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Question: I just configured it and email/texting of events alarms is NOT FREE. It asks me to sign up for a monthly service. Is that your experience as well?
Document: I added this to my Honeywell Vista20P alarm panel, and it works great. It wires up like an additional keypad, and after first created the account online using the mac address of the device, it litterally configured itself for my alarm panel, and I was able to do the rest of the configuration to the module through the eyez-on web interface. Its free ip monitoring, email and txt alerts! I love the self monitoring capability.
Exactly what I was looking for. No monthly charges.
Now my Vera works with my security system. I still use a monitoring service via landline. Very easy to set up and install. I used the internet/youtube, not the included instructions.
If it sounds to good to be true well you know the saying
I don't like a product that has limited instructions on how to use it. Spent about 20 min installing it and getting the CAT5 wired up, as for that side it was pretty simple. The website for monitoring and alerts is very lame, i wouldn't trust this to do my monitoring for me at all. I was going to disconnect my ADT service but I think their system is much better and their phone aps are so simple to use compared to this thing.
Install of module took me 10 minutes but the hardest part was routing my ethernet cable from router to module. Buy a cheap cable at monoprice.com They are top quality products. You can use as stand alone or in conjunction with home monitoring service like ADT without it interfering with your service. Found out about this product on an online forum for home theatre after I googled " text message alerts home alarm ".
I have a Z-Wave system that is a pain to operate and unstable, and on the other end of the spectrum I EVL-3 that was a breeze to install and works like a champ. The remote access website is written for mobile so you don't need an app to run (I have a windows 8 phone and it performs beautifully). Wish all web based stuff worked as well!
My wife and kids have been able to ignore the technical aspects and just use the features with very little explanation on my part. The final system is quite easy to use and I love the configurable email reports from the EVL-3
I was looking for a way to get inexpensive emails when my Honeywell Ademco Vista 128BPT panel is armed, disarmed, or any alarms go off. The EVL3 is doing just that.I wanted an alarm system that supported inexpensive remote alerts, up to 4 partitions since my house/shop is wired for 60 zones, six keypads, and ZWave thermostats.
Everything integrated together nicely and now I have central control of my alarm and thermostats, convenient touchscreen weather reports, and full remote access and alerts via email.The EVL-3 installation and configuration was moderately difficult. However, I must admit it was quite a challenge to get the Vista 128BPT panel setup properly to talk to the EVL-3 properly. EyezON tech support was good about promptly answering my email. The 128BPT is a challenging DIY project since the 128BPT has so many programming options.
Answer: I signed up on their website, but did not pay for any of their services.  The basic email and message alerts were free but if you wanted more than that then you had to pay for a monthly service plan.  The free service works great for me.