A year ago I bought a house that has a Bosch security system installed. It would have cost a fair bit to install as there are window and door sensors, along with a bunch of room motion sensors throughout the house. I have not set up the alarm for remote monitoring, but am considering doing so. Kage quoted $500 for the SIM device (includes both Optus and Telstra in case one fails), and then $11/month for the service.
However, smart devices seem to have come a long way, and I'm thinking that there may be a method to set up a system that alerts me by text message if there is a problem/intruder using the home WiFi.
Has anyone decided between a monitored security alarm, and a smart home security solution? Would it be possible to rig up the existing sensors from the Bosch system to work with a smart home system, so that I don't have to install a bunch of new sensors?
Thanks!
This looks like the kind of thing you're looking for, I couldn't live with that interface though and would most likely just build my own.
http://projects.privateeyepi.com/
Obviously a system like this wouldn't offer much in the way of redundancy, if your internet or power goes down then you're cut off but other than that pretty convenient.