IPtoPOTS - Best way to convert POTS to IP
IPtoPOTS lets you disconnect your landline phone service yet keep your existing alarm monitoring company. You do not need to have your alarm panel reprogrammed and your alarm monitoring company will not even know anything has changed. All you need is a Linksys ATA connected in between your alarm panel and your ADSL Router and with our unique setting we can get your alarm panel communicating to your monitoring center in no time. Costs only $4.08 per month when paid annually in advance. You can cancel your subscription at any time.
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When our custom alarm monitoring settings are downloaded into any "off the shelf" Linksys VoIP equipment, they enable the device to act as an IP alarm transmitter that has full control of the IP network environment between your alarm panel and our telco partners. The Linksys device does not use your VoIP service at all. It makes a call to our telco partners over the Internet and they transfer the call onto the landline phone network where it is connected to the alarm receivers at your existing alarm monitoring company. In summary, fifty percent of the call goes over the Internet and 50% goes over a landline.
How does IPtoPOTS Work?
When ever your alarm system is triggered your alarm panel will send a signal to your Linksys Device and with our custom settings, the Linksys ATA will forward the signal to your ADSL modem/router, then the router will send the signal through the internet to our Telco Partners, Our Telco Partners will pass your alarm signal through to your monitoring center.
What are the advantage of the IP to POTS Solution?
The main advantage is that you can disconnect your landline phone service yet keep your existing alarm monitoring company. You do not need to have your alarm panel reprogrammed and your alarm monitoring company will not even know anything has changed. Two-way voice, DTMF, Pulse and FSK formats are all supported.
If you have a Linksys device already - you are welcome to use it. If not, you can conveniently pickup adapters from your local consumer electronics store or purchase one online. The PAP2T is the most popular device used by our customers due to its sub $50 price tag. It is a two line device which means it is also possible to use line 2 for voice service with any VoIP provider that supports BYOD.
The Linksys SPA3102 model can function as part of a dual path solution by allowing Cellular backup. When an alarm panel dials the primary phone number, the signal goes via the Internet if available. If the signal fails, the panel will dial it's secondary phone number and the signal is passed through to the connected backup device. The SPA3102 costs around $65 and can be connected to any cellular backup device that supports Dialer Capture. This flexibility allows you to protect your investment in existing cellular backup equipment.