch of used key fobs that are compatible with my system. WARNING: Some of these remotes may look exactly like the one you want but they come in many revisions. Some revisions are not compatible with others. If you are not sure which to buy on eBay, try buying one new online.

You will have to sync your remote with your car starter. As all car starters and car starter installations are different, I won't go into detail on how to do this. Whoever installed your car starter can usually do it for a fee but I strongly recommend you Google for the models manual as its a rather simple process. It usually involves either depressing the hood pin in a particular fashion (a pin that detects if your hood is popped), or pressing a button on the side of the remote starters brain under your dash.

Now remove any screws from the case and pry it apart. The circuit inside and battery are not secured in any way and came out easily.

Step 2:

Find the button that corresponds to the "start" button on your remote. Some remotes can require a combination of buttons to be pressed in a certain order, or multiple buttons pressed at the same time. This can be accomplished by soldering up two connections that are both wired through the relay (for multiple button presses) or a capacitor can be added to time delay one of buttons.

The contact in the center of this picture is already powered. When a user pushes the button, the connection is made between the interlocking contacts (they look like interlocking letter E's) and the starter signal is sent. We will be soldering one wire to each corner of the contact. This takes a great deal of precision to ensure that you do not join the two contacts.

Step 3:

Next, solder a wire onto each connector that supplies power to the remote. Color coding the wires is a good idea. This remote takes a small but powerful 12V battery. Note that if your remote can not handle this high of voltage (some cigarette lighters can pump out around 15V so be sure that the remote can handle this), you will have to continue using the existing battery.

Step 4:

The GSM Relay has 7 relays. The first is controlled by phone call. When called, the relay will open for a set amount of time that can be programmed into the device by text message. Mine is set for 1200 milliseconds.

I would recommend wiring the power cables into the device first. Take the 12V DC cigarette power cord and strip the ends of the cables and slide the cable through one of the ports on the side of the device. These ports can be tightened to ensure the device is weather proof. I fed the wire through the port closest to the power connector, but if your wires are higher gauge this can be difficult. Consider running the wire through the far port. The remote key fob will remain inside the device and its wires will not be run through on of the ports.

GND (ground) is clearly marked as the top most connector. Wrap the negative (black) wire from your remote key fob around the negative cigarette power connector wire and feed it into the GND connector. Screw it down tightly to ensure a solid connection.

Wrap the positive (red) wire from your remote key fob around the positive cigarette power connector wire and insert it into the +12V connector on the GSM device. Screw it down tightly and test both wires for looseness.

Step 5:

Next, run the wires from our "start" button into the relay controlled by phone calls. Each relay is simply a pair, with the first relay being controlled by phone call, and the rest being controlled by text message. Push the wires into each connector and screw them down tightly. Remember, the remote will reside within the GSM devices case, so do not run the wire through one of the case ports.

Once this is done, consider sliding a small plastic bag or ESD bag over the remote key fob to prevent any shorts.

Step 6:

Slide back the metal bracket covering the SIM chip holder to allow it to pop up. Insert the SIM chip as shown and press it down again, securing the metal bracket to hold it down.

The GSM device has 3 LED's on it:

-One for network connectivity. This LED won't turn on for the first 10 seconds, and then will blink quite fast when the device initializes. The rapid blinking means its searching for a network to connect to. Once it establishes a connection (this will only occur if the SIM chip is a valid one and the device is in GSM range), the light will blink much slower, indicating that the connection has been made.

-One for indicating power status (blinks regularly to indicate it is powered).

-One for indicating TX or RX. Whenever the device receives or sends a text message/phone call, this light will flash.

Connect the device to your vehicles cigarette lighter! The power LED should be flashing, as should the network LED. Once the device achieves network connectivity, the flashing of the network LED should slow down.

Step 7:

Programming the device is simple. I have attached a PDF to this Instructable containing the instructions. To quickly add a phone number to the list of valid phone numbers that can call the device (also called a white list), send the following text message to the device:

#PWD123456#WHL01=0001112222

PWD is the password (which can be changed), and WHL01 is the first position in the white list. If you wanted to add a second number you would use WHL02, etc. and so forth.

The phone number to be entered should contain the area code and regular phone number with no dashes. Occasionally the international country code must be prepended to the start of the number, but try without this first.

Call the device and the first relay should loudly clack open and closed for 300 milliseconds (default length of time). The device will never pick up the phone call; rather it merely checks whether that phone number is in its white list, and then either ignores it or acknowledges it. It usually activates itself on the second ring and causes you to hear two rings to occur quickly one after another when it activates.

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Installing a Cell Phone Signal Booster - zBoost Yx510

Easy DIY Installation

Manufactured by Wi Ex, the zBoost YX510 was made for easy installation and more importantly, to effectively boost cell phone signal.

The zBoost YX510 conveniently boosts your cell phone signal without the hassle of complicated installation and instructions on how to operate it.

The ease of setting it up makes this cell phone signal booster very suitable for owners and something that can also be worth looking forward for.

DIY 4G Cell Phone Signal Booste, however; you can never go wrong in getting a few installation tips.

Before Installation

For the zBoost YX510 to give you the maximum signal that it can transmit and for it to perform at its best, there are certain factors that should be considered before setting up your repeater.

First, carefully consider the location where you will be mounting the external/signal antenna. The YX510 works by amplifying the strongest signal that it can pick up through the use of the signal antenna. Therefore, you should mount it in a location where you get the finest possible signal on hand. This location can be determined by going around your house or office. The usual places that have the highest signal strength are the roof, window or attic. Test the quality by making a call using your cell phone.

Next, check to be sure that you mount the signal antenna at least 3 feet at a distance from any metal objects which can affect or distort the signal.

Finally, make sure that the Base Unit is mounted at least 15 feet away from the external/signal antenna. If this distance is disregarded, the signal antenna and base unit can pick up each other's signal, creating a feedback loop. This abnormal activity will affect your YX510's performance and can damage your cell phone booster.

Install your zBoost YX510 and enjoy Stable Cell phone Reception

The YX510 comes with conveniently customized mounting brackets which secures your mobile phone signal booster in place. Mount your signal antenna vertically in the area that you have chosen. Note, that there should be a distance of 15 feet away from the Base Unit. Install the Base Unit away from any metal objects and in a place where you need to have the boosted signal distributed.

These tips will definitely help you in getting the best out of your mobile phone repeater. Install your YX510 according to your needs while following the manufacturer's guidelines and you'll be able to enjoy your cell phones knowing that your signal booster is at its best performance.