Electronic Alarms and Home Security Devices - DSC 1500 and Smart-1 VAC

I have just found a box of alarm devices and would like to know if i am missing the control panel, if so.. which should i get.

DSC 1500 buttoned panel
SMART-1 VAC chaining

please help!

If you mean a keypad for a DSC PC1500, good luck with that. It's a long discontinued system, and a pretty limited one.

"Smart 1"? Your guess is as good as mine. It could be a regional rebranded custom system, or it could be one of the small makers that were diving into security in the early to mid 1980's.

the SMART 1

i think is a device that is connected with an RJ-38 jack, and all calls are routed in & out of it to make the 10+XXX long distance routing number

this way ALL calls regardless of long distance carrier is made using the company you are paying for.

a black plastic box, some had metal tabs to allow wall mounting and required an A/C power supply with a 3 wire molded plug.

they also have either a 9 pin or 25 pin computer (serial) interface connector for programming

some were / are single line models, others i have are 4 line models

Ah, that would explain why it's not in my alarm database.

Oddly enough, if you don't carefully pick the search terms, specialty telecom hardware can be _very_ difficult to get meaningful websearch results from. They tend more proprietary than the alarm makers.

I figured that stuff was useless.

I found a place near my home that sells the DCS 832 unit with a bunch of sensors for under 200CAN. I will buy that instead.

i eventually found a manual for the smart-1... dont think i can find a use for it.


Thanks for the help.