POTS lines have been the primary means of communication for fire alarm monitoring systems for decades. Ademco Contact ID protocol is the most popular protocol that enables the alarm systems to communicate with the central stations. When an alarm was tripped, the alarm panel would capture the phone line and send the alarm signals to the central stations.

As technology has changed, these copper lines are falling out and alternate solution will be Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). However, VoIP converts analog signals into digital signals, how VoIP compresses and uncompresses signals can dramatically affect the attempted messaging. The most majority of monitoring stations (remote alarm monitoring system) can only receive analog signals. Consequently, monitoring centers may not understand the alarm signal after converted by VoIP.

Another critical consideration is backup power. When you lose electrical power by natural causes, or intentionally caused by intruders, any device without battery backup will be useless. Professional security system will have its own dedicated battery backup, but standard VoIP system systems don’t. No power, no Internet connections, no battery backup is the critical elements stop us moving to VoIP technology.

Now Flyingvoice provide one-stop solution for POTS replacement in alarm system. Firstly, we provide POTS box which include industrial LTE router for internet access, power bank for battery backup and FXS gateway to handle the Contact ID signal converting and transmitting. With Flyingvoice POTS BOX you could upgrade your alarm system to IP (internet protocol), which offers high-speed transmission, reliability, and flexibility for your application in Alarm system.