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My home alarm (Honeywell) covers the garage as well, both the big car doors and the man door. Only issue with it is that the door must be closed to enable the alarm (no biggie, I can also set the alarm via my iPhone, and when I drive up and open the door, the alarm starts its countdown and I have 99 seconds to disable before it calls the cops. I also have overheat (fire), CO and freeze sensing in the garage.
I am getting a new feature installed that senses garage door position, will automatically close the door 120 seconds after the alarm is set and allows setting the alarm to "Away" with the door open. Honeywell is just dicking around with it at the moment as it is so new. It will also give door position to my iPhone and allow for me to close it remotely if needed.
Basically I view the garage as part of my home protected area, what with all the tools, parts and valuables. Wouldn't do it any other way.
Dennis
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