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@@NewAgeServerAlarm Probably a combination of a programmer making the most of what they had (voice synth chips only had so many words/phrases that could be stored/recalled and I'm guessing "memory" was needed for something user facing -- though I didn't notice it in the vid -- maybe something like "alarm memory" (same with "goodbye") so programmer was like "it needs to do something but I don't have room for anything new"... uh... huh... what words to I have available? "Memory Help Help" would have been even funnier though :)
I'm amazed how many features and how much convenience they were able to pack in to a security system, even in this era! I would love to have one of these for my home system if I lived in the time when they were used. This and the FBII StarFone have been my favorites in this series so far, and I'm glad you've kept some of the fire alarm stuff to use on these panels. Keep up the good work!
Man I remember these. Our company had a bunch of ITI customers from the late 80’s/early 90’s. Spent a lot of time working on SX-IV, SX-V, Caretakers, Concords. Even had the ITI receiver that went to these systems!
Love that old 2500 touch tone phone. I have a red one, and it's my batphone! Good ole' reliable, it always works when a bad storm hits and we loose power for days.
This is awesome! I'm a computer tech who goes from home to home, and I love seeing the gadgets or old tech people still have. Of course, this wouldn't be in my field of expertise, but if for some reason they had something like this and wanted to show me their CareTaker system, I would have stuck around to listen to how it worked.
This is fascinating! As someone who is interested in smart home tech, both old and new, I love the X10 integration. The funny thing is that X10 is still technically around!
still using X-10 for 20 amp smart plugs or 250v appliances, and more importaintly to run automations that must run even if the local network fails in a non cloud homekit/homeassistant setup, and one of those with a original 70s appliance module helps the new system recover from a failure without intervention!
What an amazing system, wired security systems with home automation are the type of panels i’m the most interested in, i myself have a panel that can do home automation, it’s the ELK Security M1 Gold, it’s feature packed and it can also talk like the Caretaker Plus and Concord 4
This really bring back memories of when I got my first house and try to diy an alarm and end up getting all the Ademco Vista modules I can find and install, including the Ademco Vista Phone models that work like this system and also work with x10. Also can use the bring back option with a modem to remotely program it. Too bad I sold that house with the old Visa phone modules few years ago.
I have an alarm from 1978 (well had), it was in a nice metal box about 12"x18" or thereabout, it had modular boards on it for each module, a modem that looked like it had a 8bit ISA slot LOL, I didn't have space for the stuff so I trashed it and kept the box as a controller housing for my bus to RV conversion. This was neat to watch thank you. First time viewer BTW, Ill be back for more.
I find the caretaker plus’s panel styling a bit ugly but it does not matter. What I notice with this setup is that the system uses a similar voice to the concord 4’s voice chip, difference is that it has different messages Glad to see this series active again
@@NewAgeServerAlarm Imo, she is stern and more robotic on the caretaker, vs on the concord, it reads the actual zones quickly and easily. But it probably is the same person. Caretaker: INTRUSION! INSTRUSION! HELP! HELP! Alarm. System. Is. Off GOODBYE! Concord: Front Door Alarm. Police panic alarm. System is disarmed. System is ok.
part of the reason for this is flash memory was very expensive in 1992 and they had a significant limit on how much vocabulary they could squeeze into this panel. I think I remember seeing a data sheet somewhere that said it only has 38 words in its vocabulary
I remember seeing a caretaker plus and wondering what keypad it used, thinking it was some futuristic high tech gadget. The enclosure is super neat and unique. It’s a shame companies don’t manufacture alarm panels with style anymore.
Very interesting indeed... 1:49 You _still_ have that Pierce fire truck model that you had as far back as...Mini System Test 16, at least, I think? Wow... 4:23 Very odd that they would label it that way. 4:47 Heh, neat. Just realized how unique it is that the Caretaker Plus has a detachable cover in place of an openable door. 5:43 Doesn't actually _say_ "Armed: Level 3" when fully armed huh? 5:59 Kinda odd how the system doesn't automatically tell you that an alarm occured prior to it being disarmed (unless you specifically ask it to). 6:19 Western Electric 2500? (I know very little about telephones & have no real interest in them but I know that model at least) Definitely neat that it was one of ITI's first phone-controllable systems: just like the FBII StarFone in that regard. 7:33 Eh, that just happens with most things in general: age degrades everything it seems (& for now it cannot be helped): maybe ITI should have made the display come on only when the system's actually doing something. I do like the way it seems to constantly "scroll" on camera though (no idea if that's how it appears in-person however). 8:00 That's work that you're not willing to attempt I assume (for various reasons including complexity & trying to find a display that's identical in design). 8:12 Not sure I expected an intermittent beep instead of an actual "siren" sound but alright. Neat how it says the location of the violation like some Interlogix/GE systems apparently do (or at least the Concord 4 going by thesdx's video of his, though going by the fact that ITI essentially turned into Interlogix & thus was once a part of GE this might have been where that feature came from). 8:32 You sure have that CS-4000 hooked to a lot of different systems don't you? Can it be connected to & receive calls from multiple at once or only one at a time? (the latter if I had to guess) 8:48 Neat! 9:38 Good use for that zone type! (a pool gate you wouldn't want your children going through to stop them from falling in the pool & drowning) Even so, it apparently still has to be reset manually even though it stops sounding going by the text remaining on the display (it's not like other self-reset zone types on other panels where it'll be like it never happened to begin with when it's reset). 10:01 Is that what the system says for any auxiliary (or even just any) alarm or can it be customized? (you certainly don't hear a security system shouting "HELP! HELP!" every day though, heh) 10:31 Heh, how about that... 10:39 Odd if you ask me how it's "Star" six times rather than "Star" & "Pound" once together like on other systems (especially since "Star" is "Auxiliary Alarm" on the keypad). 11:01 Now _that's_ neat! (as well as clever) 11:11 Strange design otherwise in my opinion (the keypad button that is). 11:39 Another strange design choice by ITI if you ask me: even then was that not standard on most systems? 12:31 Neat! 12:44 "Hello!" Heh. Ingenius though (is it also heard through the telephone handset? (now that I think of it. It would just make sense, or at least if you were calling the system from someone else's phone). 13:04 Heh, that sticky/troublesome number 4 key... 13:15 Ah yes: you first told us about protesting in your video on the SX-V, & unsurprisingly ITI also carried it over to the Caretaker Plus as well (quite a unique feature that no other brand has supposedly had for sure). You have to wonder how many users have been confused by their system suddenly going seemingly crazy though (at least if they don't know what it's doing or why it's showing them the name of one or more zones). 13:25 Makes sense that it's called "protest" then, heh. 14:17 "On": not *"Chime* On", just "On". 14:29 The remaining one probably doesn't chime either since it's a window sensor which don't get open & closed the way doors do & thus is unsuitable for the chime function (though I doubt the system knows the difference unless it's specifically set to a different zone type, which it likely is). 14:38 Funny how you turned off the chime function right when it would have said "Off" from being disarmed. 14:50 Is _that_ how those operate? Huh... 14:51 Seriously? Just one long ear-shattering skipping tone? (not even with "Evacuate!" on the voice portion) Sheesh...(though then again this particular Caretaker Plus _was_ made before 1996 when temporal 3 would have been required) 15:30 Eh, sorta, not really though: way more annoying & a lot less classic & well-known. 16:09 Now _that_ is neat! Real clever thinking on ITI's part: shame that as you said they seem to have forgotten about it on their later panels. Could that work with other Caketaker Pluses & not just the SX-V? (it would just make sense that it could since an SX-V isn't always guaranteed to be nearby a Caretaker Plus) 18:26 Or maybe call the customer & see if they can tell you what's going on (& if they don't pick up just send one of every agency I guess, just in case). 18:48 I just noticed that part of the SX-V's keypad appears to have tape over it: why exactly? 18:53 That _has_ to have confused a customer if it's ever happened. 19:23 Nice preview of what may be to come! Sure got a heck of a setup there... 19:25 I will _never_ understand how that works, just that it somehow does. 19:46 Nice setup you have there with the couch & all (I remember gym equipment being previously there for years: rearranged the basement somewhat?). Kinda makes me wish _we_ had a basement. X10 is definitely neat: who needs modern so-called "smart home" tech when you can just have X10? (wouldn't surprise me if it can be used to control much more than just lights in the case of a security system too, including relays for controlling all sorts of devices) 20:09 That lamp on the right is kinda slow to illuminate isn't it? (way slower than an incandescent bulb should be, at least if it's using one) 20:46 What's with the way the right two lamps are working? 21:06 Kind of a design flaw if you ask me. 21:28 Ah: figured it would flash the lights like that. Is that behavior programmable or does it just do that automatically? 21:52 They technically all flashed randomly but yeah. Clever that they stay on to help illuminate the scene of a potential burglarly or otherwise emergency (which is good for a number of reasons). 22:33 Very clever thinking on their part! 23:07 Ingenius! 24:10 Clever! 25:19 No need to press "COMMAND" before "5" huh? 25:37 How does it do that though if the heating & cooling parts of the HVAC system are turned off & on via a switch on the thermostat? (thus meaning that, provided the energy saver module is hooked to the thermostat in the way I think it is (where it simply turns power to it on & off), it can only turn heating _or_ cooling on & off, but not both) Ingenius though: definitely helps save energy by allowing the customer to turn off their home's HVAC system while they're not there (& then as you demonstrated turn it back on _before_ they arrive home so that hopefully it'll be nice & either warm or cold by the time they get there). 25:50 Good 90s computer setup there! 26:31 Not only that but that seems like a _really_ long time to wait for the system to finally pick up: glad they went with the other method, which is faster & better (not to mention answering-machine friendly: clever thinking on their part. Not sure why they couldn't have just done something similar to the Starfone though, which _really_ would have been quick & easy for the customer to do). 27:26 "System hello!" Heh. 27:53 I see ITI apparently assumed that the customer would be living in the US since the system didn't say either "Fahrenheit" or "Celsius" but the temperature it gave can be assumed to be in the former. 28:02 That's "1 2 3 4 3" not "1 2 3 4 #" though isn't it? (which would make sense since "1 2 3 4 #" was previously shown to indicate system status) 28:36 You seriously mean to tell me that the panel won't wait for the customer to simply hang up manually by themselves? Seems like another design flaw if you ask me. 29:04 "Let's say..." "INVALID" Heh. Stupid that it doesn't politely wait indefinitely for a number to be typed before saying such though if you ask me: what if someone can't think of their preferred temperature right away? 29:42 Clever having the first attempt at typing "7" in red since you didn't hit the key "correctly enough" for the press to register. Also you typed "7 9" when the caption shows "7 0". 30:36 Heh, how about that (I still say it makes no sense for the system to just hang up by itself though: wouldn't that be quite inconvenient for the customer in some cases?). 30:41 Yeah, heh. 30:48 Yeah, it was, but there _was_ both a _lot_ to demonstrate & I'm sure you wanted to be meticulous with showcasing everything too. 30:54 Yeah I'd say so too: there's definitely a lot more to it than first meets the eye! 31:54 You're welcome! 31:49 I was in the process of doing just that as you can see! 31:52 You too!
That's really cool. I knew about X10, but I didn't know that there where security systems that supported it. I always thought it was a really niche product not used by anyone 😅
ITI was the big one that supported it, but I know of at least two other systems from other manufacturers that did as well. It wasn’t that big of a thing. X10 was still very popular at the time when this came out because it was pretty much the only thing of its type on the market before Zwave came around.
So ITI turned into Interlogix, and then Interlogix bought Caddx controls, and then Ge bought Interlogix. GE had the Concord line of systems, but GE also had the Network X line of systems. So the concord system was based off of the ITI caretaker systems, but are the GE Network X systems based off of a Caddx controls security system?
While I like the styling of the main unit. The control module is very confusing it seems. Also I wonder how short commands on the phone would work. Like *86?
I forgot to mention in the video that there is a code you can dial on the phone which disables the telephone interface temporarily to allow you to do short codes or interact with an IVR
@NewAgeServerAlarm I remember those early ITI Concord panels well, I still come across a few every now and then. I've been in the alarm industry for 30+ years, working for my father's alarm company. My grandfather used to work for Wells Fargo installing systems starting in the late 60s. Burg and fire systems have been in my family for generations. It's awesome to see such a well produced video about the Caretaker+. Oddly enough, I just serviced one last week, the customer (who are in their 80s) refuse to upgrade because they like using their phone to control it.
Great demonstration! Quick question though, what module do you use to amplify the telephone signals through a speaker? Looking to make something similar, was just curious how you went about it. Thanks!
it's a telephone line tap. Homemade. Uses a small audio isolation transformer and a handful of misc parts. You can find diagrams for them online. There's a few small companies who make them though. I have its audio output connected to an old JBL bluetooth speaker.
When you control the system via the phone, either locally or remotely, do you hear the speech prompts through the phone? The siren sound isn't particularly intimidating or frightening in my opinion, I presume ITI sold other sirens that were compatible with this system, did they?
they honestly could’ve done a lot more more with it like actually make the module transmit the sensor number and the status to the other panel instead of just a generic alarm signal
for the record, NetworX was actually not an ITI product. It was made by another company called CaddX who was actually purchased by Interlogix around the turn of the millennium.
nice video! i have this VERY RARE Honeywell Solid State System 7000 from 1995. i can ship it to you and make a video on it if you'd like. just lemme know if you want to.
I’m an IT nerd, I love watching videos on old tech from 8 Bit Guy & Lazy Gamer Reviews. This is a whole new avenue of retro technology that I didn’t know I wanted to watch. Very cool channel, subscribing!
"Memory, goodbye."
I thought that was an amusing Easter egg the programmers did so I had to record it
@@NewAgeServerAlarm Probably a combination of a programmer making the most of what they had (voice synth chips only had so many words/phrases that could be stored/recalled and I'm guessing "memory" was needed for something user facing -- though I didn't notice it in the vid -- maybe something like "alarm memory" (same with "goodbye") so programmer was like "it needs to do something but I don't have room for anything new"... uh... huh... what words to I have available?
"Memory Help Help" would have been even funnier though :)
This is a great blast from the past... we've come a long way in the last 30 years. Great video, keep up the good work!
I'm amazed how many features and how much convenience they were able to pack in to a security system, even in this era! I would love to have one of these for my home system if I lived in the time when they were used.
This and the FBII StarFone have been my favorites in this series so far, and I'm glad you've kept some of the fire alarm stuff to use on these panels. Keep up the good work!
Man I remember these. Our company had a bunch of ITI customers from the late 80’s/early 90’s. Spent a lot of time working on SX-IV, SX-V, Caretakers, Concords. Even had the ITI receiver that went to these systems!
Love that old 2500 touch tone phone. I have a red one, and it's my batphone! Good ole' reliable, it always works when a bad storm hits and we loose power for days.
It's cool how it was a smart security system before Smart Security Systems were a thing!
Interesting alarm system. I kinda would like to have this in my house. It’s cool to see something so old but literally so cool!
This is awesome! I'm a computer tech who goes from home to home, and I love seeing the gadgets or old tech people still have. Of course, this wouldn't be in my field of expertise, but if for some reason they had something like this and wanted to show me their CareTaker system, I would have stuck around to listen to how it worked.
This is fascinating! As someone who is interested in smart home tech, both old and new, I love the X10 integration. The funny thing is that X10 is still technically around!
I've been using X10 for over 20 years and I still use it!
still using X-10 for 20 amp smart plugs or 250v appliances,
and more importaintly to run automations that must run even if the local network fails in a non cloud homekit/homeassistant setup, and one of those with a original 70s appliance module helps the new system recover from a failure without intervention!
Props for having the Commodore 64 next to the phone there.
Love this long form content! Very cool stuff love the old tech!
What an amazing system, wired security systems with home automation are the type of panels i’m the most interested in, i myself have a panel that can do home automation, it’s the ELK Security M1 Gold, it’s feature packed and it can also talk like the Caretaker Plus and Concord 4
This really bring back memories of when I got my first house and try to diy an alarm and end up getting all the Ademco Vista modules I can find and install, including the Ademco Vista Phone models that work like this system and also work with x10. Also can use the bring back option with a modem to remotely program it. Too bad I sold that house with the old Visa phone modules few years ago.
I installed fbii xl2 for years working for my dad's company. Id only seen caretaker units at trade shows. Crazy how many features they got.
I have an alarm from 1978 (well had), it was in a nice metal box about 12"x18" or thereabout, it had modular boards on it for each module, a modem that looked like it had a 8bit ISA slot LOL, I didn't have space for the stuff so I trashed it and kept the box as a controller housing for my bus to RV conversion. This was neat to watch thank you. First time viewer BTW, Ill be back for more.
The legend is back everyone
I love the system they should this in an old how to TV show called HomePro I remember the system, so well thank you for showing this
I find the caretaker plus’s panel styling a bit ugly but it does not matter.
What I notice with this setup is that the system uses a similar voice to the concord 4’s voice chip, difference is that it has different messages
Glad to see this series active again
I actually think the same lady did the voice on both systems. Although, she does sound a bit nicer on the concord.
@@NewAgeServerAlarm Imo, she is stern and more robotic on the caretaker, vs on the concord, it reads the actual zones quickly and easily. But it probably is the same person.
Caretaker:
INTRUSION! INSTRUSION!
HELP! HELP!
Alarm. System. Is. Off
GOODBYE!
Concord:
Front Door Alarm.
Police panic alarm.
System is disarmed.
System is ok.
part of the reason for this is flash memory was very expensive in 1992 and they had a significant limit on how much vocabulary they could squeeze into this panel.
I think I remember seeing a data sheet somewhere that said it only has 38 words in its vocabulary
I remember seeing a caretaker plus and wondering what keypad it used, thinking it was some futuristic high tech gadget.
The enclosure is super neat and unique. It’s a shame companies don’t manufacture alarm panels with style anymore.
This was a very good video! Glad you made it, very cool stuff!
Very interesting indeed...
1:49 You _still_ have that Pierce fire truck model that you had as far back as...Mini System Test 16, at least, I think? Wow...
4:23 Very odd that they would label it that way.
4:47 Heh, neat.
Just realized how unique it is that the Caretaker Plus has a detachable cover in place of an openable door.
5:43 Doesn't actually _say_ "Armed: Level 3" when fully armed huh?
5:59 Kinda odd how the system doesn't automatically tell you that an alarm occured prior to it being disarmed (unless you specifically ask it to).
6:19 Western Electric 2500? (I know very little about telephones & have no real interest in them but I know that model at least)
Definitely neat that it was one of ITI's first phone-controllable systems: just like the FBII StarFone in that regard.
7:33 Eh, that just happens with most things in general: age degrades everything it seems (& for now it cannot be helped): maybe ITI should have made the display come on only when the system's actually doing something. I do like the way it seems to constantly "scroll" on camera though (no idea if that's how it appears in-person however).
8:00 That's work that you're not willing to attempt I assume (for various reasons including complexity & trying to find a display that's identical in design).
8:12 Not sure I expected an intermittent beep instead of an actual "siren" sound but alright. Neat how it says the location of the violation like some Interlogix/GE systems apparently do (or at least the Concord 4 going by thesdx's video of his, though going by the fact that ITI essentially turned into Interlogix & thus was once a part of GE this might have been where that feature came from).
8:32 You sure have that CS-4000 hooked to a lot of different systems don't you? Can it be connected to & receive calls from multiple at once or only one at a time? (the latter if I had to guess)
8:48 Neat!
9:38 Good use for that zone type! (a pool gate you wouldn't want your children going through to stop them from falling in the pool & drowning) Even so, it apparently still has to be reset manually even though it stops sounding going by the text remaining on the display (it's not like other self-reset zone types on other panels where it'll be like it never happened to begin with when it's reset).
10:01 Is that what the system says for any auxiliary (or even just any) alarm or can it be customized? (you certainly don't hear a security system shouting "HELP! HELP!" every day though, heh)
10:31 Heh, how about that...
10:39 Odd if you ask me how it's "Star" six times rather than "Star" & "Pound" once together like on other systems (especially since "Star" is "Auxiliary Alarm" on the keypad).
11:01 Now _that's_ neat! (as well as clever)
11:11 Strange design otherwise in my opinion (the keypad button that is).
11:39 Another strange design choice by ITI if you ask me: even then was that not standard on most systems?
12:31 Neat!
12:44 "Hello!" Heh. Ingenius though (is it also heard through the telephone handset? (now that I think of it. It would just make sense, or at least if you were calling the system from someone else's phone).
13:04 Heh, that sticky/troublesome number 4 key...
13:15 Ah yes: you first told us about protesting in your video on the SX-V, & unsurprisingly ITI also carried it over to the Caretaker Plus as well (quite a unique feature that no other brand has supposedly had for sure). You have to wonder how many users have been confused by their system suddenly going seemingly crazy though (at least if they don't know what it's doing or why it's showing them the name of one or more zones).
13:25 Makes sense that it's called "protest" then, heh.
14:17 "On": not *"Chime* On", just "On".
14:29 The remaining one probably doesn't chime either since it's a window sensor which don't get open & closed the way doors do & thus is unsuitable for the chime function (though I doubt the system knows the difference unless it's specifically set to a different zone type, which it likely is).
14:38 Funny how you turned off the chime function right when it would have said "Off" from being disarmed.
14:50 Is _that_ how those operate? Huh...
14:51 Seriously? Just one long ear-shattering skipping tone? (not even with "Evacuate!" on the voice portion) Sheesh...(though then again this particular Caretaker Plus _was_ made before 1996 when temporal 3 would have been required)
15:30 Eh, sorta, not really though: way more annoying & a lot less classic & well-known.
16:09 Now _that_ is neat! Real clever thinking on ITI's part: shame that as you said they seem to have forgotten about it on their later panels. Could that work with other Caketaker Pluses & not just the SX-V? (it would just make sense that it could since an SX-V isn't always guaranteed to be nearby a Caretaker Plus)
18:26 Or maybe call the customer & see if they can tell you what's going on (& if they don't pick up just send one of every agency I guess, just in case).
18:48 I just noticed that part of the SX-V's keypad appears to have tape over it: why exactly?
18:53 That _has_ to have confused a customer if it's ever happened.
19:23 Nice preview of what may be to come! Sure got a heck of a setup there...
19:25 I will _never_ understand how that works, just that it somehow does.
19:46 Nice setup you have there with the couch & all (I remember gym equipment being previously there for years: rearranged the basement somewhat?). Kinda makes me wish _we_ had a basement.
X10 is definitely neat: who needs modern so-called "smart home" tech when you can just have X10? (wouldn't surprise me if it can be used to control much more than just lights in the case of a security system too, including relays for controlling all sorts of devices)
20:09 That lamp on the right is kinda slow to illuminate isn't it? (way slower than an incandescent bulb should be, at least if it's using one)
20:46 What's with the way the right two lamps are working?
21:06 Kind of a design flaw if you ask me.
21:28 Ah: figured it would flash the lights like that. Is that behavior programmable or does it just do that automatically?
21:52 They technically all flashed randomly but yeah. Clever that they stay on to help illuminate the scene of a potential burglarly or otherwise emergency (which is good for a number of reasons).
22:33 Very clever thinking on their part!
23:07 Ingenius!
24:10 Clever!
25:19 No need to press "COMMAND" before "5" huh?
25:37 How does it do that though if the heating & cooling parts of the HVAC system are turned off & on via a switch on the thermostat? (thus meaning that, provided the energy saver module is hooked to the thermostat in the way I think it is (where it simply turns power to it on & off), it can only turn heating _or_ cooling on & off, but not both) Ingenius though: definitely helps save energy by allowing the customer to turn off their home's HVAC system while they're not there (& then as you demonstrated turn it back on _before_ they arrive home so that hopefully it'll be nice & either warm or cold by the time they get there).
25:50 Good 90s computer setup there!
26:31 Not only that but that seems like a _really_ long time to wait for the system to finally pick up: glad they went with the other method, which is faster & better (not to mention answering-machine friendly: clever thinking on their part. Not sure why they couldn't have just done something similar to the Starfone though, which _really_ would have been quick & easy for the customer to do).
27:26 "System hello!" Heh.
27:53 I see ITI apparently assumed that the customer would be living in the US since the system didn't say either "Fahrenheit" or "Celsius" but the temperature it gave can be assumed to be in the former.
28:02 That's "1 2 3 4 3" not "1 2 3 4 #" though isn't it? (which would make sense since "1 2 3 4 #" was previously shown to indicate system status)
28:36 You seriously mean to tell me that the panel won't wait for the customer to simply hang up manually by themselves? Seems like another design flaw if you ask me.
29:04 "Let's say..." "INVALID" Heh. Stupid that it doesn't politely wait indefinitely for a number to be typed before saying such though if you ask me: what if someone can't think of their preferred temperature right away?
29:42 Clever having the first attempt at typing "7" in red since you didn't hit the key "correctly enough" for the press to register. Also you typed "7 9" when the caption shows "7 0".
30:36 Heh, how about that (I still say it makes no sense for the system to just hang up by itself though: wouldn't that be quite inconvenient for the customer in some cases?).
30:41 Yeah, heh.
30:48 Yeah, it was, but there _was_ both a _lot_ to demonstrate & I'm sure you wanted to be meticulous with showcasing everything too.
30:54 Yeah I'd say so too: there's definitely a lot more to it than first meets the eye!
31:54 You're welcome!
31:49 I was in the process of doing just that as you can see!
31:52 You too!
That's really cool. I knew about X10, but I didn't know that there where security systems that supported it. I always thought it was a really niche product not used by anyone 😅
ITI was the big one that supported it, but I know of at least two other systems from other manufacturers that did as well. It wasn’t that big of a thing. X10 was still very popular at the time when this came out because it was pretty much the only thing of its type on the market before Zwave came around.
Super awesome video, you might have just gotten me into a new hobby
I need to play with mine someday. It’s a nice panel.
been looking for a caretaker for some time. got an SX-V because of you and the programming demo helped a lot
So ITI turned into Interlogix, and then Interlogix bought Caddx controls, and then Ge bought Interlogix.
GE had the Concord line of systems, but GE also had the Network X line of systems. So the concord system was based off of the ITI caretaker systems, but are the GE Network X systems based off of a Caddx controls security system?
Yes 💯
While I like the styling of the main unit. The control module is very confusing it seems. Also I wonder how short commands on the phone would work. Like *86?
I forgot to mention in the video that there is a code you can dial on the phone which disables the telephone interface temporarily to allow you to do short codes or interact with an IVR
I was wondering the same thing. FWIW, they’re technically called vertical service codes.
I love this system. it's old school.
The Voice on the ITI CareTaker+ sounds like the voice on the GE Interlogix 4.
That's because GE acquired Interlogix in 2002, which was part of ITI, and also included Kalatel, Sentrol and Caddx.
I believe it’s the same woman, an employee of ITI
Concord series was released before the GE acquisition. It was originally from the late 90s.
@NewAgeServerAlarm I remember those early ITI Concord panels well, I still come across a few every now and then. I've been in the alarm industry for 30+ years, working for my father's alarm company. My grandfather used to work for Wells Fargo installing systems starting in the late 60s. Burg and fire systems have been in my family for generations. It's awesome to see such a well produced video about the Caretaker+. Oddly enough, I just serviced one last week, the customer (who are in their 80s) refuse to upgrade because they like using their phone to control it.
The voice status report reminds me of a Sensaphone. The Sensaphone 2000 uses similar voice prompts, but with a male voice.
Great demonstration!
Quick question though, what module do you use to amplify the telephone signals through a speaker? Looking to make something similar, was just curious how you went about it.
Thanks!
it's a telephone line tap. Homemade. Uses a small audio isolation transformer and a handful of misc parts. You can find diagrams for them online. There's a few small companies who make them though. I have its audio output connected to an old JBL bluetooth speaker.
@@NewAgeServerAlarm thanks for the response
When you control the system via the phone, either locally or remotely, do you hear the speech prompts through the phone? The siren sound isn't particularly intimidating or frightening in my opinion, I presume ITI sold other sirens that were compatible with this system, did they?
1, yeah, you do hear it through the phone. You also hear it through the system speaker.
2. You could connect an external siren, it just had to be 6V.
The fire tone sounds a lot like the Radionics 9000 series fire tone
Im surprised that your still posting all these years later
Can you make a video about your concord
what is the model of the pull station ?
Wow! Very cool
That Buddy system feature is really neat, too bad ITI didn't persue it much further.
they honestly could’ve done a lot more more with it like actually make the module transmit the sensor number and the status to the other panel instead of just a generic alarm signal
HE HAS POSTED CHATTTTTTTT❤😂
You can't tease us with a 1A2 2565 set and not show us the system! 😅😂
This was used with adt back then
Yep! Safewatch Pro, i think
@ did you ever hear of the commander 2000
Hi! I would like to reach out to you to discuss a potential partnership with a fire safety brand. :) Is there an email I can reach out to you? Thanks!
oh, another ITI
Iti made a lot of interesting thingies. Simon, Concord, NetworX, Caretaker, SX-V, maybe more.
@@Alarmo05221 WOW! I had no idea!
for the record, NetworX was actually not an ITI product. It was made by another company called CaddX who was actually purchased by Interlogix around the turn of the millennium.
The Jablotron of 1992
I would hate to have to program these. That beep is insufferable.
They're actually pretty quiet in programming mode, which is nice
4:45 what alzheimer is
long video but good video
nice video! i have this VERY RARE Honeywell Solid State System 7000 from 1995. i can ship it to you and make a video on it if you'd like. just lemme know if you want to.
Might have to make this in roblox.
hey @NewAgeServerAlarm do you reckon you will ever bring back up your website ?