IP Auto Alarm Dialer: Calls your Cell Phone using your Router

UPDATE 2025: Has been working reliably in my Alarm System panel since 2016 without any false triggers or failures (it is now 2025). Works great in a building where the phone line was cancelled monitoring a sump pump. For sump pump monitor you can use a lantern battery and a float switch that closes when the float is not vertical to provide power to the unit when the sump reaches the limit above where the pump would normally function. Sump pumps fail but this device on its own float switch will catch it and give you the time to correct the problem before your basement floods using the dry closure float switch I use to act as the switch to trigger this alert device. Just buy a mechanical float switch and use the wires to open close positive DC power to the dialer. Tie wrap the switch cord to the sump exhaust pipe leaving enough slack so it can flip over and trigger before water gets close to exiting the sump well. Be sure to test and you will have peace of mind. Don't forget to test periodically and replace the lantern battery every year or so if you don't have a meter to check it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am Truly Impressed!! When I purchased and received this in the mail at first I wasn't too impressed, especially when I saw how limited the website was as far as data went. Then after playing around with it I must say that I'm impressed with how simple this device and with how well it does it's job. Before I powered this thing up I glanced at the directions and saw how important it was to do the on-line information part before you plug this into your network. Makes sense. Your Serial number and Password are clearly printed on the top of the device so you can access the website and set up your device. On the webpage the top option is a delay in seconds that this thing will wait before sending another alarm. Most likely to avoid multiple triggers throughout the night if what ever it was monitoring went crazy. It was originally set for over an hour but I adjusted my subsequent trigger time down to 3 minutes as my output is a dry closure and is very false alarm proof. You have the option of having this device text multiple phone numbers and/or calling multiple numbers and verbally speaking on the phone the message you type. WEBSITE: TEXTING Setup: - If you want it to text you can have up to 160 characters (spaces between words count) - Your text message will be texted to all of the phone numbers you put in the text notification list. CALLING Setup: - If you want it to call a phone number and physically speak (computer voice was clear) you can type in 250 characters (spaces count) - The unit will call each number and speak the same words you typed for the phone call message to each phone number you put in the call list. I put periods after each number for my local police department so that the unit would read out the digits slowly enough for me to write them down. TRIGGERING UNIT: - To trip the device they include a male plug with 8 inches of wire attached to the plug. You will splice into their wire with your wire. - The trigger voltage is listed at 9 to 18 volt DC continuous trigger. - This trigger power is the same power this unit uses to turn on. Meaning, the internet connection is not in use until your trigger power comes in and powers the unit up so it can contact the website and follow the directions you provided. I tested the device with a 9v battery that was only putting out 8vdc and it worked like a champ. - The listed current draw on the paperwork cites this device draws at 6vdc = 200ma, 12vdc = 250ma, 18vdc 380ma - The DC plug for the trigger and operation is 2.1mm barrel plug with center being positive TRANSMISSION SPEED: - I was really impressed here. When the trigger was applied it was only 7 seconds and my phone was ringing with the spoken alert. At 13 seconds from the trigger point I was receiving a text alert with that message. My second phone rang at 15 seconds. I don't know if this is typical but the results were very similar at 6:30pm when I did my testing. PROS: - Unit only powered on when needed - Lightning fast phone call messages being sent as well as text messages (way faster than alarm company) - Operating Voltage 9-18vdc supplied at dc input (you can power this off of a standby lantern battery and a thermostat, off of an alarm, or other homemade device) - Aluminum case - Small size 3.25" x 3" (includes the 3/8" flange on each side) - Adjustable subsequent trigger timer - 500 free alerts sent a year (each call by text/phone counts) - Almost too simple to use CONS: - Wish it were a bit cheaper

I had an old Radio Shack landline dialer for years which worked great but I dumped the landline completely a few years ago so needed to replace it with something else. This auto dialer doesn't rely on a landline. It is very simple, compact and operates flawlessly. You do need a hard wired ethernet connection though so if your router is a long way from your alarm, this may not be your best option unless you want to install a ethernet line just for this dialer. Fortunately, my router is right next to my alarm so it was just a simple short cable run. For power, this dialer uses the horn/siren outputs from your alarm panel so all you need to do is run a pigtail for those 2 wires inside your alarm's panel box. The dialer is OFF until the alarm is triggered and the power from the panel that triggers the siren/horn also triggers this little box. When it is triggered, it sends a text, and email or a phone call - or all three if you like. So, it will remain unpowered and uses no electricity while idle. Their website setup is very simple. You use your mobile phone and go to their website. There, you enter your router's password and the login name and password printed on the front of the device. Then you just follow the instructions to setup the type of message you want sent via text, phone or email (or all three). You can setup multiple phone numbers and emails too so you can notify several people if you like: Neighbor, friend, family member, etc. They do not recommend you to have this to contact the police. On my Moose Z900 it takes a few seconds of of actual alarm time for the device to actually trigger. I guess this is a built in feature to minimize false alarms. So, in my case, if I lose home power and the back up battery drains completely the horn/siren will chirp when the power comes back on. This does NOT trigger the dialer. It takes a longer pulse than the short chirp to trigger the dialer.

I love this little unit! First of all it doesn't look anything like the picture, but don't worry it works! The signal voltage is also incorrectly described on Amazon website. It is 9 to 24 vdc. I did a test with a 9 volt battery and the messages were sent out. The messages which comprise of voice, text and email can be used individually or all together. They also don't tell you that you get 500 free messages per year then you have to pay. I didn't ask what the recharge cost was. It is simple setup the messages with your web browser, plug the unit into a CAT5 cable and setup the DC trigger voltage. I am purchasing a second one for individual messages of fire and bilge alarm. My unit also didn't come with the USB connection shown in the picture and is silver. Remember to place all of your network on a UPS if you want it to work in a power outage. Update 8-27-20 I have 3 of these in service, one for bilge, fire and power loss alarm notification. They can voice message, email and text. 2 have been in service for a couple of years now and working perfectly.

Works great with my home alarm. Easy to install

The purpose of this review is to help others. I purchased this ip dialer and was excited because I live in the country and response times by PD for vicinity alarms going off is like 45 mins. Didn’t want to pay for $30-$40 monthly monitoring if I didn’t have to. Sooooo, I had the ip dailer set up and connected to my alarm for almost a year and I could not get it to activate consistently. Their tech help was not very good and the just said I needed to get a port opened up on my router. Finally picked it back up recently and was determined to make it work! I tried a relay and power supply thinking it was a power problem from the alarm siren (+) and (-) outputs to the dialer being to low of voltage to trigger the ip dailer. I could get it to trigger with a 9v battery so I knew the ip dialer and internet were not the problem. Still it wouldn’t work with an outside supply/relay. Put a multimeter on the + and - siren outputs while the alarm was going off. My power would jump from 12vdc to 4 or 5vdc consistent with the alarm siren warbling sound. Even with an outside power supply/relay, and the siren output only as a trigger for the low voltage relay it would not work. Finally I tried a power stabilizer rectifier that is used for car backup cameras. (Relay Filter Rectifier,12V DC Car Rearview Camera Power Adapter Relay Capacitor Filter Rectifier) ($7 dollars), NO relay or outside power supply needed. It stabilized the alarm siren output voltage at 11-12vdc even with the warble siren tone. Now the dialer works perfectly. It’s a $7 fix and you wire it between the ip dialer and the siren outputs. (-) to neg and (+) to positive. The $7 rectifier has a (+) and (-) in from the panel and a (+) and (-) out to the ip dialer. Super easy fix and there aren’t many options for other auto ip dialers on the market.

Keeping a phone line is just too expensive these days. This was the best option to continue to receive notifications from our alarm system that I could find. It was simple to install. First thing to do is activate the service on line and set up your notifications. You can set up text, phone, and email. All or any of those options for numerous people if you need. Then connect the two wires to your alarm panels siren terminal and connect an Ethernet line to the device. That's it! For some connecting an ethernet line will be the only challenging part. The unit sits in an off state. When the siren sounds it powers the unit and send out the notifications. In my test the notifications went out almost immediately. You wont know what zone or why the alarm is sounding but you will know the alarm was triggered and to check in. I can remotely check my cameras. You also cant silence or reset your alarm. This is a simple notification device. Saving hundreds on the phone service and on the alarm monitoring makes it worthwhile.

My 2017 Ipautodialer worked great till mid 2025 when it stopped messaging out. I phoned what I presumed to be owners of an identical device in MN for support to resolve what I experienced with my current device. I found support to be abrupt, uncaring and indifferent with the added insult of hanging up. I was willing purchase the current device, however I found no documentations anywhere, how to configure said device. All what the siteTech support had was a zipped file that generated an .exe file and some .dll files but no readme file on how to configure the device to assigning emergency numbers which the alarm would call in the vent of a house alarm trigger, The lack of documentation was worrying, while setting the device up for some folks may be easy, however; persons with lesser confidence should be guided on how to setup that device, before embarking on the purchase and the return of said device. Feel free to post any rebuttal to what I pointed out. The one STAR is meant as evaluation of my interaction with the seller support, I was pleased with my older device that deserved five stars.

Seems to be working ok. At first I didn't think I was getting emails from it but I found they were getting thrown into my spam box. So this might be the end of my land line. I added this to my Visonic Powermax Pro alarm.