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Re:Google will shut down Dropcam and Nest Secure in 2024 by phpisthebest on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @05:01PM (#35546854)
Roll your own Self Hosted Solution,

Either Buy DSC Wired Gear yourself[1] and install it (hard) or do a "less secure" wireless system using HomeAssistance and Zigbee or Zwave devices.

[1]https://www.level1techs.com/video/better-iot-dsc-alarms-whom...

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Re:Google will shut down Dropcam and Nest Secure in 2024 by kotaKat on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @06:49PM (#35548130)
Don't forget you can add an AlarmDecoder to a DSC (or Honeywell Vista) system!

https://www.alarmdecoder.com/

It basically sits on the keypad bus of the system and emulates a normal keypad, so you can integrate it into whatever applications you want like HomeKit, or as my colleagues did, a fully homespun bespoke home automation suite in .NET.

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Re:Google will shut down Dropcam and Nest Secure in 2024 by thedougd on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @10:07PM (#35549948)
DSC has a serial port option that accepts all their commands and offers virtual keypad functions. There are also third party option networked options that speak the same protocol.
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Re:Google will shut down Dropcam and Nest Secure in 2024 by thedougd on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @10:08PM (#35549955)
I highly recommend Alarm Relay for monitoring a traditional system. $120 a year or so.
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