There is a hard-wired-back-to-the-controller Paradox PIR in the garage (not a C4 WMS, thank you very much, I've found them to be not 100% unreliable, unfortunately). My client is something of a technophobe, but she loves the idea of one-button control of lights and AV, etc, so the last thing I want to do is complicate her life (and indirectly mine, of course!) by putting any obstacles in her way. I detect some caution in the tone of your response, which I will note! I've learnt with Home Automation that wherever possible one should apply the KISS rule. Thanks for taking the time to reply, appreciate it. I would recommend using the alarm keypads at least at the main entry door and for the little difference in cost only get 7' screens (I'm sure you know the new ones also have video capablity for intercom to the door etc.)īTW deifinitley get the 587E as it is essential for using the security keypad on the navigators in other places, with 4sight, and with smartphones through MyHome which will work remotely with VPN etc.

I'm sure you could program the C4 system to do this, but that would not work for me.Īlso for the touchscreens I don't have big hands or bad eyes but the 5' is too small especially if one was to use this for the security panel. The vbirual pad in the C4 interface does not have the sound feedback that the alarm keypads have (at least I have not seen a way to set mine.) So the chime when a door opens or when the alarms armed or disarmed would not be present.

Above each alarm pad I have a 7' IE screen and we would never think of using that instead of the dedicated pad with hard buttons. The virtual keypad functions about the same but is slightly more difficult to operate with the touchscreen for me.

In the end I wound up going with hard keypads (in addition to the IE screens.) I'm glad I did this. I had the same desires as your client when I was planning new construction to have just the IE screens and no keypads. See this post for one of the things I ran into: I am using the 587E interface and it works very well with a couple of minor quirks. FWIW I have this same setup, HC-800 and NX-8E on 2.2.2.

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