How to Send a Remote Alarm

An alarm system is designed to react when someone invades the home it has been installed in. While many alarm systems sound a siren or horn, a "silent" alarm can be sent instead to law enforcement or some other suitable person miles away. Add a telephone dialing module to an existing wireless alarm system to send an alarm remotely. Security supply centers or select home and garden shops sell the device. You'll also need a few supplies from a hobby store or electronics shop.

3-foot telephone cord
Telephone module

Instructions

- 1
  Remove the telephone cable from the landline phone's base. Plug the telephone cable into the "Tel in" socket on the telephone dialing module.
- 2
  Plug an end of a telephone cord into the "Tel out" socket on the telephone module. Plug the other end into the landline phone's base. Plug the module's power cord into an outlet.
- 3
  Program the module to dial a telephone number of your choice. Record a message using the module's microphone to play when the person at the other end answers.
- 4
  Press the "Sync" button on the module to sync it with the existing wireless alarm system.
- 5
  Disarm the wireless alarm's control panel by entering the correct password. Navigate through the menus to the "input" menu. Press the "Sync" button on the touch-screen LCD panel to sync the alarm system with the telephone module. Return to the main menu and re-arm the alarm system by entering the password again.

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