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I would like to integrate the Visonic Next PIR's and the MCT-320 doorcontacts with Homeseer.

But what hardware solution is preferred? Should I choose the RFXCom + Visonic Receiver or the Alphatronics receiver.

What are the major differences between both solutions, and are the any drawbacks that I should take into account with either solution. Is e.g the response time similar, or is there a significant difference?

One of the differences I have already found is that the Alphatronics receiver is able to detect signal quality of the sensors.

Finally, I would also like to integrate the alarm panel with homeseer. Is X10 the only solution for this by using the Marmitek XM10?

Lot's of questions!

Rg
Marck

The RFXCOM receiver has also a signal strength indicator.
The alarm panel of the Homeseer RFXCOM plug-in accepts Visonic and X10 sensors mixed.

You can install the RFXCOM plug-in from the Updater and after that you will find the description of the RFXCOM alarm panel in the RFXCOM User Guide.pdf in the Homeseer docs\RFXCOM directory.

Thanks for the info. I will take it into account.

Anyone experience with both solutions?

Visonic sensors are preferred because:
They have a long battery life > 4 years
The sensor ID will not change if the battery is exchanged.
Anti collision transmit

What I actually mean is the preferred receiver technology for Visonic sensors; Rfxcom + Visonic slave or Alphatronics.

I'm curious which of the two receivers the users of this forum would recommend me to use.

i have both, and both work fine