Ok. I have been trying to research the best thing to do in this situation. The house we are buying has a Vivint system installed. the sensors i believe are wired in. at least the door sensors are, i did not see any physical wireless sensors on the windows either. The seller has 2 years left on their contract and they pay $68 a month. After reading Vivint customer service reviews and the monthly cost being so high, i do not want to take that over. So Vivint is removing their system and moving it to their new house.
From what i understand, the wired sensors will stay in the door and window frames. They have the Vivint system that looks exactly like the 2gig Go Control system here http://support.vivint.com/product/go...h-screen-panel .
My question is: Can i purchase a keypad and 'brain' to install myself? I do not want the monthly monitoring. Someone is home most of the time, but i would like to be able to arm it and know if someone is trying to get in at night. Also we have young children and we like the feature of the alerts when the doors/windows open.
I have talked to the seller and they will allow me to come look at the motherboard where all the sensors connect to see about the installation process. I figure if its the same as the 2gig system, i should be able to match the way its connected to the 'brain' or whatever its formally called. I am very mechanically inclined with a lot of things, i just have no knowledge yet of security systems. I feel that if i could match the connections, that would be ideal. But what are my other options and is this even recommended or harder than i am making it out to be?
thanks for your help.
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